USW Retiree Robert Avery Goes Extra Mile for Hillary Clinton
The day after Michelle Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with her inspiring speech, retired USW member Robert Avery, who is a Hillary Clinton delegate to the Democratic National Convention this week, told me that he feels he has a special obligation to go beyond the call of duty to get the nominee elected.
That is because in 2008, Avery was a Hillary Clinton supporter before a virtually unknown Illinois senator named Barack Obama went to Selma, Ala., and met with the Alabama New South Coalition at a time when Avery was the group’s president.
The organization endorsed Obama, so, of course, Avery did too. He recounts telling the young senator, “I let him know I was with Hillary. I said I would support him until he fell out of the race.” In the end, that’s not what happened.
“So, now,” Avery told me yesterday, “I really feel like I owe it to Hillary to help her.”
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