I am never going to say a negative thing about Sanders again.

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The primary has been very stressful for me, and I really felt uncomfortable with some of the negative things that I have said about Bernie Sanders. He just wasn't a candidate that appealed to me, and anytime I had to explain any of the reasons why, I found myself in a trap. Anything negative I said, it turned into a whole recitation of canned talking points for and against. And I feel like I was being dragged back into 2016, which was the absolute low ab of our democracy.

I pray that from today going forward I will never say a negative thing about Bernie Sanders. I might say some mean things about his campaign staff and their inflammatory comments, but the bulk of his supporters were in it for good reasons and because they wanted to see America do better and be better.

And I do believe that the wave of young progressives elected as Democrats in the past few years have been inspired by him in part and will be a strong positive force for this country.