On Thursday Bernie Sanders met Obama and promised his support- not in electing Hilary Clinton- but in defeating Donald Trump. He went on to say that he would work with Clinton in the coming months to make this happen, and that he would continue to fight for issues such as college affordability and combating institutionalized racism. He stated that Trump would be, to himself and many others, "a disaster as President of the United States", and that Trump "makes bigotry and discrimination the cornerstone of his campaign". He said he hoped to unite and pull together the Democratic party before the election and that "there's a natural process of everybody recognizing that this is not about any individual."
While it's typical for a party to promote the winning candidate following the primaries, I think that this in light of the lack of unity in the GOP around Donald Trump emphasizes the abnormal party alignments in this election. I think Sanders also recognizes that his campaign has exposed a lot of issues with Clinton's stances and methodology and he wants to be clear that he still thinks Clinton is a much stronger candidate than Trump.
Original Article: Obama Endorses Hillary Clinton, and Urges Democrats to Unite by Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Jonathan Martin on June 9, 2016
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