“I’m not one of those people (to say), ‘Tell Bernie to get out,’ ” she said.

But she made clear that after the final votes are counted in June, the primary is “over,” breaking with Sanders, who has vowed to take his fight to the July convention in Philadelphia. …

Asked if she thought Sanders should quit in June, Mikulski said: “My feeling is follow the rules … What I’m saying is that the process is established by each state, and territories and Democrats abroad, play out, and then when that’s over, that’s over.”