Bernie Sanders Says He'll Vote For Clinton, But No Endorsement Yet
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Bernie Sanders says he will vote for Hillary Clinton for president.
When asked on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" if he'll vote for Clinton in November, Sanders replied "yes."
While stopping short of a full endorsement, Sanders said that he's "pretty good at arithmetic.'' The Vermont senator says he understands that Clinton has more pledged delegates than he does.
Sanders says, "I will do everything I can to defeat Donald Trump'' because he says Trump's campaign is built on bigotry and denying climate change.
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Sanders said that his job now is to "fight for the strongest possible platform'' at the convention. Sanders says that includes a higher minimum wage.
Sanders told "CBS This Morning" that he has not yet endorsed Clinton because he hasn't "heard her say the things that I think need to be said."
"I want her to say that among other things we have a crisis in higher education, public universities and colleges should be tuition free, raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, greatly I believe that health care should be a right of all people," Sanders said. "I would love her to say that and I would love her to move forward aggressively to make that happen."
"At this point, to my mind, she has not brought forth the proposals that I think the American people need to hear," he added.
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