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US elections 2020

Bernie Sanders suspends 2020 Democratic presidential campaign

Joe Biden becomes presumptive nominee to face Trump

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks during a rally at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan on March 8.   © Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign on Wednesday, making former Vice President Joe Biden the presumptive nominee to face Republican President Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 election.

"The path toward victory is virtually impossible," Sanders said in a livestreamed speech to supporters from his hometown of Burlington, Vermont.

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