Sanders confident Obama will back him if he wins nomination

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) expressed “absolute confidence” that former President Barack Obama would back him if he becomes the party’s presidential nominee during an interview with CNN correspondent Ryan Nobles Thursday.

“I’m not going to tell you that he and I are best friends, but we’re friends,” Sanders said. “I have talked to him, on and off, for the last many years … I talk to him on the telephone every now and then.”

“He is an icon, clearly, of the Democratic party, and I have absolute confidence that he will play a vigorous, vigorous role, I think he has said this, in the [general election] campaign, and we need him, no question about it,” Sanders added. “If I win, I’m sure he’ll be there at my side, if somebody else wins, he’ll be there at their side.”

“I expect … that he will play an enormously important role in helping us to defeat Trump,” the Vermont senator concluded.



https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/483943-sanders-confident-obama-will-back-him-if-he-wins-nomination

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1. K&R

[Adelante]

2. Of course, he will

Whoever gets the nom can count on President Obama.

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3. He'd have to wouldn't he?

[TomCADem]

4. Because Unlike Bernie, President Obama Understands That The Movement...

...is bigger than just one person. Bernie's campaign, on the other hand, actively pushes the idea that if Bernie is not nominated, his supporters will stay home.