Bernie Sanders' campaign said earlier this week that the senator would take on the former vice president again if a debate is held in April.
After a series of major defeats, many Biden supporters and moderate Democrats have urged Sanders to drop out of the race and allow the former vice president to work toward unifying the party. But as the coronavirus pandemic has taken center stage and the Democratic nomination process has faded from national attention, Sanders has shifted his campaign to spread awareness about the outbreak and raise funds for those negatively affected by the crisis.
Most political analysts see it as next to impossible for Sanders to come back now and win the party's nomination. Nearly all recent national polls show him trailing Biden by double digits, with surveys of individual states yet to vote in the primary process presenting a similarly dismal outlook for the senator.
Last week, Sanders was asked by a CNN reporter about how long he planned to stay in the race. The candidate responded with frustration, as he wanted to discuss the response to the coronavirus pandemic. "You have to stop with this. I'm dealing with a f---ing global crisis. You know? We're dealing with it, and you're asking me these questions," Sanders said.
"Right now, I'm trying to do my best to make sure that we don't have an economic meltdown and that people don't die," he added."Is that enough to you? To keep you busy for today?"
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