In a veiled endorsement to Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders has urged his supporters to look beyond the Democratic presidential nomination, making clear that he was no longer actively challenging her candidacy.
He insisted that his "political revolution continues" despite Clinton's effective victory in the delegate race.
Speaking to his supporters, the Vermont senator said his goal is to 'defeat Trump badly' and implied that he would soon be working with her campaign to help defeat the presumptive GOP presidential nominee.
"The major political task that we face in the next five months is to make certain that Donald Trump is defeated and defeated badly. And I personally intend to begin my role in that process in a very short period of time," the Guardian quoted him as saying.
Sanders in a live stream video thanked his supporters and volunteers while suggesting that they could continue to press for the issues that drew them toward his campaign.
"Election days come and go but political and social revolutions that attempt to transform our society never end," he said.
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"Let me conclude by once again thanking everyone who has helped in this campaign in one way or another," he said, adding, "We have begun the long and arduous process of transforming America, a fight that will continue tomorrow, next week, next year and into the future."
Sanders, who began his campaign last April, has come a long way since and stood alone seriously challenging the former secretary of state for the nomination.