Bernie Sanders made a statement in the last hour saying he is not getting out of Democratic race for president and looks forward to debating Biden one on one so voters can see who is truly electable:
FOX NEWS – Sen. Bernie Sanders, after a drubbing in the latest round of primaries, will press on with his presidential bid, his campaign says.
The decision from the populist senator from Vermont who was making his second straight White House bid came the day after he was pummeled by the former vice president in Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi and Idaho and failed to have a breakout performance in Washington state.
As the bad news from the six March 10 contests continued to come in on Tuesday night, the self-described democratic socialist headed home to Burlington, Vt., and took the unusual step of not giving a prime-time primary night speech.
“Last night, obviously was not a good night for our campaign, from a delegate point of view,” Sanders said Wednesday.
But looking for the silver lining, he touted his victory in North Dakota and noted he’s leading in the Washington state vote count.
Here’s a quote from Sanders admitting that they keep hearing how electable Biden is over himself:
Here's the nut quote from Sanders, where he frankly says he is losing the argument on 'electability' to Joe Biden. pic.twitter.com/RUb47xmsDo
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) March 11, 2020
I think one reason Sanders made this statement like he did is to make sure that Biden goes through with the debate. There’s been discussion out there that Biden should perhaps cancel the debate to protect his lead and to keep from doing anything that could hurt himself. But Sanders is counting on this debate wants to make sure that Biden doesn’t ‘chicken out’. You can bet he’ll come out swinging hard at Biden too, hoping Biden will gaffe or say something that will swing the momentum back his way. Should be an interesting debate.