Clinton calls on Sanders to surrender

The most likely Democratic candidate for president of the United States, Hillary Clinton, has called on her opponent, Bernie Sanders, to unite against Donald Trump, to whom there is no alternative candidate from the Republicans. She stated this on air on CNN, but did not clarify what precisely she would offer Sanders in exchange for his support. The socialist senator from Vermont, however, intends to fight against Clinton to the end, not only in the remaining primaries, but also at the Democratic Party’s national convention to be held in Philadelphia on July 25th-28th.

Great fall

Opinion polls currently show growing popularity of Trump and catastrophically falling support for Clinton. If a few months ago Clinton was ahead of Trump by at least 10 points, then now their positions are equal. Moreover, according to some polls, Trump is already ahead of Clinton in the nationwide ranking. Since his competitors quit the race, the multibillionaire has already secured the necessary number of delegates to become the official candidate of the Republicans. Hillary, on the other hand, is involved in a tense confrontation with Bernie Sanders.

Undemocratic candidate

Clinton’s criticisms of Sanders over the course of the election campaign have objectively played into the hands of Donald Trump. Clinton would now like to reduce the negative repercussions of this since Sanders success in the upcoming primaries, especially in California, the most populous US state, could significantly undermine Clinton’s position to be elected as the Democratic candidate. Clinton leads in first place with “super delegate” votes from Democratic Party functionaries, who are free to support a particular candidate regardless of the will of voters expressed in the primaries. If Clinton becomes the Democrats’ candidate on account of this, then the party would publicly demonstrate that it ignores the will of their constituents. Accordingly, this would affect its support in the presidential elections in November, 2016.

Clinton’s lies

In an interview with CNN, Clinton said that she and Sanders have more in common in their political agenda than Sanders and Trump. This, however, is in fact a lie. Both Trump and Sanders are the foremost anti-system, protest candidates, while Clinton is the personification of the Washington establishment. In regards to foreign policy, Sanders as well as Trump oppose interventionist policies, while Clinton is an infamous hawk. In fact, Clinton is offering that Sanders accept the prospects of his defeat in the Democratic race without an concessions on her own part.

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Clinton calls on Sanders to surrender