Hillary Clinton was endorsed today by California Gov. Jerry Brown, but not before the Democrat heaped praise on her rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

'I have closely watched the primaries and am deeply impressed with how well Bernie Sanders has done,' Brown wrote in a release announcing his decision.

'He has driven home the message that the top one percent has unfairly captured way too much of America's wealth, leaving the majority of people far behind,' Brown continued.

Brown even went so far as to say that Sanders' bid for the presidency reminded the California Democrat of his last run for the White House in 1992.

'I attempted a similar campaign,' Brown reminded voters, who might also recall that his plans were thwarted by one Bill Clinton in a brutal Democratic primary.

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Hillary Clinton (left) got an endorsement today from California Gov. Jerry Brown (right) ahead of the state's primary next Tuesday, potentially putting to bed a 24 year feud between Brown and the Clintons

Bernie Sanders, talking to reporters after today's health care event in Emeryville, California, said Gov. Jerry Brown's endorsement was just the establishment siding with Hillary Clinton as usual

Bill Clinton (left) and Jerry Brown (right) didn't get along with each other when they both ran for the White House back in 1992. The primary started what would become a 24-year-old feud

Brown annoyed the Clintons by staying in the race through the California primary and withdrew during the Democratic National Convention in New York City that summer.

He had spoke about many of the issues that today Sanders' holds dear, while sounding a little Trump-ian too.

'Tonight, one out of every five of our children is in poverty,' Brown said at the 1992 Democratic National Convention. 'Millions of their parents are laboring for $425 an hour.'

'Men and women who have worked their whole lives are sitting idle as smug custodians of global finance move their jobs to Mexico,' Brown said.

He also boasted about limiting his campaign donations to $100 and having a 1-800 number to get people of diverse incomes involved in the political process.

But putting those Sanders' comparisons aside, Brown argued that Hillary Clinton 'convincingly made the the case that she knows how to get things done and has the tenacity and skill to advance the Democratic agenda.'

The latter part of Brown's announcement suggests that he sided with Clinton because of the electoral reality.

'Voters have responded by giving her approximately 3 million more votes – and hundreds more delegates,' Brown pointed out.

'If Clinton were to win only 10 percent of the remaining delegates – wildly improbable – she would still exceed the number needed for the nomination,' he continued.

'In other words, Clinton’s lead is insurmountable and Democrats have shown – by millions of votes – that they want her as their nominee,' Brown added.

California Gov. Jerry Brown (middle) ran against Bill Clinton (left) for the Democratic nomination in 1992 and alleged that Clinton was throwing government business to Hillary Clinton's Arkansas law firm

Brown announced he was boarding the Clinton train after a 24-year feud with the prominent political family that was at its most heated throughout 1992.

At one Democratic primary debate Brown suggested that Bill Clinton was giving government business to Hillary Clinton's law firm in Little Rock, Arkansas.

'He is funneling money to his wife's law firm for state business,' Brown alleged. 'It's the kind of conflict of interest that's incompatible with the kind of public servant we expect,' Brown also said.

Bill Clinton didn't hold back his anger.

'I don't care what you say about me, but you ought to be ashamed of yourself for jumping on my wife,' Clinton said, finger pointing.

'You're not worth being on the same platform as my wife,' the future president added.

Now, however, Brown is on the same side as Clinton's wife.

'This is no time for Democrats to keep fighting each other,' Brown argued today. 'The general election has already begun. Hillary Clinton, with her long experience, especially as secretary of state, has a firm grasp of the issues and will be prepared to lead our country on day one.'

Sanders, whose devoted practically all of his resources on the outcome of California, dismissed the governor's endorsement of Clinton as the establishment-as-usual.

'I will tell you that in every state that we have gone into, we have taken on the entire Democratic establishment, whether the governors, or senators, with one exception in Oregon, mayors,' Sanders began.

'And you know what? We have won 20 states. So it's not surprising to me that we will have the Democratic establishment supporting Hillary Clinton,' Sanders said.

'But you know what? I'd rather have these guys than the Democratic establishment,' Sanders continued, referring to those he just spoke to at an event that was billed as a 'heath care press conference' with National Nurses United.

Sanders didn't answer any questions on the main stage of the event.

Instead local reporters chased him down and he boasted, 'I think we're gonna win here in California.

When it was pointed out to the candidate that Brown had said nice things about Sanders, the Vermont senator complimented him back.

‘Well I like Gov. Brown,’ Sanders interjected, though didn't say much about the 1992 comparison.

'I really have not heard what the governor has to say. And I like Jerry Brown,' Sanders told reporters, including one from the local CBS affiliate KCBS.

'But people can make their own choices,' Sanders said.