But despite the math, some Democrats are concerned that Sanders’ tactics could make it more hard to unite in the summer. Governor Susana Martinez, head of the Republican Governors Association and the nation’s only Latina governor, has harshly criticised his remarks on immigrants and attacked his proposal to build a wall along the US-Mexico border.
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In a proposed matchup between Clinton and Trump, Clinton barely edges out the billionaire, and she’s facing new criticism for declining to debate Bernie Sanders in California.
Clinton needs to win California for a strong finish heading into her party’s national convention in July and to dispel questions about whether she can united the party after a drawn-out, increasingly bitter primary race.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that people should “lay off” Bernie Sanders, sending a message to restive Democrats increasingly anxious to see the party unite behind Hillary Clinton.
“They certainly mean nothing to me”, the Democratic front-runner said.
With over 69 percent of the votes counted, Trump – the only Republican presidential candidate remaining on the field – has clinched the support of 76 percent of the delegates.
Meanwhile, Americans are split between the choice of Trump or Clinton in a hypothetical matchup of the general election in November, with Trump lagging behind Clinton by 4 percent, said the poll. Many correctly predicted that Hillary Clinton would win the Democratic Party’s nomination (she’s 85 delegates away), though the level of divisions between the Clinton and Sanders camps wasn’t projected to get this intense or fractured. “Thank You Washington”, Trump tweeted after major news channels projected his win in the state. But Democrats will ignore the results of Tuesday’s primary, having chosen to continue to use the party caucus system to allocate their national convention delegates.
Sanders had already agreed to participate in the event to be hosted by Fox News, following a series of heated exchanges during their fifth debate in April in NY.
Bernie Sanders is starting to become Donald Trump’s best ally in 2016.
However, The Hill reported that other senior Democratic senators went on the record to express their support for Wasserman Schultz, with Florida Sen.
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“Of course it will be, but everything – that’s what democracy is about”, Sanders added. “Our campaign is the campaign bringing in working class people”, Sanders said.
