Sen. Bernard Sanders says it doesn’t “appear” as if he will be the Democratic presidential nominee, but that he will still do everything he can to prevent likely Republican nominee Donald Trump from becoming president.
“[It] doesn’t appear that I’m going to be the nominee, so I’m not going to be determining the scope of the convention,” Mr. Sanders said in an interview with C-SPAN when asked if he’d be speaking at the Democratic convention next month.
He said in the interview, taped on Wednesday, that his recent meeting with likely nominee Hillary Clinton was “very good.”
Mr. Sanders said at this point, he’s pushing for “the most progressive platform that we possibly can.” He also said he’s looking “to do nothing less than transform the Democratic party.”
He said he wants to push for open primaries and change the role of superdelegates — party leaders free to support the candidate of their choice — in the process.
Mr. Trump is working to win over supporters of Mr. Sanders who might not be enthralled with Mrs. Clinton — but Mr. Sanders downplayed that notion.
“What I think [the] vast majority of the people who voted for me understand [is] that Donald Trump in a dozen different ways is literally unfit to be president of the United State,” the Vermont senator said.
“This guy must not become president of the United States,” he said. “I’m going to do everything I can to prevent that. But I don’t think many people who voted for me will be voting for him.”
• David Sherfinski can be reached at dsherfinski@washingtontimes.com.
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