The Nation has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president
, saying a substantial victory for the Democratic presidential nominee would prevent catastrophe and offer a chance to push progressive issues.
"The first case for Clinton can be summed up in two words: Donald Trump," the liberal magazine wrote.
The Nation endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary, delivering a resounding rejection of Clinton in only the third time the 150-year-old publication has made an endorsement in a primary. The magazine's other two primary endorsements went to Jesse Jackson in 1988 and Barack Obama in 2008.
The Nation dedicated a substantial portion of its article endorsing Clinton to making a case against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
"In the contest between hope and cynicism, justice and prejudice, solidarity and selfishness, we can be absolutely certain that Trump is not on our side," the magazine wrote. "Given the perils facing our country and our planet, we believe that Trump's election would be a catastrophe for the United States — and for the world. We also believe our best chance right now to advance the cause of justice, rather than spend the next four years on the defensive, is to elect Clinton — and give her coattails long enough to elect a Congress committed to turning the progressive rhetoric of the Democratic Party platform into concrete legislation."
The magazine praised Clinton's "intelligence, tenacity, ferocious work ethic, and seriousness of purpose," but also expressed concerns about her "enduring ties to Wall Street and corporate CEOs" and her "hawkish foreign-policy reflexes."
"This does not constitute a blank check or a wholesale endorsement," the magazine wrote, calling on progressives to push Clinton on issues such as trade, financial regulation, taxation, and public investment.
The advancement of the progressive movement requires that Clinton "not just ... defeat Trump, but to demolish him," The Nation said.
"(A) big win would empower a progressive bloc of newcomers in Congress like Zephyr Teachout, Jamie Raskin, and Pramila Jayapal, and give progressive champions like Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown, and Russ Feingold — who is campaigning to return to the Senate — real authority to shape legislation, expose inequality, rein in Wall Street, and make government work on behalf of those who need it most," the magazine said.
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