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It was a Super Tuesday for Hillary Clinton when she declared
victory in the Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday, making it the first
time a woman will capture the nomination of a major political party in 240
years of the United States’ history!
She took the stage at the Brooklyn Navy Yard after winning a
majority of pledged delegates to deliver a soaring speech that appealed for
party unity against Donald Trump ahead of what she framed as a battle for
“America’s very identity as a nation”.
She paid tribute to the history-making moment from the 2008
Democratic primary that precluded her eight years to the day when she conceded
to Barack Obama.
“Tonight caps an
amazing journey – a long, long journey….It may be hard to see tonight but we
are all standing under a glass ceiling right now. But don’t worry. We’re not
smashing this one. Thanks to you, we’ve reached a milestone. The first time in
our nation’s history that a woman will be a major party’s nominee.”
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton major contender, Bernie Sanders
has refused to bow out.
He told supporters that their fight would continue to the
Democratic National Convention in July.
“We are going to
fight hard to win the primary in Washington DC,” he said, referring to the
caucus that is last in line to vote next week. And then we take our fight for
social, economic, racial and environmental justice to Philadelphia.”
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Upon accepting the mantle of party standard-bearer, Clinton
moved quickly to congratulate Sanders while acknowledging the unlikely
revolution that has routinely drawn crowds in the tens of thousands to the
senator’s rallies.
Meanwhile, despite a night of disappointing losses, Bernie
Sanders vowed Tuesday night to continue his campaign and to take his fight all
the way to the convention in Philadelphia.
While Hillary Clinton secured the delegates she needed
Monday to become the presumptive presidential nominee, Sanders channeled the
defiance of his supporters as he took the stage shortly before 11 p.m. PT.
In his Words: "All of you know that when we began this
campaign over a year ago we were considered to be a fringe campaign. Over the
last year I think that has changed a little bit," he said as the crowd
thundered with approval.
"Let me thank you all for being part of a political
revolution," Sanders said. "We understand our mission is more than
just beating Donald Trump, it is transforming our country."
The Vermont senator said he had spoken to President Barack
Obama and to Clinton, though the crowd booed when he said he had offered her
his congratulations on her victories Tuesday night.
He noted his victories in North Dakota and Montana, and said
he believed the gap between him and Clinton in California would narrow as
results continued to trickle in.
"Next Tuesday we continue the fight," he said.
"We are going to fight hard to win the primary in Washington, D.C., and
then we take our fight for social, economic, racial and environmental justice
to Philadelphia."
"The struggle continues," he added.
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