‘Bernie Or Bust’ Delegates Still Unwilling To Support Clinton

Most Bernie Sanders delegates have been cheering Hillary Clinton as the Democratic National Convention continues in Philadelphia. But a smaller group of so-called “Bernie or Bust” delegates remain, including in Wisconsin.

For many Clinton supporters, this convention is a historic celebration and even Sanders supporters who don’t like Clinton describe her as their pragmatic choice in the general election.

But Sanders delegate Angie Aker of Kenosha doesn’t feel that way. Speaking from the floor of the convention hall, she disputed the argument that not voting for Clinton is a vote for Republican nominee Donald Trump.

“Well, I reject that,” Aker said. “I reject the idea that voting for somebody whose policies you believe in equates to a vote for somebody else. We have to break out of this binary either-or system we have in this country, or else we’ll only keep being given options that are no good to us.”

Aker said she was elected a Sanders delegate by others in her area, who she said aren’t ready to support Clinton.

Correction: The original story stated Angie Aker is from Madison. The story has been changed to correctly state she is from Kenosha.