Last updated on September 25th, 2023 at 01:53 pm
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders met with President Obama at the White House and afterwards debunked the media speculation that Obama endorsed Hillary Clinton in a recent interview.
According to The Hill:
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“There was some discussion the other day about a Politico interview where he was tipping the scales towards Secretary Clinton. I don’t believe that at all,” the Vermont senator told reporters after a 45-minute Oval Office meeting.
The senator noted that Obama campaigned for him during his race for Senate in 2006.
“In 2008, I did my best to see that he would be elected president, campaigned hard for him, as I did in 2012,” he said.
Sanders said he did not ask for Obama’s endorsement during the meeting.
“I think he and the vice president have tried to be fair and even-handed in the process and I expect they will continue to be that way,” he said.
Sen. Sanders was correct. The Obama “endorsement” of former Sec. of State Clinton was a media creation. The President qualified his remarks about each Democratic candidate by saying that he knew Hillary Clinton better because she had served in his administration.
Obama reminded Democrats that the real contrast isn’t between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. According to the President, the most important contrast is between the Democratic candidates and what candidates like Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are campaigning on.
During the Politico interview, the President said, “So, to me, the relevant contrast is not between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, but relevant contrast is between Bernie and Hillary and Donald Trump and Ted Cruz and the vision that they’re portraying for the country and where they want to take us and how they think about everything from tax policy to immigration to foreign policy, and that gap is as wide as I’ve ever seen. You know, you think about it.”
The media doesn’t bother to pay attention to what the President actually said. They are busy creating these false narratives about an Obama Democratic primary endorsement that doesn’t exist. President Obama and Vice President Biden have been very even handed.
The biggest priority of the current occupant of the Oval Office is to get a Democrat elected in 2016. He doesn’t care which Democrat. What is important is that the country is not run by Donald Trump or Ted Cruz. Bernie Sanders has once again busted the corporate press for making things up.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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