Bernie Sanders backtracks, says he’s going to run a 'vigorous campaign' after heart attack

Sen. Bernie Sanders.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is not slowing down after all, he told NBC News on Wednesday.

Sanders said he "misspoke" Monday when he hinted that he might "change the nature" of his Democratic presidential campaign and reduce the number of rallies and town halls he holds following what turned out to be a heart attack last week. Sanders said it drove him "a little bit nuts" when the media made a big deal about his Monday comments. "We're going to get back into the groove of a very vigorous campaign, I love doing rallies and I love doing town meetings," he said. "I want to start off slower and build up and build up and build up."

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.