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Statement from Rep. Raul Grijalva Bernie Sanders rstcongressional endorsement on now supporting HillaryClinton for president

!n "cto#er of last year$ ! #ecame t%e rst mem#er ofCongress to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders for president. &ytravels wit% %im across t%e country since t%en %ave onlystrengt%ened my #elief t%at %e would ma'e an outstandingnational leader and commander in c%ief.

(uring t%ose travels$ ! saw up close w%at t%e pundits %aveall too often dismissed as a passing p%enomenon a genuinedesire for a #etter$ more responsive way of electing ourleaders and ma'ing policy. )%is desire from young voters

and old$ from wor'ing people and retirees$ from women andmen is #orn not of a demand for t%e impossi#le$ #ut from a%eartfelt conviction t%at *merica is ready to live up to itsvery %ig%est ideals.

)%ose ideals are t%e %eart and soul of Bernies campaign$and voters %ave responded to t%em in a way t%at goesdeeper t%an mere support for a candidate. )%e *mericanpeople$ across t%e #oard$ support sweeping campaignnance reform$ universal %ealt% care$ a+orda#le collegeaccess$ and a fairer economy t%at rewards wor' instead of

just wealt%. Bernie made t%is election a#out t%ose issues andt%e values #e%ind t%em. )%e country is already muc%stronger for it.

)%ose issues and t%ose values transcend any one person.)%is was more t%an a campaign for t%e presidency. !t is amovement.

,it% voting completed in t%e nal (emocratic -rimary$ it isnow time for t%e (emocratic -arty to unify. or all of us w%osupported Bernie from t%e #eginning$ w%et%er we consideredourselves progressives or independents or just *mericanstired of #eing on t%e outside loo'ing in$ t%e most importantt%ing now is to #eat (onald )rump in /ovem#er. )o use aword t%ats #een t%rown around a lot lately$ now is t%e time

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to unify.

0nity will not #e reali1ed if t%e millions of voters w%osupported Bernie Sanders feel ta'en for granted. "urcountry needs a president w%o understands w%y t%e*merican people are %ungry for somet%ing #etter and moresu#stantial t%an political trenc% warfare. )%at president must#e a#le to c%annel our %unger into action and our action intoresults. )in'ering at t%e margins is no longer an accepta#lepresidential platform.

Hillary Clinton %as t%e capacity and t%e instincts needed tocarry forward w%at %as #een started. ! support %er and willdo w%at ! can to %elp ensure %er victory. ! rmly #elieve t%at

%er victory will only come w%en s%e and t%e (emocratic-arty articulate t%e t%emes t%is movement %as so powerfullye2pressed.

Bernie %as pointed t%e way toward a more %umaneeconomy$ a more peaceful foreign policy and a strongersupport networ' for *mericans of all ages. )%ose will #e t%ecenterpieces of (emocratic governance for t%e foreseea#lefuture$ and we will owe Bernie a de#t of gratitude for it.

!t wont #e enoug% to just accept t%e merit of %is ideas. )%isis in no small part Bernie Sanders party also. His team$ %issupporters and %is movement must and will #e integratedinto t%e future of t%e (emocratic -arty at every level. !nmany ways t%is is a new entity. )%e (emocrats w%o wonelections twenty years ago #y running against marriagee3uality$ avoiding 3uestions a#out gun violence$ #lamingpoverty on la1iness and wa4ing on t%e environment arenearly a t%ing of t%e past. rom now on$ (emocrats will

cele#rate Sandersism and c%annel its energy not just toelectoral victory$ #ut to #etter decisions for t%e *mericanpeople.

*t some point$ every presidential election is called 5t%e mostimportant in a generation.6 )%is one actually merits t%e

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