Sanders refuses to concede after big CA/NJ losses; says will flip superdelegates.

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Despite double-digit losses in the New Jersey and California primaries, Democratic presidential nominee Bernie Sanders vowed to fight on, taking his movement to the Washington DC primary next week, the last primary prior to the Democratic National Convention in July.

Sanders downplayed his losses in New Jersey and California where over 4 million Democratic votes were cast (NJ: 858,000; CA: 3.2 million) and pointed to the momentum he was building after massive victories in Montana and North Dakota.

“The results speak for themselves. We took 51% of the 118,000 votes in Montana,” Sanders announced to an adoring crowd at a victory rally in Santa Monica, going on to say, “and an overwhelming 64% of the votes in the North Dakota caucus.”

Sanders was particularly pleased with the North Dakota results where he won 252 of the 354 votes cast in the caucus.

“I’ve spoken to each and every one of the 252 people who voted for me in North Dakota and they all said, ‘Don’t give up Bernie; take this revolution to Washington DC and then on to the convention where you’ll flip the superdelegates,’ so that’s what I’m going to do.”

Sanders, who lost the majority of states he competed in, won only 43% of the popular vote and only 45% of the pledged delegates, continued to rail about the corrupt Democratic party electoral system.

“This primary is corrupt and was stacked against me from the beginning. And the most egregious example of this corruption is superdelegates. In that regard, despite all this talk of my being behind in this and behind in that, and given my momentum coming out of North Dakota, I’m going to call every one of the superdelegates and ask them to…no demand…that they change their votes and support me at the convention, just like the good people of North Dakota said they should.”