Bernie Sanders is warning that if Democratic leaders try to push him out of the presidential race, they’ll pay the price in November.

“To suggest that we don’t fight this out to the end would be, I think, a very bad mistake,” he said.

“People want to become engaged in the political process. By having a vigorous primary and caucus process, I think we open up the possibility of having a large voter turnout in November and that is exactly what we need.”

The Vermont senator suggested that ending his tussle with Hillary Clinton could cost Democrats the White House.

“A low voter turnout, and someone like a Trump can win,” he added, in an interview Thursday night on MSNBC.

Clinton’s five-state sweep Tuesday night gave her what appears to be an insurmountable lead to capture the Democratic nomination.

President Obama privately told Democratic donors last Friday in Austin, Texas, that it was time for the party to start to unite around a nominee.

But Sanders said he plans to take his campaign to the convention, in spite of the challenging delegate math, to convince superdelegates to switch their support to him.

“We’re going to do the best that we can in any and every way to win,” he said, calling his candidacy the Democrats’ best shot at beating Trump.

Clinton has a better than 2-to-1 lead in the delegate count.

Including superdelegates, or party officials who can back any candidate, Clinton has 1,614 to Sanders’ 856.

During the interview, Sanders also said he would ask Obama to pull Merrick Garland’s Supreme Court nomination if he were elected president so he could nominate someone more liberal.

However, he also said he would support Garland’s nomination while Obama is in office.

“Between you and me, I think there are some more progressive judges out there,” Sanders said.