Top Democrats to Sanders: It’s Time to Support Hillary Clinton
- Durbin says candidate’s action ‘critical’ to future influence
- Senate Democrats want him to bow out gracefully and quickly
Democratic Delegate Dance: What’s Sanders’ Next Move?
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The No. 2 Senate Democrat has a message for Bernie Sanders: the presidential candidate can get either a warm embrace or a cold shoulder when he returns to the Senate, depending on how quickly he backs Hillary Clinton.
"That’s a critical element for his positive return to the Senate," Dick Durbin of Illinois told reporters Tuesday, hours before Clinton claimed the Democratic presidential nomination.