PHILADELPHIA — On the same day Democrats formally nominated Hillary Clinton for president, one of Colorado’s biggest advocates for Bernie Sanders urged his supporters to give Clinton a chance after the Democratic National Convention — a plea that several Sanders delegates said they were not ready to do.

Choking back tears at one point, Sanders backer and state Rep. Joe Salazar highlighted the stakes of the election in a breakfast speech Tuesday to Colorado delegates attending the convention. He acknowledged the challenge of supporting a former rival, but said the alternative was too dangerous for any other course of action.

“As bitter as it might be for some of you — and it is bitter for me, too — I’m going to ask you to switch gears,” said Salazar, noting Sanders’ vocal endorsement of Clinton the night before.

But many of the 41 Sanders delegates that Colorado sent to the convention said backing Clinton is still a bitter pill to swallow.

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