Bloomberg Says Super Tuesday Won’t Be End: Campaign Update

In an interview airing Sunday night on CBS’s “60 Minutes” that was taped before Saturday’s South Carolina primary results, Michael Bloomberg said he would continue his campaign even if he doesn’t finish in the top three on Super Tuesday.

“There’s an election seven or so days later,” he said, according to a transcript provided by the network. “There’s another one 14 days later. There’s a number of elections after that.”

Bloomberg has skipped the first four nominating contests, including South Carolina, and is focusing on the 14 states that vote on Super Tuesday and the races beyond that.

Bloomberg said if Bernie Sanders is the nominee, President Donald Trump will beat him because “the middle of the road doesn’t want extremism.” The U.S. House will return to Republican control, the Senate will stay in Republican hands, and “a lotta statehouses” will flip from Democratic control, Bloomberg predicted.

“And when that happens, you’re gonna have gerrymandering at the local level, and judicial appointments at the federal level that will last for decades,” Bloomberg said. “And so, what’s really at stake here is the future of this country.”