Sanders: ‘Extremely undemocratic’ to call Clinton the nominee at this point

Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said on Tuesday night that talk of front-runner Hillary Clinton being the presumptive nominee is premature.

{mosads}In an interview with CNN shortly after news broke that he had won an upset victory over Clinton in the Indiana primary, Sanders argued there are states that still need to be heard from in the primaries.

“I think that it is basically irresponsible and extremely undemocratic to say to the people of West Virginia, Kentucky, Oregon, California — our largest state — that they should not have the right to cast a ballot to determine who the president of the United States will be, or what the agenda of the Democratic Party will be. I think that’s pretty crazy stuff,” Sanders said.

“We are in this race to win,” he added later.

He also called on superdelegates who have thrown their support behind Clinton to consider the will of their constituents.

Of states where he has won by a wide margin, Sanders said, “I think that the superdelegates in those states should respond to what their constituents [want].

“Superdelegates are supporting Clinton in states that I have won in a landslide. I think that is wrong.”

Sanders currently trails Clinton among pledged delegates, 1,361 to 1,682, according to The Associated Press. He faces an even larger deficit among superdelegates, with just 39 to Clinton’s 520.