Bernie Sanders, after an hour-long meeting with president Obama, said he is determined to work with Hillary Clinton to defeat Donald Trump.
He vowed to take all of these issues to the democratic convention in Philadelphia next month.
But if the mass of journalists were waiting for the 74-year-old to announce the end to his candidacy, they would have been disappointed.
Instead, Mr Sanders reiterated his intention to fight until the last democratic primary in Washington DC on 14 June. He added that it “does not make sense” that Washington DC does not have the status of a state with two senators and one congressman, like his home senate of Vermont with a similar-sized population.
Acknowledgement of his defeat in the latest raft of state primaries came, however, when he said that his goal is to “work together“ with his rival Hillary Clinton - in order to beat Donald Trump.
“Trump would be a disaster as president of the United States,” he said on the steps of the White House. “I cannot believe, and I say this with all sincerity, that Republicans would have a candidate for president in the year of 2016 who makes bigotry and discrimination a cornerstone of his campaign."
Mr Sanders accused Mr Trump of insulting many groups including Latinos, Mexicans, Muslims, African Americans and women.
“I will do everything in my power and will work as hard as I can to make sure Trump will not be president,” he said.
In a campaign between two democrats which had become increasingly nasty, Mr Sanders said on Thursday that he wanted to unify the party.
“I spoke briefly to Clinton on Tuesday night and I congratulated her on her campaign and I look forward to meeting her in the near future to see how we can work together and defeat Trump,” he concluded.
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