By Samantha-Jo Roth
Some of the Vermont senator's fans would rather not vote -- or even vote for Donald Trump -- than vote for Hillary.
ST. PAUL, Minnesota -- A horde of Bernie Sanders supporters at a local pub were watching closely as the Super Tuesday election results rolled in, a few booing as Hillary Clinton’s smiling face, accompanied by a green check mark, repeatedly flashed across the screens.
When they learned their candidate had beaten Hillary Clinton in
Minnesota, taking the largest share of the state’s available delegates,
they chanted and cheered the Vermont senator’s name -- and many vowed
never to support his opponent, even if she goes on to win the Democratic
nomination.
“I will never support Hillary Clinton,” said Adam Burch, 28, of
Minneapolis. “I identify as a socialist. She stands for everything that
I’m against. It’s Bernie or nothing.”
Burch isn’t alone. He's part of a group on social media called Grassroots Action for Bernie that
has promised to support only Sanders in the election, using the hashtag
“BernieorBust” to spread its message.
Similarly, 50,000 people have
signed an online pledge to
write in Sanders’ name or vote for the Green Party candidate in the
general election if the former Secretary of State wins the nomination.
If that happens, some in this crowd are willing to go a step further
in the general election and cast their ballot for Republican
front-runner Donald Trump.
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Source: The Huffington Post
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