Clinton Lands Powerful Progressive Endorsement From Working Families Party

Hillary Clinton earned a powerful progressive endorsement Tuesday, landing the support of the Working Families Party, which enthusiastically endorsed Clinton’s rival Bernie Sanders during the Democratic primary.

“The change we need next year starts with electing Secretary Clinton, but it doesn’t end there,” WFP National Director Dan Cantor said in a press release, noting its major platform concerns include the student debt crisis, money in politics, racial injustice and climate change.

The group says it plans to pressure the Clinton administration to follow through with her progressive campaign promises. Clinton was forced to the left on several issues during the hard-fought primary battle; following Sanders’ concession speech, she laid out an economic plan that promised to tackle student debt and oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership, among other policies embraced by Sanders and his supporters.

According to the party, 67 percent of WFP members voted to endorse Clinton in her battle against Republican rival Donald Trump. A full 87 percent voted to endorse Sanders during the primary. “We know we won't always agree,” Cantor said Tuesday, adding the party is "ready to work hard to press her to deliver on the economic, environmental and racial justice promises she made during the campaign."