Sanders supporters snubbed by Hillary Clinton, wooed by other candidates
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| Jill Stein, the presumptive Green Party presidential nominee, speaks in Philadelphia to angry and disaffected supporters of Bernard Sanders. A new rallying cry is “Jill not Hill.” (Associated Press) more > |
At the Democratic National Convention, Sanders supporters say it’s getting increasingly harder, not easier, to put aside a contentious party primary and line up behind the former first lady.
From rumblings that Mrs. Clinton will change positions and support the Trans-Pacific Partnership, to her selection ofSen. Tim Kaine of Virginia as her running mate, to her hiring of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz immediately after revelations that she used her position as Democratic National Committee chairwoman to sabotage Mr. Sanders’ campaign, some supporters of the senator from Vermont feel angry, alienated and taken for granted by the Clinton campaign.
In fact, some Sanders delegates say Republican Donald Trump, Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson and Green Party presidential hopeful Jill Stein seem deeply interested in courting their votes while Mrs. Clinton sticks a thumb in their eye at every turn.
“Trump, Johnson and Stein have all asked for the Sanders voters, and Clinton campaign acts like we have to [vote for her]. They don’t ask for our votes,” said Monica Thomas, a Sanders delegate from Roanoke, Virginia, echoing sentiments of other Sanders delegates from across the country.
Mrs. Clinton angered Sanders supporters by choosing as her running mate Mr. Kaine, a veteran politician who has embraced pro-life positions and supported the TPP, and has taken other stances that are unacceptable to progressives. Mr. Kaine was scheduled to formally accept the party’s vice presidential nomination Wednesday night.
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