Bernie Sanders to Hold News Conference on Future of His Campaign
Mr. Sanders will deliver remarks in Vermont at 1 p.m. Eastern following a series of stinging defeats on Tuesday night, as Joseph R. Biden Jr. took command of the Democratic primary.
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Senator Bernie Sanders at a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Sunday. He lost Michigan on Tuesday night after winning its primary four years ago.Credit...Chang W. Lee/The New York Times
By Sydney Ember and Reid J. Epstein
Mr. Sanders spent the morning at home with his wife, Jane, on Wednesday, while aides and advisers debated the way forward in his increasingly long-shot campaign. He canceled a scheduled conference call with surrogates, saying in an email to them that it would be rescheduled “so that we can better provide you with the most updated plans for upcoming states,’’ according to a copy obtained by The New York Times.
Top aides gathered Wednesday morning in the lobby of Burlington’s Hotel Vermont, surrounded by luggage tagged with Mr. Sanders’s name on it as they prepared for an early-afternoon flight to Teterboro, N.J., for the Vermont senator’s scheduled appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s late-night television show. Sanders’s advance team arranged a conference room at the hotel with a retinue of American flags. Sanders aides from around the country were gathering at the hotel, greeting each other, but provided no further information about the 1 p.m. appearance or what might be next for the campaign.
After getting pummeled in the Super Tuesday nominating contests last week, Mr. Sanders incurred a similar drubbing on Tuesday night, including in Michigan, where he had deployed resources and time in a final attempt to regain momentum. Mr. Sanders watched the results at his home with his wife while his aides gathered elsewhere, and later he opted not to make any public remarks.
Mr. Sanders will deliver remarks in Vermont at 1 p.m. Eastern following a series of stinging defeats on Tuesday night, as Joseph R. Biden Jr. took command of the Democratic primary.
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Senator Bernie Sanders at a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Sunday. He lost Michigan on Tuesday night after winning its primary four years ago.Credit...Chang W. Lee/The New York Times
By Sydney Ember and Reid J. Epstein
- March 11, 2020Updated 11:59 a.m. ET
Mr. Sanders spent the morning at home with his wife, Jane, on Wednesday, while aides and advisers debated the way forward in his increasingly long-shot campaign. He canceled a scheduled conference call with surrogates, saying in an email to them that it would be rescheduled “so that we can better provide you with the most updated plans for upcoming states,’’ according to a copy obtained by The New York Times.
Top aides gathered Wednesday morning in the lobby of Burlington’s Hotel Vermont, surrounded by luggage tagged with Mr. Sanders’s name on it as they prepared for an early-afternoon flight to Teterboro, N.J., for the Vermont senator’s scheduled appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s late-night television show. Sanders’s advance team arranged a conference room at the hotel with a retinue of American flags. Sanders aides from around the country were gathering at the hotel, greeting each other, but provided no further information about the 1 p.m. appearance or what might be next for the campaign.
After getting pummeled in the Super Tuesday nominating contests last week, Mr. Sanders incurred a similar drubbing on Tuesday night, including in Michigan, where he had deployed resources and time in a final attempt to regain momentum. Mr. Sanders watched the results at his home with his wife while his aides gathered elsewhere, and later he opted not to make any public remarks.
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