Still, Sanders’ stubborn refusal to drop out of the 2016 race and his sharp criticism of Clinton have irked plenty of Democrats. Though he showed signs he understood the end was near – he was laying off about half his team – he vowed to keep fighting for his movement, which Democratic leaders hope will evolve into a new base of support for Clinton.
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While Clinton has won enough delegates to declare that she has clinched the nomination, Sanders has signaled he’ll keep campaigning at least through the June 14 primary in the District of Columbia and perhaps to the nominating convention in July.
Throughout most of the long Democratic contest, Vermont Sen.
The president is traveling to New York City for a series of DNC fundraisers and a taping of the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
Tonight the Democratic party is trying to do just that.
“Thanks to you”, Clinton told supporters in Brooklyn, “we’ve reached a milestone, the first time in our nation’s history that a woman will be a major party’s nominee”.
“I’ve seen the decisions that have to be made”.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Obama would not endorse until after he meets with Sanders on Thursday.
Clinton has pegged her campaign to a historic promise: To be the first woman in the White House, as Barack Obama was the first black president. “She needs Bernie’s support to try to harness the enthusiasm of the people, particularly the younger people, who have been drawn to the Sanders campaign”. On the GOP side, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, will ride in on a white horse and be their knight in shining armor.
While a victory there would not change the contour of the race, given the fact that all Democratic nomination races allot pledged delegates proportionally, it would lend Sanders more leverage at the national convention where the party’s platform would also been put forward.
For Clinton, she’ll have to convince Sanders supporters to back her.
Sanders says he plans on campaigning through next Tuesday’s final primary in Washington, D.C.
Clinton said she was also working to unify Democrats. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly about the layoffs. Hilary knows that if Bernie orders his supporters to stand their ground, a large percentage of them will do just that. Their unified opposition to Trump will help bridge the party’s divides, she said.
From there, Clinton said that she believes that Trump used “racist language” in an effort to move attention away from controversy surrounding his now-defunct Trump University – a former business endeavor that she called a “scam”. “We have to work really hard”.
Things are pretty much settled in terms of what the presidential ballot will look like in November.
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In New Mexico, rural voters constituted 30 percent of the Democratic electorate.
