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Clinton Democrats embrace pro TPP Platform
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July 12, 2016
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"Sanders supporters' top priority had been trade, and it was the biggest point of contention between the two camps.
When their proposal to oppose the Pacific Rim deal was rejected, Sanders supporters shouted "shame!" and "fake progressive!" at Clinton backers on the Democratic National Committee's platform panel here, as the party met to finalize its official positions on issues ahead of its convention later this month in Philadelphia.
Some vowed to force a vote on the convention floor on whether to oppose the trade pact in the party's platform.
"If it were not for the Sanders campaign, we wouldn't even be having this conversation," said pro-Sanders delegate Cornel West, the civil rights activist and philosopher. "We don't want window dressing in talking about working people."
By keeping specific opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership out of the platform, Democrats avoided embarrassing President Barack Obama, whose administration has spent most of his two terms negotiating the massive 12-nation trade deal."
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