Man Still Yelling
Tonight, in a live address streamed to supporters, Bernie Sanders announced that he was officially conce—hahaha, just kidding. Bernie Sanders will concede in hell.
More specifically, after reiterating his major talking points, Sanders said:
The major political task that we face in the next five months is to make certain that Donald Trump is defeated and defeated badly. And I personally intend to begin my role in that process in a very short period of time.
But defeating Donald Trump cannot be our only goal. We must continue our grassroots efforts to create the America that we know we can become. And we must take that energy into the Democratic National Convention on July 25 in Philadelphia where we will have more than 1,900 delegates.
So, presumably, Sanders’ “role” will come when he finally gives up on his presidential aspirations to support the presumptive Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton. Or perhaps, it will come when he’s dead.
Either way, Sanders is looking forward “to continued discussions between the two campaigns to make certain that your voices are heard and that the Democratic Party passes the most progressive platform in its history and that Democrats actually fight for that agenda.” We’re sure Hillary can’t wait.
You can read the full transcript of Sanders’ address over at Politico here.