Despite renewed tension between his supporters and party leaders, Bernie Sanders in his speech Monday at the Democratic convention will attack Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and explain why Hillary Clinton trumps Trump on all the issues.
According to Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs, the Vermont senator will stand by his support of Hillary Clinton by arguing that her positions “on every major issue from economics and healthcare to education and the environment” will bring better results than those held by Trump.
“Sanders will stress that the most progressive platform in Democratic Party history includes agreements he reached with Clinton to dramatically expand healthcare access and to make public colleges tuition-free for students from families with annual incomes up to $125,000 a year,” Briggs said.
The Democratic runner-up’s convention speech comes 48 hours after thousands of internal Democratic National Committee emails published by WikiLeaks showed party officials conspiring against Sanders throughout the primary. In one email, DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz called Sanders’ campaign manager Jeff Weaver an “ass.” It was revealed Saturday that she has since been relieved of her speaking role at the convention.
Nevertheless, Briggs said Sanders “will send a message to the convention and to the 13 million voters who supported him that they have begun a political revolution to transform America and that the revolution … continues.”
“Together, we continue the fight to create a government which represents all of us, and not just the 1 percent — a government based on the principles of economic, social, racial and environmental justice,” Sanders is expected to say.
The DNC kicks off Monday in Philadelphia, just three days after Trump and Republicans wrapped up their party convention in Cleveland.
