Bernie Sanders will speak directly to supporters in a live-streamed event on Thursday at 8:30pm. According to the press release, Sanders will speak on the future of his campaign, but most experts believe Sanders will use the opportunity to drop out of the presidential race.
After an almost year-long campaign, Washington, D.C. will hold the nation’s final Democratic primary on Tuesday. As the results roll in Tuesday evening, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton will meet together with Senate Democrats, likely in hopes that they can also convince Bernie Sanders to call off the Bernie Bros and abandon what has become a quixotic effort to turn super-delegates and stall Clinton’s nomination.
Sanders cannot possibly believe, at this point, that the nomination is within reach, even if he can swing a few party officials with promises of front-row Dave Matthews Band tickets and all the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream they can eat. Sanders hasn’t talked about a DNC insurgency since June 7 — since Clinton secured enough delegates for the nomination ahead of the California primary.
Now, Sanders’s spokesman told media, Bernie will “speak directly to grassroots supporters from Burlington (in Vermont) on Thursday night about how the revolution continues.” His spokesman also stressed that Bernie intends to remain on the campaign trail until the Democratic National Convention in Philly, though he did not specify in what capacity.
According to sources, while Democrats are hoping that Bernie Sanders chooses to support Clinton and help Democrats become a unified force against Donald Trump, his meeting with Senate Democrats Tuesday night will be a warning shot across the elderly socialist’s bow. If Sanders does not cooperate, he could run the risk of losing key influence on the Democratic platform, and, by extension, waste the progressive movement Democrats hope to harness.
So savor these last few days, Bernie Bros. It may be your last chance to launch into a social media diatribe about Wall Street bankers or wear your Bernie Sanders tighty-whities without irony.
