Sanders endorses Biden, vows Trump must be one-term president

Biden, Sanders try the elbow shake

Joe Biden gets Sanders endorsement

Joe Biden gets Sanders endorsement

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders endorsed former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential candidacy on Monday, with a vow to kick out Donald Trump.

Both Sanders and Biden made a joint online appearance.

“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,” Sanders said.

“We’ve got to make Trump a one-term president,” he added.

“I will do all that I can to make that happen.”

The two candidates talked about the minimum wage, and oversight of the coronavirus emergency loan programme, among other issues.

Sanders suspended his campaign last week, telling supporters he saw no path to victory.

He was the runner-up for the Democratic nomination in 2016, and endorsed and campaigned for Hillary Clinton.

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It remains to be seen whether his supporters will follow Sanders’ lead again and rally around Biden, who has forcefully rejected “Medicare for All.”

“We are apart on some issues, but we’re awfully close on a whole bunch of others,” Biden told Sanders on the livestream.

“If I am the nominee — which it looks like now you just made me — I’m going to need you, not just to campaign, but to govern.”

Sanders won the early states of New Hampshire and Nevada, and finished in a virtual tie with Pete Buttigieg in Iowa.

But Biden — who had finished fourth and fifth in the first two states — staged a stunning comeback in South Carolina and the Super Tuesday states.

In March, Biden built an insurmountable lead in the delegate count, even as several states postponed their primaries due to the coronavirus outbreak.

After much legal wrangling, Wisconsin held its primary last Tuesday.

The results are due to be released later on Monday.

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