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Sanders Speaks With Warren Following Super Tuesday, Sets Sights on Biden

By Isaac Fornarola, Burlington Free Press

05 March 20

en. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday said he spoke with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who told him she is assessing the future of her presidential campaign after failing to win a single primary contest, including in her home state, Massachusetts.

“Elizabeth Warren is a very, very excellent senator,” Sanders told reporters at his campaign headquarters in Burlington the day after Super Tuesday. “She will make her own decision in her own time.”

With moderates in the field dropping out and backing former Vice President Joe Biden, progressives Sanders and Warren face Democratic moderates united behind a single candidate as the party's presidential nominee.

In less than a week, the Democratic field has drastically narrowed: Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and Mike Bloomberg have since bowed out, consolidating moderate support behind Biden and muddying Sanders’ path to victory.

Sanders and Warren share similar platforms and Sanders would likely benefit if Warren chose to leave the race.

Some Sanders supporters have called for Warren to drop out of the race in order to help the Vermonter's chances — and some have been highly critical of Warren, even vitriolic.

“I’m disgusted by it,” Sanders said of the online attacks on Warren. “I think the Twitter world is an opportunity for people to debate issues, have good honest debates about issues – but not debate vitriolic attacks on people because you disagree with them.”

Contrast with Biden

The Vermont senator spoke to reporters to give his assessment after former Vice President Joe Biden took 10 of 14 states up for grabs on Super Tuesday.

“Of course I was disappointed,” Sanders said. “I would like to win every state by a landslide—it’s not going to happen."

As he did Tuesday night, Sanders highlighted the ideological differences between Biden and himself, describing the contest as a “conflict of ideas.”

“As we come into the last several months of this campaign, what I hope very much is what we can focus on is an issue-oriented campaign,” Sanders said.

Sanders said he doesn’t believe his campaign has done a good enough job of bringing young people, unarguably the backbone of his campaign, to the polls. He said his campaign would also remain focused on growing support within communities of color.

Biden has done well among African American voters, who helped propel the former vice president to his first primary victory in South Carolina on Saturday, giving him momentum that carried him through Super Tuesday.