After a long hard fight against presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders has announced he’s suspending his campaign.

“Words cannot express how grateful I am to all of you my true friends who have helped me in waging this courageous battle,” he said. “When I got into this 8 months ago I had no doubt that it would be anything but a tough fight. And it is a tough fight. But I have always been drawn to a tough fight.”

“He ran an energetic and honorable campaign – leading the field with the most bold progressive policy proposals, and he successfully pushed the other candidates on gun safety, immigration, and climate policy,” the sources said.