His challenge to Clinton, one of the best-known figures in American politics, lasted far longer than expected, as he racked up strong results in a number of state nominating contests and stayed in the race even when the delegate count seemed to spell his doom, and yielded record numbers of small donations to his campaign.
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Sanders so far has not conceded defeat, even though Clinton recently clinched the nomination and won endorsements from President Barack Obama and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of MA – a favourite of the same left-leaning voters who supported him. “After that we’ll think some more about the next steps of the campaign, but he has made it clear that the campaign will go to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia where the issues that he fought for will be discussed”, said Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs.
“We will not let Donald Trump become president”, Sanders told supporters last week.
Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton pulled a head fake on the media Friday, dramatically bobbling her head in response to reporters asking questions about her running mate. Some 47 percent said he should not.
The campaign Sanders built is valuable to Clinton.
Sanders will meet Tuesday with Senate Democrats during their weekly luncheon, following up on meetings last week with Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada and Sen. The rally was held at Duggan Greenhouse Building in Brooklyn, New York on June 7, 2016. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, right, speaks at a rally for “Team Wendy”.
Without mentioning Trump by name, Clinton warned during a speech in Cleveland that demonizing Muslims would only empower extremist groups.
“Donald, those days are over”, she said.
Sanders attended a vigil in his hometown of Burlington, Vermont, on Monday night to show solidarity with the victims.
“Generally speaking, a platform is a piece of paper tucked away in some kind of drawer, but I do not want that to be the case nor do millions of people who voted for real change want that to be the case”, Sanders said on CBS.
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“Our job is not to allow politicians, Mr. Trump or anyone else, to divide us up by where our family came from, the color of our skin, our religion or our sexual orientation”, Sanders said.
