Sanders Will Vote for Clinton to Defeat Trump

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said on Friday he will vote for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

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Asked if he would vote for Clinton in November, Sanders told MSNBC television: “Yes. The issue right here is I’m going to do everything I can to defeat Donald Trump. I think Trump in so many ways would be a disaster if he were elected president.”

Clinton clinched the party nomination earlier in June. While Sanders had said he would work with Clinton to defeat Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, he had yet to endorse Clinton and has kept his own election campaign alive.

However, the self-proclaimed democratic socialist said he was still going to the Democratic race now, even though Clinton has secured the nomination.

"Why would I want to do that when I want to fight to make sure that we have the best platform that we possibly can, that we win the most delegates that we can?" he said.

Meanwhile, in a later interview with CBS, Sanders refused to endorse Clinton because "I haven't heard her say the things that need to be said."

Refuting claims by pundits that his decision to be present at the convention in July is causing division within the party, Sanders said: "You talk about disunity. I talk about involving the American people in the political process."