Sen. Bernie Sanders ended his presidential campaign on Wednesday, clearing Joe Biden's path to the Democratic nomination and a showdown with President Donald Trump in November.
Sanders first made the announcement in a call with his staff, his campaign said.
"I wish I could give you better news, but I think you know the truth, and that is that we are now some 300 delegates behind Vice President Biden, and the path toward victory is virtually impossible," Sanders said in a livestream after the call. "So while we are winning the ideological battle and while we are winning the support of so many young people and working people throughout the country, I have concluded that this battle for the Democratic nomination will not be successful. And so today I am announcing the suspension of my campaign."
Sanders' exit caps a stunning reversal of fortune following a strong performance in the first three states that voted in February. The nomination appeared his for the taking until, on the last day of February, Biden surged to a blowout victory in South Carolina that set off a consolidation of moderate voters around the former vice president. The contest ends now as the country continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, which halted in-person campaigning for both Sanders and Biden and has led many states to delay their primary elections.
As Blaze TV's Steve Deace points out, the timing of Sanders' announcement is rather ironic.
We have grocery store rationing. We're locked in our homes. We have record unemployment. Criminals and illegal aliens have more freedom than we do. Government is buying up everything and "loaning" us back our money it already confiscated from us. In other words, all of Bernie Sanders' main objectives have been achieved! There's no need for him to be in the race. His candidacy is now a redundancy. Mission accomplished!
And even better for him is Sanders can continue to lie sideways in the public trough while watching America's plight from one of his three homes. Not bad a gig.
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