I'm not a 'savior', Sanders concedes
US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders has urged his supporters to stay involved in politics up until the end of the 2016 presidential race, saying he is not a “savior”.
“If there is any person here, any person here that thinks I'm coming to you as some kind of savior, that I'm going to do it all — all myself, you're wrong,” said Sanders in a rally in the US state of North Dakota on Friday.
"No president, not Bernie Sanders or anybody else, can do it alone. We don't need a savior," he added. "We need a political movement with millions of people."
The Vermont senator also drew a comparison between his supporters and those of Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump.
“See, there are people voting for Donald Trump, thinking he's going to do it all,” he said. “Wrong! The only way that real change takes place is when millions of people stand up and fight back. That's what this campaign is about."
Sanders made the remarks while suffering mounting pressure to end his campaign, with Democratic Party leaders warning that his continued presence in the race is undermining efforts to beat the billionaire businessman.
The new concerns come after Sanders’ recent primary election wins over front-runner Hillary Clinton in the states of Indiana and West Virginia.
Sanders who has frequently rejected the idea of dropping out, often tells the thousands of supporters attending his rallies that he still has a narrow path to the presidential nomination.
The Vermont senator, who is trailing Clinton in the overall contest for delegates, won the West Virginia primary Tuesday -- one week after he defeated the former secretary of state in Indiana -- keeping his slim hopes of winning the Democratic nomination alive.
Sanders believes his recent victories show he can not only win the Democratic nomination, but also succeed in the general presidential election, including against Trump.
"I call him crazy Bernie because he's not very good," Trump said of Sanders during his interview with Fox News on Wednesday. “Probably beating him would be easier.”
Sanders, who calls himself a “Democratic socialist,” has long been critical of US foreign policy and was an early opponent of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Clinton, in contrast, is almost universally recognized as being far more hawkish and inclined to use military force.
The 74-year-old is also a leading proponent of issues such as income inequality, universal healthcare, parental leave, climate change, and campaign finance reform in the US.
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