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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is suspending his 2020 presidential campaign, ceding the Democratic nomination to Joe Biden after a string of losses last month crippled his campaign. https://politi.co/2Ros2GS
Sanders announced his decision during an all staff conference call this morning https://politi.co/2Ros2GS
Sanders’ withdrawal marks the culmination of one of the most dramatic turnarounds in presidential primary history, with the Vermont senator on the losing end https://politi.co/2Ros2GS
For the last year, Sanders has driven the Democratic primary in many ways, putting signature policy proposals like Medicare for All at the center of the nominating contest and pulling other candidates to the left on a number of issues https://politi.co/2Ros2GS
After proclaiming all year that he would win by increasing voter turnout, Sanders failed to expand his coalition, neither making significant inroads with black voters nor turning out young voters in sufficient numbers to defeat Biden https://politi.co/2Ros2GS
Sanders can now begin to claim a mantle that eluded him in 2016 — unifier. The 78-year-old Sanders remains popular with young people whose votes Biden will need in the general election. https://politi.co/2Ros2GS
Sanders will end his second presidential campaign where he left his first one: losing to a more moderate candidate, in a party yet to shift as far left as Sanders. https://politi.co/2Ros2GS
