Bowing to pressure to endorse Hillary Clinton, Al Gore finally sent out a series of tepid tweets yesterday officially saying he’ll vote for the Democratic presidential candidate.
After stories ran in Politico, Blasting News, The Tennessean, and elsewhere, the two-term vice president finally sent out a series of late-afternoon tweets letting his followers know he was voting for Hillary Clinton:
I am not able to attend this year’s Democratic convention, but I will be voting for Hillary Clinton. (1/3)
— Al Gore (@algore) July 25, 2016
Given her qualifications and experience — and given the significant challenges facing our nation and the world, (2/3)
— Al Gore (@algore) July 25, 2016
If that sounds a bit meager, that’s because Gore never actually said he was endorsing Hillary (he may officially endorse her on the last day of the convention).
And he’s still not attending or speaking at the Democratic National Convention (DNC). All this comes on the heels of a chaotic and disorderly first day in which Bernie Sanders’ supporters forced Debbie Wasserman Schultz to resign immediately, causing a last-minute replacement in which Baltimore’s mayor “gaveled in” the party’s ceremonial kickoff:
Breaking: Outgoing DNC chair will not gavel in the party’s national convention https://t.co/BnDwL1rVQq
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 25, 2016
And while Gore won’t be speaking at the DNC this year about the perils of climate change, his conspicuous absence hasn’t gone unnoticed among Bernie Sanders’ supporters.
