In his Huffington post, dated September 30th, blogger Ben Spielberg targets democrats in his article titled "Bernie Sanders, Not Hillary Clinton, Deserves Union Endorsements". His argument breaks down why Bernie Sanders should receive union endorsements over Hillary Clinton. Ben Spielberg is the co-founder of 34justice, a political blog that critically analyzes political and cultural issues.
It begins with how The National Education Association is considering an early endorsement of Hillary Clinton and how that could jeopardize the member's trust in the union leaders. He describes how Hillary does not have as strong a track record as Vermont candidate Bernie Sanders stating "on practically every topic -- from criminal justice issues to health care to foreign policy -- Sanders has Hillary beat". He even displays the different donor lists from both the candidates and shows Hillary's backers are mostly represented by banks, corporations, and media groups while Sanders backers are more comprised of unions. At one point showing her ties to the corporation Walmart as a previous board of director and revealing her continuing ties to anti-union business. He uses this evidence to prove how Hillary is a suboptimal candidate when comparing her credentials to Sander's.
I agree with Spielberg in his claim of Hillary being an inferior candidate and his logic of how Sander's should get more union support. Based on Spielberg's points in the article and previous research on Sander's objective in his campaign, I do feel like he is a better representative in terms of the people's views when compared to Hillary.
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