Clinton camp shrugs off Sanders: He's "an afterthought"

The Hill ‏@thehill Jun 17

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Clinton camp shrugs off Sanders
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By Amie Parnes and Jonathan Easley - 06/17/16 04:57 PM EDT

Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign is shrugging off the refusal by Bernie Sanders to concede the Democratic primary.

Clinton aides and allies say they’ve moved on to focus solely on Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee.

They expect Sanders will eventually offer an endorsement, and say they are content to give him the space he needs to get there.

“At this point, Bernie Sanders is an after thought,” one former Clinton aide said, adding that “the world has moved on.”

“Now it is about Hillary Clinton versus Donald Trump. We are now in full general election mode,” the former aide added.................................