The surprisingly competitive Democratic primaries served as “foreshadowing” for Hillary Clinton’s eventual general election defeat, says Jeff Weaver, a longtime top aide to Bernie Sanders.

“Most of the country would be colored [Sanders’] color versus Secretary Clinton’s,” Weaver, who served as Sanders’ campaign chairman, said during a conference call Tuesday evening held by MayDay.us, a grassroots group dedicated to campaign finance reform.

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