Bernie Sanders: I Did Everything I Could to Get Hillary Clinton Elected

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders pushed back against Hillary Clinton’s criticism that he did not do enough on her behalf in the general election — claiming he had no control over his supporters who ultimately voted for Donald Trump. “Let me just say this; I worked as hard as I could after endorsing Hillary Clinton. I went all over this country. And I would remind people, people say, ‘Not everyone who voted for Bernie ended up voting for Hillary.’ No kidding, thats what happens in politics,” Sanders told NBC News’ Chuck Todd on Meet the Press Sunday. “I worked as hard as I could to see that Hillary Clinton would be elected president.” Sanders’ response comes nearly a week after Hillary Clinton, who defeated him in the Democratic primaries, released her memoir “What Happened,” chronicling her account of the 2016 election that resulted in her unexpected loss to President Donald Trump. Although Clinton defeated Sanders in the primary, he did not officially endorse her until July 2016, nearly a month after the last primary. In her book, Clinton writes that Sanders’ attacks against her during the primary, particularly the ones where he stressed her reliance on donors from Wall Street, caused “lasting damage” and even served as an impetus for Trump to coin the term “crooked Hillary,” sentiments she has reiterated in a series of interviews last week. (Speaking on The View, she said sh...
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