2016 Postmortem
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(32,324 posts)Sanders Statement on Indiana Primary Win
I want to thank the people of Indiana for the great upset victory that they gave us tonight. This is the 18th state that we have won, and we expect more victories in the weeks to come.
The Clinton campaign thinks this campaign is over. Theyre wrong. Maybe its over for the insiders and the party establishment, but the voters in Indiana had a different idea. The campaign wasnt over for them. It isnt over for the voters in West Virginia. It isnt over for Democrats in Oregon, New Jersey and Kentucky. It isnt over for voters in California and all the other states with contests still to come.
We understand that we have an uphill climb to victory but we have been fighting uphill from the first day of this campaign. We are in this campaign to win and were going to fight until the last vote is cast. There is nothing I would like more than to take on and defeat Donald Trump, someone who must never become president of this country.
The voters in the remaining contests deserve a chance to compare my record and Hillary Clintons record on creating jobs, raising the minimum wage, war and peace, the need for health care for all, breaking up big banks, combating climate change and other critical issues. To help voters make the best-informed choice possible, I hope that Secretary Clinton will agree to a date and place for a debate in California.