Bernie Rebels Are Fed Up With Democratic Party’s Corporate Values (Video)
Some Sanders supporters still do not like Hillary Clinton, and even though she is the Democratic presidential nominee, they are not going to follow the senator's lead and vote for her.
Some Bernie Sanders supporters still do not like Hillary Clinton. Even though she is the Democratic presidential nominee, they are not going to follow the senator’s lead and vote for her.
Truthdig’s Sonali Kolhatkar met two Sanders delegates from California who fit that profile at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Ramona Erwin and Elizabeth Levertu were energized by the Vermonter’s presidential run. Now, they are left to wonder what might have been and figure out how to end the corporate state of America.
“With Bernie having the whole election rigged against him from the beginning, with the DNC plotting against him to not win, him getting 46 percent of the pledged delegate vote, with even the mainstream media against him, is a huge, huge win in my book,” said Levertu. “I know that we will never know what the true voter intention was, but I have to believe in my heart that if it was fair from the beginning, Bernie would, hands down, be our nominee for the Democratic Party.”
Watch the full interview below via Truthdig and Free Speech TV on YouTube:
See all of Kolhatkar’s video coverage of the Democratic National Convention here.
—Posted by Eric Ortiz
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