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Bernie Sanders tried to heal the Democratic division Monday, urging his supporters to back presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton. canonical: https://time.com/4421574/democratic-convention-bernie-sanders-speech-transcript/ author: Will Drabold article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-26T02:45:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:42:04.304Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Bernie Sanders' Speech at the Democratic Convention og:description: "Hillary Clinton will make an outstanding president and I am proud to stand with her here tonight." og:url: https://time.com/4421574/democratic-convention-bernie-sanders-speech-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5af2cd1250e3e04/69889f38f887dc153ae96c99/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-dnc-democratic-national-convention-27.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3394 og:image:height: 1909 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL DNC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Bernie Sanders' Speech at the Democratic Convention twitter:description: "Hillary Clinton will make an outstanding president and I am proud to stand with her here tonight." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5af2cd1250e3e04/69889f38f887dc153ae96c99/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-dnc-democratic-national-convention-27.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Bernie Sanders' Speech at the Democratic Convention > Sponsored content. 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Demonstrators show their support in protest for Bernie Sanders at Philadelphia City Hall on day one of the Democratic National Convention._ by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 26, 2016 2:45 AM UTC  Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during the Democratic National Convention on July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during the Democratic National Convention on July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia. Ben Lowy for TIME by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 26, 2016 2:45 AM UTC Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders[ tried to heal the Democratic division](http://time.com/4423362/democratic-convention-bernie-sanders-revolution/) Monday night, thanking his supporters and urging them to support his primary rival, presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton. “Hillary Clinton will make an outstanding president and I am proud to stand with her here tonight,” he said. Sanders said that he and Clinton had worked together on “the most progressive platform in the history of the Democratic Party,” and noted that she would appoint liberal Supreme Court justices and support other progressive ideals. “Hillary Clinton understands that if someone in America works 40 hours a week, that person should not be living in poverty,” he said. “She understands that we must raise the minimum wage to a living wage. And she is determined to create millions of new jobs by rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure – our roads, bridges, water systems and wastewater plants.” Read Sanders remarks as prepared for delivery: --- > “” --- ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] Trump and Hillary are both ridiculous in their own ways. Trump is a racist bigot buffoon and Clinton is beholding to every corporation that I hate. How do you wanna die? You wanna hang yourself or you wanna shoot yourself? We will not be voting for Hillary. She is a war criminal, and she is the ultimate person responsible For the election fraud, stealing it away from our favorite son Bernie. We want real change in this country, and we're not going to comply. We're not going to get caught up in the media fueled, lesser of two evils, they're both Evil. I believe Bernie Sanders could win, in a three way contest. Many disgruntled Democrats and Republicans, would switch to Bernie Sanders. If they had that option. I will not vote for supporting the status quo. Which has been for, for the benefit, of corporations and the very wealthy. And not for the most vulnerable. What Trump threatens, Hillary Clinton has done. With Hillary Clinton, we get the status quo. We get the money powers. Continuing to be in power. With a little destabilization, then there's an opportunity for the people to be heard. 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