Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday took another contest from Hillary Clinton, besting her in the Wyoming Democratic caucus, his seventh consecutive win in primary elections.
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US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders addresses a rally at the Bronx Community College in NY on April 9,2016.
The Sanders camp said last week that if Clinton fails to reach a majority with pledged delegates ahead of the convention, he will “100 percent, absolutely” challenge her for the nomination.
In a speech on Sunday in NY, the Republican presidential candidate referred to the recent dust-up between Clinton and Sanders over whether each was qualified to be president. They agreed to a televised debate April 14 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, according to The New York Times. “There is no better example than the state of Nevada, where last weekend Bernie Sanders gained four delegates at county caucuses with a decisive 55 to 45 percent victory in Clark County”. The Democratic Party does not award delegates on a winner-take-all basis, making it hard for Sanders to close the gap.
Coming off of his win in Wyoming on Saturday, Sanders said he has the momentum to win the nomination. Though, the path gets much tougher after this for Sanders, with a calendar dominated by primaries in states with larger, more diverse Democratic electorates.
Sanders did not question Clinton’s qualifications, only saying he has “doubts about what kind of president she would make”.
Speaking later, Sanders-who locked horns with his rival Clinton over trade and the “Panama Papers” scandal this week-said he continued to confound the doubters. Nevertheless, Clinton is still leading in both pledged delegates and superdelegates. “If she’s winning the nomination, I want you to vote for her in November of course, but we gotta win”, Bill Clinton said.
“I don’t know how you would characterize the gang leaders who got 13-year-old kids hopped up on crack, sent them out onto the street to murder other African-American children”, he said to the protesters. Either Donald Trump or Ted Cruz would be a awful choice for America.
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Clinton also expressed confidence that she would win the upcoming primary in NY and she “intend to have the number of delegates that are required to be nominated”.
