Sanders called top Dem to reassure him on party unity: report

Bernie Sanders phoned a top Senate Democrat and reassured him that he wants party unity after the presidential primary ends, according to a new report.

Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) says the White House hopeful reached out to speak to him earlier this week, according to Bloomberg.

{mosads}“We talked about the demonstrations and such,” Durbin said, referencing Saturday’s chaos at the Nevada State Democratic Convention.

“I am convinced, as Bernie has said repeatedly, he is going to be on the team to defeat Donald Trump. I don’t have any question in my mind.”

Nevada’s convention erupted in bedlam over the weekend, with Sanders supporters loudly protesting the results and booing Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) while she spoke.

The Nevada State Democratic Party on Monday warned that Sanders’s backers may instigate “actual violence” at the Democratic National Convention in July.

Sanders on Tuesday blasted the warning as “nonsense,” adding that the Nevada Democratic Party had treated his campaign unfairly.

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said Thursday that Sanders must soften his tone to avoid creating a Democratic schism.

“It is time for rhetoric to start to come together around helping our team win,” said Kaine, who, like Durbin, has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president.

“I think it was very plain after the results of this week that Hillary Clinton will pass the threshold, and likely by a lot. She’ll be the nominee under the rules that everybody understood were the rules when we started this.”