Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders gave his supporters a sobering reminder: He is not their savior.
At a Friday rally in Fargo — North Dakota holds its primary June 14 — he reminded attendees that he can’t do everything and they too must get involved in politics to start a movement.
“If there is any person here, any person here that thinks I’m coming to you as some kind of savior, that I’m going to do it all — all myself, you’re wrong. No president, not Bernie Sanders or anybody else can do it alone. We don’t need a savior,” Sanders responded when a rally attendee shouted out that the country needs him,.
Roughly 2,000 people were on hand at Fargo’s Ramada Plaza & Suites, according to ABC.
“We need a political movement with millions of people,” the Vermont senator emphasized.
“See, there are people voting for Donald Trump, thinking he’s going to do it all,” Sanders explained. “Wrong! The only way that real change every takes place is when millions of people stand up and fight back. That’s what this campaign is about.”
Sanders is almost certainly not going to be the Democratic presidential nominee, but the self-described democratic socialist is still on the campaign trail. With 1,433 pledged delegates and 40 superdelegates, he trails Hillary Clinton by a large margin. She has 1,716 pledged and 524 super delegates. To win the nomination, 2,383 delegates are needed and 1,052 are still available.
