WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - US Senator Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday (April 8) in a conference call with staff, his campaign said in a statement.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont dropped out of the Democratic presidential race on Wednesday , concluding a quest for the White House that began five years ago in relative obscurity but ultimately elevated him as a champion of the working class, a standard-bearer of American liberalism and the leader of a self-styled political revolution.
Though Mr Biden had been careful not to pressure Mr Sanders, he had begun to move ahead as if the race were over, taking steps, for example, to begin his search for a running mate. In many ways, Mr Sanders never overcame the widely held view among Democrats that he was a political outlier, a self-described democratic socialist who proudly proclaimed himself to be an independent senator from Vermont rather than a member of the party establishment.
His departure from the race will amount to a striking turnaround for a candidate who less than two months ago was the clear front-runner, after finishing in a tie for first in Iowa and winning in New Hampshire and Nevada. He inspired the modern progressive movement with his expansive policy agenda and his impassioned message that “healthcare is a human right”, and electrified a legion of loyal supporters who wholeheartedly embraced his promise to lift up those who need it most.
That led to a wave of new endorsements and a remarkable coalescing around Mr Biden that Mr Sanders could not match on the left. His media consulting team abruptly quit after clashing with him and his wife, Jane, over an announcement ad. But in a remarkable turn of events - as he stood on the debate stage just two weeks after his heart attack - he received the endorsement of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, one of the most visible liberal congresswomen and a star of the left. It helped jump-start his candidacy just as it appeared in jeopardy of collapsing.
Mr Sanders denied he had said that, and the allegation faded from the race as he pivoted to go on offence against Mr Biden. Three days later, as centrist Democrats rushed to support Mr Biden, Mr Sanders lost all of the Southern states voting on Super Tuesday as well as states like Massachusetts and Minnesota that he had expected to win.
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