--- description: Bernie Sanders again said that he will work to defeat Donald Trump this fall though he intends to continue his campaign. title: Read Bernie Sanders' Comments After White House Meeting image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24d4b4b5dcd5d84/698897205f570f561ab21450/bernie-sanders-barack-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Bernie Sanders](/tag/bernie-sanders/) ## Bernie Sanders Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read Bernie Sanders' Comments After Meeting With President Obama by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 9, 2016 5:01 PM CUT  Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) (L) walks with President Barack Obama (R) through the Colonnade as he arrives at the White House for an Oval Office meeting June 9, 2016 in Washington, DC. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) (L) walks with President Barack Obama (R) through the Colonnade as he arrives at the White House for an Oval Office meeting June 9, 2016 in Washington, DC.Alex Wong—Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 9, 2016 5:01 PM CUT Bernie Sanders again said that he will work to defeat Donald Trump this fall though he intends to continue his campaign through the Washington, D.C., primary on June 14. After meeting with President Obama at the White House, the Vermont Senator spoke briefly to reporters. Here’s a full transcript. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4363007/bernie-sanders-barack-obama-white-house-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4363007/bernie-sanders-barack-obama-white-house-transcript/"},"headline":"Read Bernie Sanders' Comments After Meeting With President Obama","datePublished":"2016-06-09T17:01:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:30:09.259Z","description":"Bernie Sanders again said that he will work to defeat Donald Trump this fall though he intends to continue his campaign.","url":"https://time.com/4363007/bernie-sanders-barack-obama-white-house-transcript/","keywords":["Bernie Sanders","2016 Election topic","Barack Obama","White House"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24d4b4b5dcd5d84/698897205f570f561ab21450/bernie-sanders-barack-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24d4b4b5dcd5d84/698897205f570f561ab21450/bernie-sanders-barack-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) (L) walks with President Barack Obama (R) through the Colonnade as he arrives at the White House for an Oval Office meeting June 9, 2016 in Washington, DC.","caption":"Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) (L) walks with President Barack Obama (R) through the Colonnade as he arrives at the White House for an Oval Office meeting June 9, 2016 in Washington, DC.","creditText":"Alex Wong—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/bernie-sanders/","name":"Bernie Sanders"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4363007/bernie-sanders-barack-obama-white-house-transcript/","name":"Read Bernie Sanders' Comments After Meeting With President Obama"}}]}] ```