{"id":49028,"date":"2015-12-23T10:07:15","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T15:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/?p=49028"},"modified":"2015-12-23T10:07:15","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T15:07:15","slug":"hillary-clinton-tells-bernie-sanders-backers-when-this-nomination-is-wrapped-up-join-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/2015\/12\/hillary-clinton-tells-bernie-sanders-backers-when-this-nomination-is-wrapped-up-join-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Clinton tells Bernie Sanders backers: \u2018When this nomination is wrapped up,\u2019 join me"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-politics\/wp\/2015\/12\/22\/hillary-clinton-tells-bernie-sanders-backers-when-this-nomination-is-wrapped-up-join-me\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/h_1014508258101.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"354\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Among supporters of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, suspicions that the game is rigged against their candidate went into overdrive this past week &#8212; no thanks to the <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-politics\/wp\/2015\/12\/20\/sanders-says-dncs-timing-of-saturday-nights-debate-was-meant-to-protect-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\">public endorsement of that theory from Sanders himself.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On Tuesday in Iowa, Clinton&#8217;s comments directed toward Sanders supporters are not likely to change that perception.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Asked by an audience member what she would say to disillusioned Sanders supporters, Clinton welcomed them to support her, but had a stern message for potential holdouts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;I think it&#8217;s very dangerous to look at the alternatives and believe that your staying home is a responsible choice,&#8221; Clinton said. &#8220;It&#8217;s hard for me to believe that anybody who would support Senator Sanders would want to see any of the Republicans elected president of the United States.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read Full Article =&gt;\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-politics\/wp\/2015\/12\/22\/hillary-clinton-tells-bernie-sanders-backers-when-this-nomination-is-wrapped-up-join-me\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hillary Clinton tells Bernie Sanders backers: \u2018When this nomination is wrapped up,\u2019 join me &#8211; The Washington Post<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among supporters of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, suspicions that the game is rigged against their candidate went into overdrive this past week &#8212; no thanks to the public endorsement of that theory from Sanders himself. On Tuesday in Iowa, Clinton&#8217;s comments directed toward Sanders supporters are not likely to change that perception. Asked by an&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1774,1628,22],"tags":[1622,1221,1877],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49028"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49028"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49034,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49028\/revisions\/49034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}