Impossible. While we were winning the idea lodge call battle, while were winning support of so many young people and working people throughout the country, i have concluded that this battle for the democratic nomination will not be successful and so today i am announcing the suspension of my campaign. Please know that i do not make this decision lightly. In fact it has been a very difficult and painful decision. Over the past few weeks jane and i in consultation with top staff and many of our prominent supporters have made an honest assessment of the prospects for victory. If i believed we had a feasible path to the nomination i would certainly continue the campaign but it is just not there. I know some in our movement would disagree with this decision and would like to fight on on to the last ballot cast at the Democratic Convention. I understand that position, but as i see the crisis gripping the nation, exacerbated by a president unwilling or unable to provide any kind of credible l
Sen. Sanders good morning, and thank you very much for joining me. I want to express to each of you, my deep gratitude for helping to create an unprecedented grassroots Political Campaign that has had a profound impact in changing our nation. I want to thank the hundreds of thousands of volunteers who knocked on doors, millions of them in the freezing winters of iowa and new hampshire, and in the heat of nevada and south carolina, and in states throughout the country. I want to thank the two million americans who have contributed financially to our campaign and showed the world that we can take on a corrupt Campaign Finance system, and run a major president ial campaign without being dependent upon the wealthy and the powerful. Thank you for your 10 million contributions, averaging 18. 50 a donation. I want to thank those who phone banked for the campaign and those who sent out millions of texts. And i want to thank the many hundreds of thousands of americans who attended our rallies,
, the heat of nevada and south carolina. And in states throughout the country. I want to thank the 2 million americans who have contributed financially to our campaign, and showed the world that we can take on a corrupt Campaign Finance system. And run a major president ial campaign without being dependent on the wealthy and powerful. Thank you for your 10 million contributions, averaging 18. 50 a donation. I want to thank those who phone bank for our campaign and those who sent out millions of texts. I want to thank the americans who attended our rallies and house parties from new york to california. Some of these events had over 25,000 people, some had a few hundred and some had a dozen, but all were important. Let me thank those who made the many events possible. I want to thank our surrogates, too many to name. I cannot imagine that any candidate has ever been blessed with a stronger and more dedicated group of people who have taken her message to every part of this country. I want
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And this industry for so long and people always ask what is the Silicon Valley secret. I set out to answer those questions for them. Yours is the story of 75 years of Government Support and encouragement of the tech industry. I want to show you a clip of where we are today. This is from last year on capitol hill with mark zuckerberg. Lets watch. Car Companies Face a lot of competition. If they make a defective car, people will buy another one. Is there an alternative to facebook . The average american uses eight different apps to connect with each other. We provide a number of different services. Is twitter the same as what you do . It overlaps but i dont think it is the same. Do you think that you have a monopoly . It does not feel that way to me. Mr. Zuckerberg, could you share the name of the hotel you stayed in last night . Mark uh, no. Have you message anybody this week . Would you share the names of the people you mentioned messaged . I would not choose to do that here. I think t