Today at our very first rally I want to welcome you to a campaign.

All of you know we won the popular vote in Iowa.

We won the New Hampshire primary and according to three networks in the AP we have now won the Nevada Caucus.

Thank you, thank you, thank you South Carolina.

Former Vice President Joe Biden surged to a strong victory in the South Carolina primary,

breathing new life into a stalled presidential bid.

The results out of South Carolina effectively reset the race.

We're past Super Tuesday, Biden's ahead, nobody was expecting that even a week ago.

The question is if your Bernie says a traditional candidate would probably say, I'm gone.

The math is overwhelming. He's not a traditional candidate.

He views himself as the leader of a movement, which takes me to the state of our presidential campaign.

Hey, it's Alex Burns.

In the race for the Democratic nomination for president, it's been clear to Bernie Sanders and his campaign for nearly a month now that he didn't really have a way to overcome Joe Biden.

That after he lost Michigan, a state he'd been counting on. There was no realistic path of victory.

Biden's delegate lead was too insurmountable, not to mention the fact that campaigning in any traditional sense has been suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic.

And so with the knowledge that he couldn't win the nomination, the question Sanders had been facing is, do you have a better shot at advancing your agenda by staying in the race or by getting out?

Good morning, and thank you very much for joining me.

And today we got his answer.

I wish I could give you better news, but I think you know the truth.

And that is that we announced some 300 delegates behind Vice President Biden and the path toward victory is virtually impossible.

I have concluded that this battle for the Democratic nomination will not be successful.

And so today, I am announcing the suspension of my campaign.

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