Sanders details kickoff, ignites endorsement battle - BurlingtonFreePress.com
Bernie Sanders, Vermont's independent senator and 2016 presidential candidate, will hold his formal campaign kickoff Tuesday evening along Lake Champlain in Burlington, the city where he once was mayor. The Sanders campaign revealed details of the event for the first time Wednesday — the same day that Gov. Peter Shumlin, a Democrat, took to Twitter to endorse Sanders' rival for the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton. co-founder Jerry Greenfield backed Sanders, while Vermont House Speaker Shap Smith, D-Morristown, joined the Clinton camp. There is nowhere else in the world where I would hold an event this important," Sanders said in a statement. "In Vermont, I have learned that focusing on important issues and not engaging in negative campaigns is what people want. I have learned that grassroots campaigning — holding town meetings, knocking on doors, face-to-face discussions — is more important than money in winning elections. "The formal kickoff will set the stage for the campaign to come," Sanders continued. Source: www.burlingtonfreepress.com
