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  • 2016-08-10 (xsd:date)
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  • Bernie Sanders: 'I'd Never Tell My Supporters How to Vote' (en)
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  • After Hillary Clinton officially became the Democratic Party's presidential nominee in July 2016, she was endorsed by former rival Sen. Bernie Sanders, and the image shown above was popularly shared by Sanders supporters who were not enthusiastic about voting for Clinton. According to that image, Sanders said something to the effect of I will never tell you how to vote. If I do, don't listen to me. We were unable to turn up any authentic quotes from Sanders that were an exact match for the rumored remark. However, the claim appeared to stem from similar statements Sanders made during an April 2016 town hall segment on MSNBC. During that appearance, an audience member asked for Sanders' opinion on staunch supporters who did not want to vote for Clinton in November, should she become the Democratic nominee: Sanders responded at length, saying he believed Clinton had to earn his supporters' votes: Sanders prefaced his remarks by addressing the notion that he could influence his base of supporters to vote for Clinton, saying something similar in spirit to the words reproduced above: (en)
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