Bernie Sanders Finally Decides To Endorse Ex-Opponent Joe Biden

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Bernie Sanders Finally Decides To Endorse Ex-Opponent Joe Biden

Sen. Bernie Sanders has started to endorse Joe Biden’s campaign to defeat Donald Trump in November’s election. Sanders had dropped out of the electoral race to be the Democratic Party’s nominee last week, leaving Mr. Biden as the sole candidate from his party.

Former vice-president Mr. Biden in a live split-screen webcast thanked his former rival for the endorsement.

Sanders asked every American to unite to help him defeat Mr. Trump.

He called him “the most dangerous president in the modern history of this country.”

“Today I am asking all Americans – I’m asking every Democrat, I’m asking every independent, I’m asking a lot of Republicans – to come together in this campaign to support your candidacy which I endorse,” said Sanders. 

Joe Biden said he was “deeply grateful” for the endorsement by Sanders and said he needed him, not just for the campaign, but to help him govern.

“You’ve put the interests of this nation and the need to beat Donald Trump above all else. As you say – ‘Not me, us,'” he said.

Addressing the Vermont senator’s supporters, Mr. Biden added: “I see you, I hear you, I understand the urgency of what it is that we have to get done in this country, and I hope you’ll join us.”

Mr. Biden said he and Mr. Sanders were setting up policy working groups to address issues, including climate change, health care, and college fees.

It emerged shortly afterward that Mr. Biden had beaten Mr. Sanders in last week’s Wisconsin’s Democratic presidential primary – held amid controversy because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Senator Sanders, a self-described “Democratic socialist,” ended his presidential campaign last week, telling supporters he could see no feasible path to get enough votes to win the nomination.

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