Sanders vows to remain in White House race despite more losses to Biden

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Sanders vows to remain in White House race despite more losses to Biden

By Lucas Jackson and John Whitesides

 

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders addresses a news conference in Burlington, Vermont, U.S. March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

 

BURLINGTON, Vt. (Reuters) - A resolute Bernie Sanders said on Wednesday he would stay in the Democratic presidential race despite a series of big losses to front-runner Joe Biden, promising to keep up the public pressure for his sweeping economic and social justice proposals.

 

Sanders acknowledged falling behind the former vice president in the count of delegates needed to win the nomination, but said he remained committed to the overarching goal of defeating Republican President Donald Trump in November.

 

"On Sunday night, in the first one-on-one debate of this campaign, the American people will have the opportunity to see which candidate is best positioned to accomplish that goal," he told reporters.

 

Biden, 77, and Sanders, 78, will debate in Phoenix on Sunday ahead of nominating contests next Tuesday in Arizona, Florida, Illinois and Ohio.

 

On Tuesday, Biden notched decisive primary victories in Michigan and three other states, taking a big step towards the party's nomination to take on Trump, 73, and casting doubt on the future of Sanders' White House bid.

 

Sanders - who won in North Dakota but had hoped for an upset victory in the key state of Michigan to boost his flagging chances - said his anti-corporate economic agenda was winning the ideological battle and gaining support from young people who are the country's future.

 

Many Democratic voters, however, still believe Biden has the best chance of beating Trump, Sanders said.

 

"While our campaign has won the ideological debate, we are losing the debate over electability," said the democratic socialist U.S. senator from Vermont.

Sanders' losses on Tuesday, coming after a series of Biden wins in last week's Super Tuesday contests in 14 states, put Sanders in a deeper hole in the delegate count. Biden leads Sanders 786-645 in the race for the 1,991 delegates needed to clinch the nomination at July's Democratic convention.

 

Biden has already begun to look ahead to the November election, calling for party unity and making an appeal to supporters of Sanders.

 

"We share a common goal, and together we are going to defeat Donald Trump," Biden said in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, thanking Sanders and his supporters for their energy and passion.

 

WAS ONCE FRONT-RUNNER

Just two weeks ago, Sanders was seen as the front-runner after an impressive win in Nevada in mid-February, while Biden and the other moderate candidates split the vote of the party's centrists.

 

But Democrats who worried Sanders' agenda would doom the party to defeat in November have rushed to rally around Biden. Biden's decisive victories on Super Tuesday and in Tuesday's showdown in Michigan created a growing sense of inevitability about his candidacy.

 

Two of the largest Democratic super PACs said they would back Biden, and former rival Andrew Yang joined other former contenders like Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Kamala Harris and Cory Booker in endorsing him.

 

During his first presidential bid in 2016, Sanders' battle with eventual winner Hillary Clinton lasted into June, long after the delegate math made her nomination inevitable.

 

Sanders said he looked forward to advocating for his progressive agenda during the debate on Sunday, and previewed some of his questions for Biden.

 

"Joe, what are you going to do to end the absurdity of the United States of America being the only major country on earth where healthcare is not a human right?" Sanders asked.

 

"Joe, what are you going to do to end the absurdity of billionaires buying elections and the three wealthiest Americans owning more wealth than the bottom half of our people," he said.

 

The debate in Phoenix will not have an in-person audience because of health concerns over the coronavirus outbreak, which forced Sanders and Biden to cancel events in Cleveland on Tuesday. It was unclear how the pandemic might affect the campaign going forward.

 

Biden planned to deliver remarks on Thursday on the issue, which he has characterized as a test of presidential leadership. His campaign cancelled planned public events in Florida and Illinois and converted them into "virtual" campaign events to minimize health risks.

 

(Reporting by Michael Martina in Detroit, John Whitesides in Washington and Trevor Hunnicutt in Philadelphia; Additional reporting by Doina Chiacu, Ginger Gibson and Chris Kahn in Washington; Writing by John Whitesides; Editing by Scott Malone, Howard Goller and Peter Cooney)

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-03-12

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[Tug]

Stubborn old duffer but ya gotta love the dude keep on truckin Bernie 

[Hayduke]

42 minutes ago, webfact said:

Sanders vows to remain in White House race

 

Bravo....stay the course, Comrade Bernie. The oppressed masses yearn for a bright, joyous utopian future where everyone will have everything…and someone else will pay for it all.

 

[Boomer6969]

8 minutes ago, Hayduke said:

 

Bravo....stay the course, Comrade Bernie. The oppressed masses yearn for a bright, joyous utopian future where everyone will have everything…and someone else will pay for it all.

