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Bernie Sanders continues fundraising for presidential campaign

Sunday, 03 July 2016 1:28 PM [ Last Update: Sunday, 03 July 2016 1:28 PM ]

Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders speaks during an event in New York City on June 23 2016. (AFP photo)

US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is continuing to raise funds for his presidential campaign despite the fact that presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton essentially secured the nomination last month.

Sanders’ campaign emailed several fundraising requests to supporters on Thursday, ahead of the Federal Election Committee’s final fundraising deadline on July 15.

“We’re going to the convention,” one email said, referring to the Democratic National Convention, which will be held July 25–28 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

“When our delegates gather in Philadelphia, they’ll have the chance to put the Democratic Party on the record about stopping votes against the TPP, fighting for a $15 federal minimum wage, opposing fracking, and so many more progressive priorities,” Sanders’ campaign manager wrote to supporters.

“Our campaign has earned the right to send almost 1,900 delegates to vote on these important issues, but many of them are working folks and the costs of attending the convention are too high,” read another email. “So I want to help them get there, because this campaign isn’t about Bernie Sanders, it’s about all of us.”

Clinton became the presumptive Democratic nominee as she garnered the last round of delegates and super-delegates up for grabs in primary elections in New Jersey and California in June.

However, Sanders has persistently refused to concede the race or endorse Clinton.

The US senator from Vermont has repeatedly stated that he will do everything to defeat Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump,.

Sanders’ emphasis on US income inequality and the influence of corporate money on elections and the government helped him attract million of voters to his campaign trail.

Trump and Clinton are viewed unfavorably by most Americans and neither candidate prompts much excitement among the electorate, according to recent polls.

Clinton is under investigation by the FBI for using a private email server installed at her home in New York state to conduct official US State Department business.

An Associated Press review of State Department documents shows that Clinton opened her office to dozens of influential Democratic Party fundraisers, Clinton loyalists and corporate donors to the Clinton Foundation, a nonprofit corporation established by her husband, former president Bill Clinton.

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