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Bernie Sanders endorses Hillary Clinton
Politico ^ | July 12, 2016 | Louis Nelson

Posted on 07/12/2016 8:33:57 AM PDT by Enchante

Bernie Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton for president Tuesday at a rally in New Hampshire, ending a protracted Democratic primary battle in the state where the Vermont senator won his first victory. "She will be the Democratic nominee for president and I intend to do everything I can to make certain she will be the next president of the United States," Sanders said, according to prepared remarks. "I have come here to make it as clear as possible as to why I am endorsing Hillary Clinton and why she must become our next president."

The endorsement theoretically unites the Democratic Party behind Clinton, but questions remain as to how many of Sanders’ supporters will fall in line behind the former secretary of state after such a hotly-contested primary.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; bernie; democrats; freecollege; hillary; sanders
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81 posted on 07/12/2016 12:46:59 PM PDT by Read Write Repeat
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To: BenLurkin

Bernie Sanders, April 2016, Democratic Debates, New York: “I do question her judgment. I question a judgment which voted for the war in Iraq... the worst foreign policy blunder in the history of this country, voted for virtually every disastrous trade agreement which cost us millions of decent-paying jobs. And I question her judgment about running super PACs which are collecting tens of millions of dollars from special interests, including $15 million from Wall Street. I don’t believe that that is the kind of judgment we need to be the kind of president we need.”


82 posted on 07/12/2016 12:53:21 PM PDT by Roy Mad Dog Earle
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To: matt04
It will be fun to watch the Bernie supporters try to figure out what to do.

From the replies at at the end of the article they are going GREEN.

83 posted on 07/12/2016 1:21:33 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: Enchante

Despite the fact she keeps a classified data on a private server. Some one got to him.


84 posted on 07/12/2016 1:21:36 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: PghBaldy
He is still talking. I doubt he really wanted to do this.

At 74, a person's health is also a consideration. Too much stress fighting against a Clinton can be dangerous.
85 posted on 07/12/2016 1:27:58 PM PDT by Deo volente (The islamists want to eradicate us, and will never stop. We need to eradicate them first.)
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To: dragnet2
This one will be perfect for all the Sandersistas:


86 posted on 07/12/2016 1:32:06 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: Enchante

Bernie supporters are very confused but remain happy and upbeat.

87 posted on 07/12/2016 1:40:50 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Enchante

As predicted and 95% of his supporters will also support sHIllary.


88 posted on 07/12/2016 5:35:37 PM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarm)
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To: Enchante; All
Well lookie here!

Indicted Hillary Clinton superdelegate used charity as ‘slush fund’

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, a Democratic superdelegate and member of Hillary Clinton’s “Florida Leadership Council,” was indicted on corruption charges this week and arraigned in federal court this afternoon.

Two unnamed sources familiar with the case told the Orlando Sentinel that the Jacksonville politician is tied to an unregistered charity called One Door for Education Inc. that’s under investigation by the Department of Justice. The indictment was initially sealed, but was opened Friday morning, WJXT reports.

The investigation stems from a House Committee on Ethics investigation into Brown’s involvement with the charity shortly after One Door’s director pleaded guilty to fraud and agreed to work with prosecutors in March.

From The Sentinel:

Prosecutors say One Door’s director, Carla Wiley, presented her organization as an education charity starting in 2011 but never obtained tax-exempt status or filed state or federal tax returns, even as it solicited about $800,000 in donations.

Between 2012 and 2016, as Wiley withdrew or transferred to her own accounts more than $140,000, the group issued just one scholarship for about $1,000, authorities said.

The Tampa Bay Times in February listed Brown among Florida’s Democratic superdelegates and Clinton’s “Florida Leadership Council.”

News 4 details the charges:

Brown … (was) charged in a 24-count indictment with participating in a conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, multiple counts of mail and wire fraud, concealing material facts on required financial disclosure forms, theft of government property, obstruction of the due administration of the internal revenue laws, and filing false tax returns.

Brown blew kisses to her supporters as she strutted into a district court and professed her innocence Friday. U.S. Magistrate Judge James Klindt insisted that all 24 counts against Brown were read out loud, during which Brown appeared to shed tears. The lawmaker faces up to 357 years in prison and a $4.8 million fine if convicted. Her chief of staff, 50-year-old Elias Simmons, faces similar charges with a potential sentence of 355 years in prison and a $4.75 million fine.

