California governor Jerry Brown—who once himself ran a liberal-insurgency campaign against a Democratic candidate named Clinton—is endorsing Hillary Clinton in her primary campaign against Bernie Sanders, Brown has announced in a press release. “On Tuesday, June 7, I have decided to cast my vote for Hillary Clinton,” writes Brown, “because I believe this is the only path forward to win the presidency and stop the dangerous candidacy of Donald Trump.”
Brown’s release praises the Sanders campaign for having “driven home the message that the top one percent has unfairly captured way too much of America’s wealth,” but also notes that Clinton holds an insurmountable delegate lead and has received more primary votes overall. “This is no time for Democrats to keep fighting each other,” Brown asserts. He’s the 15th Democratic governor to endorse Clinton; none have endorsed Sanders.
Clinton holds an eight-point lead in RealClearPolitics’ California polling average.
And here’s a funny video (via Steve Kornacki) of Jerry Brown and Bill Clinton arguing with each other in 1992 about a mini-controversy involving Hillary Clinton’s law firm:
“You’re not worth being on the same platform as my wife.” Hot diggity dog!
