--- title: Bernie Sanders: White House Meeting Ends With Vow to Stay In description: Bernie Sanders again said that he will work to defeat Donald Trump this fall though he intends to continue his campaign. canonical: https://time.com/4363007/bernie-sanders-barack-obama-white-house-transcript/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-09T17:01:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T22:30:09.259Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Bernie Sanders' Comments After White House Meeting og:description: "I will, of course, be competing in the D.C. primary." og:url: https://time.com/4363007/bernie-sanders-barack-obama-white-house-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og: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 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 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. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Bernie Sanders' Comments After White House Meeting twitter:description: "I will, of course, be competing in the D.C. primary." twitter: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 ---  # Read Bernie Sanders' Comments After Meeting With President Obama by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jun 9, 2016 5:01 PM UTC  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](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jun 9, 2016 5:01 PM UTC 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. 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