Klindt set a trial date for Sept. 6, WJXT reports.

Brown is currently running for reelection in a newly configured district that runs from Jacksonville to Tallahassee and faces two challengers in the state’s Aug. 30 Democratic primary: LaShonda Holloway and Al Lawson.

The winner will take on Republican Glo Smith in November, according to the Sentinel.

A June poll found Brown with a three percentage point lead over Lawson in the primary, the Florida Times-Union reports.

In March, Brown held a press conference to announce she’s “clean” of illegal activity, but did not respond to requests for comment about the indictment Thursday. Brown’s grand jury indictment is sealed, and her attorney refused to discuss the case with First Coast News, but documents in the guilty plea of One Door director Carla Wiley shows “Person A” benefitted personally from their arrangement with the alleged charity.

“The documents described ‘Person A’ as a public official who was often used in promotional materials for the group. Brown’s photo appeared on the website for the group before it was taken down,” according to the news site.

The Times-Union reports that One Door was run out of a single-family home “in an affluent suburb 40 miles northwest of Washington” and solicited donations from political action committees, lobbyists, and foundations with ties to Brown.

“Brown also sought donations for One Door as part of a 2013 golf tournament where sponsorship levels reached as high as $20,000, though it’s unclear how successful Brown’s fundraising push was. Invitations — which included One Door letterhead, the U.S. House of Representatives seal and Brown’s signature — were sent to her supporters and city officials,” according to the news site.

WJXT provided other details from the unsealed indictment on Friday.

“Prosecutors claim Brown, Simmons and One Door’s president, Carla Wiley, used money donated to the charity to buy plane tickets, repair their personal cars and to pay for luxury vacations in the Bahamas, Los Angeles and Miami Beach. The indictment said more than $200,000 from the charity was used to pay for Brown to host a golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, to pay for lavish receptions, a luxury box at a Beyonce concert and a box during when the Jacksonville Jaguars played the Washington Redskins,” according to the news site.

“The tax fraud charges against Brown date back to 2008.”

“Congresswoman Brown and her chief of staff are alleged to have used the Congresswoman’s official position to solicit over $800,000 in donations to a supposed charitable organization, only to use that organization as a personal slush fund,” said Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell.  “Corruption erodes the public’s trust in our entire system of representative government.  One of the department’s most important responsibilities is to root out corruption at all levels of government and to bring wrongdoers to justice.”

Childs play and a drop in the bucket compared to the crimes of Hillary Clinton with her perjury in email scandal and the Clinton Foundation scam which is worth BILLIONS.

Yet this womaN is facing over 300 years in jail!

She "strutted" into court-Does she REALLY think Hillary will save her butt or throw her to the wolves, scapegoat sacrifice?

89 posted on 07/12/2016 8:23:36 PM PDT by Syncro (Obama working to make Charlie Manson's dream of a race war come true)
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To: Syncro

yeah she’s a piker compared to the Clintons.... she should get some serious time but Hillary and Bill deserve to be locked up forever!!


90 posted on 07/12/2016 8:50:16 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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Another Hillary “Superdelegate” Rep. Chaka Fattah has just been convicted on various corruption charges. His schemes included fraud committed through his “educational charity. These scumbags think nothing of abusing “it’s all for the children” for their corrupt personal uses.

Corinne Brown, Chaka Fattah, and the Clintons should all be wrapped up in one big package by the Trump campaign -— charitable frauds by Hillary lovin’ liberal Democrats.


91 posted on 07/12/2016 8:54:20 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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a link for the Chaka Fattah frauds:

http://freebeacon.com/politics/clinton-superdelegate-chaka-fattah-found-guilty-corruption-charges/


92 posted on 07/12/2016 8:55:06 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: Enchante

Thanks for the info showing this is not isolated, dems are doing it all the time.

They must be proud that they are following Hilliary’s lead in lying and stealing and misusing charity funds for their own aggrandizement.

These sleazy sycophants of Mrs Bill Clinton will probably still be able to use their power as super delegate’s to vote for Clinton

Superdelegates? Political elite being allowed to have a box of votes while the peons only have one each.


93 posted on 07/12/2016 10:25:37 PM PDT by Syncro (Obama working to make Charlie Manson's dream of a race war come true)
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To: Jane Long

Lol!


94 posted on 07/12/2016 11:24:37 PM PDT by mbrfl
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