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Bernie Sanders speaks during a campaign rally at the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie, Texas, on Feb. 27, 2016. | AP Photo Sanders on South Carolina results: 'Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose'

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Bernie Sanders vowed to fight on to Super Tuesday after receiving news of his roughly 50-point drubbing in South Carolina at the hands of Hillary Clinton on Saturday night.

“In politics, on a given night, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose,” he said. “Tonight we lost. I congratulate Secretary Clinton on a very strong victory. Tuesday over 800 delegates are at stake and I intend to win many, many of them."

Speaking to reporters on the tarmac of the airport here after a nearly two-hour flight without any Internet connection, Sanders did not take any questions. He barely mentioned South Carolina at two rallies in Texas earlier in the day, and all but gave up on campaigning there in the week leading up to the vote.

He and his staff did not speak to reporters on the plane ride to Minnesota, where he is set to hold another rally shortly.