Bernie Sanders Admits He Got ‘Decimated’ in South Carolina

And Hillary Clinton has a lot of baggage.

‘Tomorrow, this campaign goes national, ‘ she said to supporters at a victory speech in Columbia, according to NBC News.

“Together we can break down all the barriers holding our families and our country back. Now it’s on to Super Tuesday”, Sanders said.

She was introduced by Congressman Jim Clyburn, whose endorsement was key for Clinton in the state.

“But we do need to make America whole again”, she added, laying out an argument against the divisive rhetoric favored by Mr Trump, who has antagonized immigrants, Muslims and campaign rivals.

In addition to keying off of Trump’s slogan, she denounced the idea of building a wall, as Trump wants to do along the Mexican border.

Sanders congratulated Clinton in a statement but said, “Let me be clear on one thing tonight: “This campaign is just beginning. Our grass roots political revolution is growing state by state, and we won’t stop”.

So, it was not a shot-out for Sanders to beat Hillary by 22 points in New Hampshire, nor is that a shot-out for Hillary to win by a similar amount in SC. Clinton will also hold a rally in Springfield. To win, 2,383 delegates are needed to win out of the 4,189 total delegates.

Sanders enjoyed a strong start to the nomination race, running a close second in Iowa and winning clearly in New Hampshire.

Clinton’s SC win is a big role-reversal from her 2008 showing against Obama.

More than 4 in 10 SC primary voters said the economy is the most important issue, more than in any other state so far. He told the crowd at a Formula One racetrack, “If all of you come out to vote and you bring your friends and your neighbors and your co-workers, we are going to win here in Texas”.

With 99 percent of South Carolina’s votes counted, Clinton took 73.5 percent of them while Sanders only had around 26 percent.

Gravel: Yes, it was expected and there’s no question that this is something that Bernie Sanders should notice and be aware of, but it was expected that Hillary would have an advantage with the Afro-American voters, and this is the first example of that.

“The Clintons have worked the African American community here for 30 years”, said Donald L. Fowler, a longtime South Carolina Democratic leader and chairman of the Democratic National Committee when Bill Clinton was president. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to pave his way to the Democratic presidential nomination.

Her victory here gave her 39 delegates of the 53 available.

Sanders swiftly offered Clinton his congratulations, but also insisted he was in it for the long haul. Clinton had 502 delegates to 70 for Sanders in advance of the primary.

Saturday’s result was a foregone conclusion of sorts, with Sanders bolting from the state Saturday morning to head to Texas and then Minnesota, two states in play next Tuesday when Sanders is aiming to keep his head above water if he wants to challenge Clinton deeper into the nomination race.

Earlier in the day, the Vermont senator’s wife, Jane Sanders, said that her husband’s campaign is looking to Super Tuesday when “I think we’ll split the vote”.

“If Bernie Sanders could even lose by single digits in SC, his team would claim it as nearly a victory”, Huffmon said.