Sen. Bernie Sanders announced Thursday night that he will continue to campaign in support of progressive down-ballot candidates in California and New York in the run-up to the Democratic National Convention next month.
Sanders told supporters in New York that he will campaign for a state senate candidate, reportedly Jane Kim, in California and Eric Kingson, a congressional candidate, in Syracuse on Friday. He also added that he will campaign for progressives “all over this country.”
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“Tomorrow, I’m going to be in Syracuse, New York campaigning for a guy who is running for the United States Congress. I’m going to do everything I can to make sure he wins,” Sanders said, referring to Kingson. “I’m going to go back to California and campaign for a woman running for the state senate in California, and I think she’s going to win.”
“We’re going to go all over this country because that is what the political revolution is about. It’s not about me. It is about people at the grassroots level,” Sanders said.
The Vermont senator made the remarks Thursday in an address dubbed the “Where We Go From Here” speech, during which he spoke of the future of his political revolution and held off mentioning former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who defeated him to become the presumptive Democratic nominee.
The event was Sanders’ first since he admitted early Wednesday that he will likely not be taking home the Democratic nomination, which Clinton clinched with her victory in the California primary.
