Hillary Clinton's campaign is confident there won't be a repeat of Sen. Ted Cruz's surprise endorsement refusal at this week's Democratic National Convention. In fact, the campaign is so unconcerned, Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta admitted Monday on Morning Joe that Team Clinton still hasn't even taken a peek at the speech Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is scheduled to deliver later this evening. "The short answer to that is no, we have not," Podesta said, in response to the whether they'd reviewed Sanders' speech.
Podesta said Sanders' previous remarks at the primary rivals' joint rally earlier this month was evidence enough the Vermont senator wouldn't pull a Cruz and refuse to endorse Clinton. "We already saw what he's going to say when he stood with her in New Hampshire, endorsed her, was full-throated, said this is a campaign that he wants to be involved with," Podesta said about Sanders. "He wants to do everything he can to elect her and defeat Donald Trump, and that's what we're going to get tonight."
Watch Podesta's take on Sanders' coming speech, below. Becca Stanek
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