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Bernie Sanders' campaign manager Jeff Weaver said that aside from a handful of media members, there has been no pressure from the Democratic party calling for the Vermont senator to leave the 2016 race. Sanders camp: We're getting 'zero' pressure from Dems to drop out

Forget what you read about in the press, Bernie Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver said Wednesday — the Democratic senator is receiving "zero" pressure from Democrats and party officials to get out of the race.

Appearing on "Fox & Friends," Weaver was asked to rate on a scale of one to 10 the amount of pressure the campaign is feeling to leave the race so the party can unify behind Hillary Clinton.

"One being the low? So, it would be a one. There really is not a lot," Weaver said. "I mean there are a few people out in the media, but in terms of any kind of real effort, it's probably zero, really, is more like it."

Clinton's allies in the Senate have been careful to not explicitly call on Sanders to get out of the race, all the while reminding their Vermont colleague of the stakes in a general election with Donald Trump.

Despite Weaver saying that Democrats and party officials have not been trying to force out his candidate, he had more sharp words for Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, ticking through a list of grievances and perceived slights to the campaign throughout the primary process.

"I think it has become sort of personal and I think that's really unfortunate because really Democrats should be working together to bring the party together after the convention," Weaver said. "That's for sure."