Sanders shoots hoops after New Hampshire victory

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders took to the basketball court with his sons and grandchildren to shoot some celebratory hoops following his victory in the New Hampshire Democratic primary Tuesday.

As of Wednesday morning, with 90 percent of precincts reporting, Sanders won 60% of the Democratic vote compared to 38% for former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton.

During his victory speech, the 74-year-old senator, the first Jewish candidate to win a presidential primary, appealed for unity within the Democratic Party and urged Americans across socioeconomic and ethnic groups to join his cause.

“It will bring together blacks and whites, Latinos, Asian-Americans, Native Americans, straight and gay, male and female, people who were born in America and people who immigrated here,” he said.

“What began last week in Iowa, which voters here in New Hampshire confirmed tonight, is nothing short of the beginning of a political revolution,” Sanders said as he declared victory.

While calling to congratulate Clinton on her “vigorous” campaign, he said he hoped the pair would continue to “wage a strong issue-oriented campaign and bring new people into the political process.”

Speaking to an exuberant crowd of supporters at a jam-packed Concord high school gymnasium, Sanders declared that his win sent a “message that will echo from Wall Street to Washington” and that “the government of our great country belongs to all of the people and not just a handful of wealthy campaign contributors and their Super PACs.”