Bernie Sanders drops out of 2020 presidential race. Here are the early takes

Twitter reacts to Bernie Sanders dropping out of the race

Published: April 8, 2020, 10:11 a.m. MDT

Bernie Sanders speaks to the crowd during his rally campaign in Pittsburgh. Aaron Jackendoff /SOPA Images/Sipa USA

By Herb Scribner

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has officially dropped out of the 2020 presidential race, leaving former Vice President Joe Biden as the likely nominee for the Democratic Party.

Sanders will likely address supporters Wednesday to discuss his decision.

Sanders’ success in 2020 comes after a strong bid in 2016. But he couldn’t rally enough supporters around his progressive ideas to earn necessary delegate votes in some of the more populous states.

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Social media reacted to the news with a number of takes on Sanders, Biden and the Democratic Party.

Bernie Sanders is the reason I am running.

He made me believe change is possible. He introduced me to Progressive values and policies.

He might be out of the race, but he inspired tens of millions of people to continue the fight.
— Solomon Rajput is Done Waiting (@_SolomonRajput_) April 8, 2020

Thank you Bernie Sanders for everything you’ve done. Medicare For All and defending healthcare as a human right is more pressing now than ever before in the midst of the worst pandemic in modern history. Despite suspending your campaign, I know you’ll keep fighting for all of us.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) April 8, 2020

Instead of waiting until the rescheduled Democratic Convention in August, Joe Biden should announce his running mate as soon as possible.

And he should pick a black woman.
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) April 8, 2020

If you truly supported Bernie Sanders' ideas, there's only one person you should consider voting for in November: Joe Biden
— David Gardner (@byDavidGardner) April 8, 2020

One of the complicated things about putting the 2020 primary into context is that it isn't obvious how close it was. Biden will eventually win ~42 states and by a wide margin in the aggregate popular vote. But, there may also have been a lot of path-dependency.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) April 8, 2020

this will also free surrogate Obama
— Astead (@AsteadWH) April 8, 2020

at this point i'm too exhausted to really feel much, but it was such a foreign, astonishingly good feeling to have a candidate for a while that made me genuinely hopeful
— Ashley Feinberg (ashleyfeinberg.bsky.social) (@ashleyfeinberg) April 8, 2020

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