Sen. Bernie Sanders called on his supporters Saturday not to think of themselves as “courageous radicals” but rather as individuals with mainstream thoughts.
The Vermont senator made the point to his backers in a tweet Saturday and after a week in which he admitted that he will most likely not be winning the Democratic nomination.
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I don’t want you to think you’re courageous radicals. You are not. Turns out that our ideas are mainstream and supported by millions people.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) June 25, 2016
“I don’t want you to think you’re courageous radicals. You are not,” Sanders tweeted. “Turns out that our ideas are mainstream and supported by millions of people.”
On Friday, Sanders announced that he would be voting for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in November against Donald Trump.
Even so, Sanders has continued to campaign. On Thursday and Friday, he held events in New York dubbed as “Where We Go From Here” speeches, while also campaigning for down-ballot progressive candidates.
He campaigned on Friday for Eric Kingson, a congressional candidate, in Syracuse, N.Y., and also revealed that he will be going back to California to campaign for Jane Kim, a candidate for state senate.
