(MN) Gov. Dayton, Rep. Keith Ellison appeal to Bernie Sanders' delegates to work for Hillary Clinton
Source: StarTribune
Gov. Mark Dayton and Rep. Keith Ellison spoke to a breakfast for delegates from Minnesota and Tennessee at the Democratic National Convention here and pleaded with backers of Sen. Bernie Sanders to work for Hillary Clinton and other Democrats down the ballot this fall. It was another sign that despite the outward shows of unity -- including Sanders moving to nominate Clinton by acclamation at Tuesday's convention meeting -- Democrats remain concerned about whether they have unified the party going into the fall election.
"I want to talk to the Bernie Sanders delegates," Dayton said, growing emotional as he evoked campaigns past..."I understand what it feels like. I remember when Paul died, the sense of loss, the sense of nihilism, you know, what matters? (Sen.) Strom Thurmond gets to live to 100, and Paul Wellstone doesn't make it to 60? Why God? What's the point?"
Dayton, who reminded the delegates he was the only Minnesotan to make Richard Nixon's "enemies list," implored the delegates: "Please, I'm begging you, Hillary Clinton may not be Bernie Sanders, but she's a progressive and she's a heckuva lot better than Donald Trump."
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Ellison, who represents Minneapolis in Congress and was a key backer of Sanders before recently endorsing Clinton, gave a rousing address about the threat of Trump taking America back to an era before Civil Rights victories. Ellison's mother, who grew up in Louisiana, was sent to boarding school because of threats from the Ku Klux Klan because her father was helping organizing black voters there, Ellison said.
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