Sanders' Quest for Superdelegates Loses One After Virgin Island Official Flips to Clinton

[Purveyor]

Bernie Sanders is trying to persuade Democratic Party superdelegates backing Hillary Clinton to flip their allegiance as a last-ditch bid for the nomination, but one Sanders supporter is going the other way.

Emmett Hansen II, the Democratic National Committeeman for the U.S. Virgin Islands, decided to shift his support to Clinton after a weekend briefing on her plans for U.S. territories that followed months of dissatisfaction with Sanders’ lack of concrete positions.

His reasons go right to the heart of Clinton's critique of the Sanders campaign. Hansen said that while he’s a believer in sweeping change, he also wants to get things done.

“There are no more windmills to joust against and no more mountains to climb,” said Hansen, a native of St. Croix who was on the Sanders campaign's list of publicly committed superdelegate supporters. “It comes down to one thing: what’s best for the Virgin Islands, to be fully incorporated into the United States.”

Hansen is the first Sanders superdelegate to publicly shift his support to Clinton.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-05-17/sanders-quest-for-superdelegates-loses-one-after-virgin-island-official-flips-to-clinton

[Skwmom]

1. I call b.s. It fits right into the Clinton cooked up narrative they are trying to push. What a

surprise.

[anotherproletariat]

2. Me too...she clearly bribed him with candy. Or a donut.

Or maybe the super delegate took a look at those Bernie thugs in Nevada this weekend, and Bernie walking away from reporters who asked for a comment this morning.

[Ash_F]

3. That is a really big promise from Clinton

And if she made it, while Sanders didn't, then it is totally understandable that he would support her. It is the right position too.

But will she actually do it?

[JaneyVee]

4. Actually, a Vermont superdel switched to Hillary, as well as others.

[firebrand80]

5. I hope, for his sake, that he doesn't have a Facebook page nt

[lunamagica]

6. Oh, so SDs ar flipping...to Hillary!

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[Maru Kitteh]

9. Well to be fair, Sanders did "flip" a delegate - Just the wrong way, lol!

[azurnoir]

7. kickerty

[Maru Kitteh]

8. Welcome aboard to the winning side, Mr. Hansen!

[Txbluedog]

10. Liked the flipped to Obama in 2008

The Sd will now flip to Clinton who is the winner of the pledged delegates and the popular vote