Nederlandse mainstream-journalisten als de presentator Twan Huys en de éminence grise van de polderpers Henk Hofland mogen dan wel hun 'Hillary' de 'ideale kandidaat' vinden, daarentegen hebben ontwikkelde Amerikanen een ander beeld van haar.
“Drop out Hillary,” say left-wing Twitter users: Clinton “can’t buy this election”
#DropOutHillary trended on Twitter, users refusing to elect millionaire hawk Clinton or billionaire demagogue Trump
Hillary Clinton (Credit: AP/Jim Cole/Shutterstock/Salon)
It is looking more and more like the U.S. presidential election could be between Donald Trump, a far-right demagogic billionaire, and Hillary Clinton, an extremely hawkish Wall Street-backed multimillionaire.
Trump was left as the last Republican candidate standing this week, after Ted Cruz dropped out on Tuesday night and campaign officials confirmed on Wednesday that fellow candidate John Kasich would be suspending his campaign as well.
In a surprise upset, however, Bernie Sanders won the primary in Indiana on Tuesday by more than 5 percent, “throwing a wrench” in Clinton’s strategy, as Yahoo News put it.
Sanders supporters and other leftists are protesting the lack of substantively different candidates in the election, and refuse to be left with the choice of a lesser evil.
The hashtag #DropOutHillary was trending on Twitter on Wednesday afternoon, as left-wing users pushed back against the Democratic Party establishment.
Cassandra Fairbanks
#DropOutHillary trending on Twitter gives me life.
Zach Haller
Americans will NEVER elect a straight up WAR PROFITEER. #DropOutHillary, your battleship is sunk.
Users stressed that numerous polls have shown Sanders would beat Trump with a higher margin than Clinton, who could potentially lose to Trump.
Others also emphasized that Clinton does not do nearly as well among independents as Sanders, who often wins when independents can vote in the primary.
Khaled Beydoun
If all primaries were open, #Bernie would have a robust lead over Hillary. #DropOutHillary
Jessica Ramirez
Only reason she currently has the popular vote is bc most independents couldn't vote in the primaries #DropOutHillary
Polls perpetually show #Bernie beating Trump at a far wider margin than Hillary. #DropOutHillary
Only reason she currently has the popular vote is bc most independents couldn't vote in the primaries #DropOutHillary
Carol Dollar Smith
#DropOutHillary because she can't win without independents (43% of voters)
Farmers for Bernie
Only Bernie has enthusiastic support from the young voters and independents needed to beat Trump.
#DropOutHillary
The Democratic race is actually closer than much of the punditry makes it out to be.
Clinton has 1,700 pledged delegates, or 55 percent of the total, while Sanders has 1,410, or 45 percent of the total.
It would be mathematically impossible for Sanders to win with just pledged delegates, nevertheless, so he would have to earn additional support from superdelegates, unelected party elites who can nominate any candidate they would like.
Other left-wing users called on Hillary to drop out simply in political and moral outrage at her corruption, inconsistency and historic right-wing stances.
Sāvion
#DropOutHillary because we need someone who's not afraid to PROGRESS for the people, and not for banks and corps!
Kaydee King
BernieismyBoyfriend
Tabitha Ashley
Team T'Challa
Amy
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WomenForSurvival
Dr. Jill Stein
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