Bernie Sanders Acknowledges Some Of His Supporters Won't Vote For Hillary Clinton
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS NEWS) -- Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders spent the week of the Democratic convention working to bring his supporters on board for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, but on Sunday he acknowledged that not all of them will end up backing Clinton in November.
"We have over 13 million people who supported my candidacy. And I have no doubt that there are some of those people who will not vote for Hillary Clinton," Sanders said on CBS' "Face the Nation." "But I would say that the vast majority of them -- and I think as the campaign progresses and people take a hard look at the issues -- I think more and more of those people will come on board Sec. Clinton's campaign."
Many of Sanders' supporters showed up at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia last week determined to make trouble for the nominee-to-be Clinton. Some of them walked out or booed during speeches, and many pro-Sanders protesters held court outside the convention site. But Sanders spoke on Clinton's behalf Monday night, and was the one to formally nominate her for president, all efforts on his part to unify the party behind her candidacy.
"I would ask ... of my supporters to get away from the personality conflicts that media tries to bring forward and focus on the real issues impacting the American people," Sanders continued. "And when you do that, I think the choice is pretty clear and that is that Hillary Clinton is far and away the superior candidate."
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