Bernie Sanders is itching to 'take on and defeat Donald Trump'

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published 4 May 2016

After the Indiana Democratic primary was called in his favor, Bernie Sanders issued a statement saying there is "nothing I would like more than to take on and defeat Donald Trump."

The Republican frontrunner is someone who "must never become president of this country," Sanders declared. He also accused Hillary Clinton's campaign of thinking "this campaign is over. They're wrong. Maybe it's over for the insiders and the party establishment, but the voters in Indiana had a different idea."

Sanders said he understands he's facing an "uphill climb to victory but we have been fighting uphill from the first day of this campaign. We are in this campaign to win and we're going to fight until the last vote is cast." He also asked Clinton to agree to a time and place for a debate in California.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.