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"On to Super Tuesday," Bernie Sanders said in a statement. | Getty Sanders congratulates Clinton on S.C. victory, adds 'this campaign is just beginning'

Bernie Sanders released a statement congratulating Hillary Clinton minutes after she was declared the winner of South Carolina's Democratic primary Saturday night.

"I congratulate Secretary Clinton on her victory in South Carolina," Sanders said in the statement, going on to name-check a few of his major supporters in the state. "I will always be especially thankful for the courageous support of state Reps. Terry Alexander, Justin Bamberg, Joe Neal, Wendell Gilliard, Cesar McKnight, Robert Williams and former Democratic Party Chairman Dick Harpootlian."

Sanders said that his campaign wasn't over despite a huge loss.

"Let me be clear on one thing tonight," Sanders' statement read. "This campaign is just beginning. We won a decisive victory in New Hampshire. She won a decisive victory in South Carolina. Now it’s on to Super Tuesday. In just three days, Democrats in 11 states will pick 10 times more pledged delegates on one day than were selected in the four early states so far in this campaign. Our grassroots political revolution is growing state by state, and we won't stop now."

“When we come together, and don't let people like Donald Trump try to divide us, we can create an economy that works for all of us and not just the top 1 percent," Sanders finished.