Bernie Sanders said he believes he'll do well in the Super Tuesday contests. | AP Photo Sanders not skipping South Carolina

Bernie Sanders isn’t skipping South Carolina.

During his concession speech Nevada on Saturday night the Vermont senator said “The wind is at our backs. We have the momentum," going into Super Tuesday.


The only problem? South Carolina Democrats vote Saturday.

On Sunday, when “Face the Nation” host John Dickerson asked him if he was skipping his chances in South Carolina, Sanders denied it was true.

“I'm talking to you from Columbia, South Carolina, we have a major rally this evening, we're not skipping over anything,” Sanders said. “But I think that after South Carolina, we have 11 states; we stand a good chance of winning a number of those states. We think we have a whole lot of momentum.”

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a 24 percent lead over Sanders in South Carolina according to RealClearPolitics polling average.

The Super Tuesday states are Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Virginia.