--- title: Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton: Speech Transcript description: Here are Bernie Sanders' remarks, as prepared for delivery, endorsing Hillary Clinton for president in New Hampshire on Tuesday canonical: https://time.com/4402973/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-endorsement-transcript/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-12T15:54:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:12:04.774Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Bernie Sanders' Speech Endorsing Hillary Clinton og:description: "Clinton will make an outstanding president and I am proud to stand with her" og:url: https://time.com/4402973/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-endorsement-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc518fba3fc9e80bc/69889b92196cf452a303c5d4/bernie-sanders-endorses.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Democratic U.S. presidential candidates Clinton and Sanders stand together during campaign rally in Portsmouth, New Hampshire og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Bernie Sanders' Speech Endorsing Hillary Clinton twitter:description: "Clinton will make an outstanding president and I am proud to stand with her" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc518fba3fc9e80bc/69889b92196cf452a303c5d4/bernie-sanders-endorses.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Bernie Sanders' Speech Endorsing Hillary Clinton  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jul 12, 2016 3:54 PM UTC  Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders stand together during a campaign rally where Sanders endorsed Clinton in Portsmouth, N.H. on July 12, 2016. Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders stand together during a campaign rally where Sanders endorsed Clinton in Portsmouth, N.H. on July 12, 2016.Brian Snyder—Reuters  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jul 12, 2016 3:54 PM UTC Democratic presidential candidate [Bernie Sanders endorsed rival Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4402025/bernie-sanders-endorsement-hillary-clinton-democratic-platform/?xid=homepage) for president on Tuesday, speaking at a rally in New Hampshire. “That future will be shaped more by what happens on November 8 in voting booths across our nation than by any other event in the world,” he said in the [long-awaited announcement](http://time.com/4402025/bernie-sanders-endorsement-hillary-clinton-democratic-platform/). “I have come here to make it as clear as possible as to why I am endorsing Hillary Clinton and why she must become our next president.” Here are his [full remarks](https://berniesanders.com/prepared-remarks-bernie-clinton/) as prepared for delivery in Portsmouth: --- > “” --- Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton: Speech Transcript ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4402973/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-endorsement-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4402973/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-endorsement-transcript/"},"headline":"Read Bernie Sanders' Speech Endorsing Hillary Clinton","datePublished":"2016-07-12T15:54:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:12:04.774Z","description":"\"Clinton will make an outstanding president and I am proud to stand with her\"","url":"https://time.com/4402973/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-endorsement-transcript/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","Bernie Sanders","transcripts"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc518fba3fc9e80bc/69889b92196cf452a303c5d4/bernie-sanders-endorses.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc518fba3fc9e80bc/69889b92196cf452a303c5d4/bernie-sanders-endorses.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic U.S. presidential candidates Clinton and Sanders stand together during campaign rally in Portsmouth, New Hampshire","caption":"Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Sen. 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