Al Gore has finally endorsed Hillary Clinton

Al Gore must've had the words "better late than never" in mind when he finally got around to endorsing Hillary Clinton on Monday. The former vice president's endorsement arrived a whopping 49 days after Clinton clinched enough delegates to claim the Democratic Party's presidential nomination and on the very day that the Democratic National Convention begins:
Gore, who served as Bill Clinton's vice president for eight years, had said he was waiting until a nominee was officially selected before offering his opinion — though he didn't exactly speak up when Clinton secured the nomination in the beginning of June. When Gore finally endorsed Monday, he was "one of the last Democratic heavyweights" to do so, Politico reported.
Though Gore is a superdelegate, he'd already announced he won't be at the convention this week because of "obligations in Tennessee."
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