 

"Joe, what are you going to do to end the absurdity of billionaires buying elections and the three wealthiest Americans owning more wealth than the bottom half of our people," 

[Cryingdick]

Go Bernie!! I want some free stuff. I don't think Bernie will give up until the day of the convention. He is now preaching for the next elections. He considers what he is doing as a generational victory. Compared to Biden he may even been right when you look at Biden's cabinet choices. 

 

All of those nauseating creeps that got rejected pop up in Joe's cabinet.

[thaibeachlovers]

2 hours ago, Boomer6969 said:

"Joe, what are you going to do to end the absurdity of billionaires buying elections and the three wealthiest Americans owning more wealth than the bottom half of our people," 

Given that Bloomberg is supporting Joe, probably nothing.

 

Anyway, go Bernie, go. Stick it to Biden. You have nothing to lose, and the big chair to win if you do it well enough.

[blazes]

I hope Bernie really sticks it to this corrupt indecent guy.  

 

Biden's handlers may well be pleased at the eruption of the virus, since it will give them an excuse to avoid Slow Joe embarrassing himself on the campaign trail every time he is not staring dumbly at a teleprompter.

But it's a long time between now and November to keep this mental midget from committing gaffes that will actually be reported by the cable networks.

But do people care about his clear incompetence????

[Isaan sailor]

He’s a tough socialist, and has no chance.  But he can expose the bumbling, confused dementia candidate that DNC now wants to hide from the cameras.  Kinda like the way they kept Hillary out of the limelight near the end of her campaign...

And what’s up with the sit down format?

Edited March 12, 2020 by Isaan sailor

[malibukid]

8 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

Go Bernie!! I want some free stuff. I don't think Bernie will give up until the day of the convention. He is now preaching for the next elections. He considers what he is doing as a generational victory. Compared to Biden he may even been right when you look at Biden's cabinet choices. 

 

All of those nauseating creeps that got rejected pop up in Joe's cabinet.

what happen to all the youngsters that where going to vote for him?

[malibukid]

8 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

Go Bernie!! I want some free stuff. I don't think Bernie will give up until the day of the convention. He is now preaching for the next elections. He considers what he is doing as a generational victory. Compared to Biden he may even been right when you look at Biden's cabinet choices. 

 

All of those nauseating creeps that got rejected pop up in Joe's cabinet.

go with Joe and you get same oh same oh

[Tug]

12 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

Go Bernie!! I want some free stuff. I don't think Bernie will give up until the day of the convention. He is now preaching for the next elections. He considers what he is doing as a generational victory. Compared to Biden he may even been right when you look at Biden's cabinet choices. 

 

All of those nauseating creeps that got rejected pop up in Joe's cabinet.

You are funney as far as cabinet appointments trumps picks.only people who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones lol oh yea that’s rite they are all acting can’t get anyone confirmed lol.oh I follow the news pretty closely haven’t heard of Biden picking anyone yet lots of speculation though 

[Dumbastheycome]

28 minutes ago, rhyddid said:

Biden his a deep state bot, worst he will not even reach the 40% of votes to oust trump, this means we shall say thanks to Dem if the world and US will get another horribles 4 years of Donald.
Bernie is the only one who has the voice, the arguments and the agenda that will able to get the majority of votes, he is not a Communist as few extreme right wing shout out, he is the man who care for the normal and poor people and not for the rich only.
Poor and regular income Americans are tired of a President working only for multinationals, israel, lobbies and finance corporations.

Working for the people is being a communist ? 

No. It  just contradicts the agenda of the  ingrained  philosophy of  corporate superiority protected by  totalitarian political demigods.

There is deliberate confusion in terms  of  socialist, communist, capitalist  comprehension.

"Democracy" has  been subverted to mean nothing as a principle of establishment of any in real terms.

Dictate, corruption , infliction, deception, subjugation and compliance are the essence of the return of historical systems of  "political" control.

It seems  that  after  some years/decades of pretended efforts  to  become a  global species  with  common  interests as such there is this rapid decline into or attempts achieve  to a state of nationalistic  isolation. It seems  headed  towards tribalism  in many instances  even in the  so  called  1st world!

Within that is the increase in the use of ethnic and religious discrimination as justification  without any  genuine equivalent.  

It seems we are determined to  remain primates in spite of technological capacities developed  so many times primarily as a means  to  destroy ourselves !

Suggestions  politically that suggest there  may be a more advantageous humanitarian  system  are either ridiculed  or  shut  down .

Why?

 

 

 

 

 

[Sujo]

15 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

Go Bernie!! I want some free stuff. I don't think Bernie will give up until the day of the convention. He is now preaching for the next elections. He considers what he is doing as a generational victory. Compared to Biden he may even been right when you look at Biden's cabinet choices. 

 

All of those nauseating creeps that got rejected pop up in Joe's cabinet.

What cabinet picks?

[Sujo]

7 hours ago, malibukid said:

go with Joe and you get same oh same oh

No i dont think you get the same as trump. Kushner and ivanka are special.