Sanders Points Finger at ‘The Establishment’ for Super Tuesday Losses

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) cited establishment forces within the Democratic Party as to why he finished second in several Super Tuesday states last week.

Sanders, appearing on Meet the Press Sunday, said he would have won more states had the field of candidates not shrunk in the days prior.

“The establishment put a great deal of pressure on Pete Buttigieg, on Amy Klobuchar,” Sanders told Chuck Todd. “If they had not withdrawn from the race before Super Tuesday — which was kind of a surprise to a lot of people — I suspect we would have won in Minnesota, we would have won in Maine, we would have won in Massachusetts.”

WATCH: Bernie Sanders says his campaign would have won more states if the field was still crowded. #MTP #IfItsSunday@BernieSanders: “The establishment put a great deal of pressure on Pete Buttigieg, on Amy Klobuchar.” pic.twitter.com/jaioOLLNU8

— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) March 8, 2020

Former vice president Joe Biden edged out Sanders in those states by margin of nine, one and seven percentage points, respectively. Sanders, meanwhile, won four of the fourteen states up for grabs: California, Colorado, Utah and Vermont.

“What we are doing in this campaign, Chuck,” Sanders continued, “is we are taking on not only the entire political establishment but the corporate establishment as well.”

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