During his address, Trump also announced he will deliver a full speech next week specifically outlining the corruption of Bill and Hillary Clinton, potentially as an attempt to win over disillusioned Sanders supporters whose candidate may drop out of the race before then.
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She went on to win South Dakota and New Mexico, while her rival Bernie Sanders found victory in the North Dakota caucuses.
Rather than speaking off the cuff, GOP nominee-in-waiting Donald Trump gave a prepared speech Tuesday as polls closed in the final set of primaries in the 2016 election cycle. It appears Trump pulled off a clean sweep of all five states up for grabs.
But South Dakota, New Mexico, Montana and California – the most important of the current primaries – are still anyone’s game.
The drawn out and at times volatile Democratic primary contest lasted longer than the Republican race – something few predicted.
However, according to an AP count, it is no longer possible for Sanders to reach the 2,383 needed to win the nomination based on the remaining available pledged delegates and uncommitted superdelegates.
In California, the biggest electoral prize, Clinton once held a sizable lead over Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, but polls in recent days show a dead heat between the two.
Clinton wanted to wait until most of the voting was complete Tuesday night before fully reveling in becoming the first woman nominated by a major USA political party.
House Speaker Paul Ryan said the businessman’s assertion was the “textbook definition of a racist comment” but added that he would continue to support Mr Trump.
He said he would accuse Clinton and her husband of using their political positions to enrich themselves.
Clinton will also soon have help on the campaign trail from President Barack Obama.
“He wants to win by stoking fear and rubbing salt in wounds and reminding us daily just how great he is”, Clinton said. Her total is comprised of pledged delegates won in primaries and caucuses, as well as superdelegates – the party officials and officeholders who can back a candidate of their choosing. Bernie Sanders to praise him for shining a spotlight on economic inequality and energizing millions of voters.
Trump has suggested that Curiel’s Mexican heritage was influencing the judge’s opinion about the case because Trump has campaigned on a platform of building a wall along the USA border with Mexico to stop illegal immigration.
The triumph came nearly eight years to the day since Clinton’s first White House bid was spectacularly thwarted by a charismatic young senator called Barack Obama. Tuesday marks eight years to the day Clinton conceded to Obama in an emotional speech where she noted she was unable to “shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling”.
Mr Obama telephoned Mr Sanders on Sunday, AP said.
Kenny Sheinbaum, of Lakewood, said he was a “totally committed” supporter of Sanders because he is the only candidate who cares about the working man.
The AP news agency reported on Monday that Mrs Clinton already had enough delegates to qualify as the Democratic nominee. South Dakota’s Democratic primary is open to independent and unaffiliated voters, which could mean a boost for the USA senator from Vermont. Sanders would have to get more than 60% of the superdelegates backing Clinton to switch their votes.
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Unfortunately for Sanders, the delegate count is a drop in the ocean compared to the 2383 delegates needed to clinch the nomination.
