Washington
DC: Ending his long-shot bid as the Democrat nominee, US Senator Bernie Sanders
has withdrawn his presidential campaign and endorsed his one-time rival Hillary
Clinton in the race to the White House.
On
Tuesday, in a joint appearance in the US state of New Hampshire, Sanders
declared, “Secretary Clinton has won the Democratic nominating process”.
After an often bitter campaign, Sanders said he will do everything he can to
make Clinton “the next president” of the US. “This campaign is about the
needs of the American people,” Sanders added, echoing some themes of his own
year-long campaign. He also criticized Clinton's presumptive Republican
opponent Donald Trump for his “reckless economic policies”, which he warned
could lead to trillions of dollars of debt.
In
her remarks accepting Sanders’ endorsement, Clinton embraced many of his
causes, vowing to oppose trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, fight
to raise the federal minimum wage-adopting Sanders’ tone, she called it a
“starvation wage” - and overhaul the campaign finance system. “These aren’t just
my fights. These are Bernie’s fights. These are America’s fights,” Clinton
said.
The
74-year-old Sanders, a US senator from Vermont, waged a tougher-than-expected
year-long battle against the former secretary of state, but Clinton clinched
enough delegates to secure the nomination in early June.
Sanders,
a feisty self-described democratic socialist, nevertheless has long resisted
conceding defeat to his rival, although he has said he would vote for Clinton
and do anything to help defeat Trump.
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