Former Democratic Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders stopped in Milwaukee Wednesday night to campaign for not only Hillary Clinton, but Russ Feingold.
Bernie Sanders devoted the first 15 or so minutes of his speech to encouraging people to get out and vote for Democrat Russ Feingold. Earlier in the day, the Marquette Poll was released showing a very tight race between Feingold and his opponent Republican incumbent Ron Johnson.
But when Sanders begin to talk about his former rival Hillary Clinton, he told the crowd of hundreds that Clinton is the only choice for president, but he says it cannot stop there.
“Understand, that our job is not done on Election Day. We have got to understand that no president, none, not Hillary, not Bernie anybody else can do it alone. Because the powers that be, Wall Street and the drug companies and the corporate media and all of the big money interests, the only way that we transform is when millions of people stand up, fight back and demand a government representing all of us,” Sanders says.
While Sanders is clearly behind Clinton, his supporters are less enthusiastic. Lily Shey says she was heartbroken when Sanders did not become the nominee.
“I actually was a very strong Bernie supporter. I went to California to volunteer for the primary. I’m reluctantly voting for Clinton with the last shred of hope that our voting system might actually be any form of true or genuine,” Shey says.
Shey says that see saw a lot of voter suppression during her time as a volunteer and she lost a lot of faith in the system. She says that while she’s reluctantly voting for Clinton, she does believe the former Secretary of State is the best candidate on the ballot.
But not all Sanders supporters have been able to throw their support behind Clinton. Outside the rally Ann Batiza stood with a sign that read “Bernie Yes, Hillary No.” She says she won’t be voting for Clinton or Trump.
“I don’t think that either one of them represent what Bernie actually stands for,” Batiza says.
As Batiza stood there, the lone protestor with sign in hand, she was chastised by many people who said she was encouraging people to vote Republican. A Sanders supporter dressed as the former candidate urged people not to vote shame.
