Donald Trump has now clinched enough delegates to become the Republican nominee. The Fox News spokeswoman added that the network had proposed a Trump-Sanders debate in February and while Sanders agreed, Trump backed out.
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The final tally from Kentucky gives Clinton 28 delegates and Sanders 27.
It was the latest instance of Trump escalating his attacks on Clinton in recent days, apparently looking ahead to November’s general election.
Such Democratic support appears to be helping. Clinton has said she was mistaken in her remarks and has since touted her plan to invest billions of dollars in economically depressed coal regions. “That should be such an easy deal to close”. Hopefully this thing actually happens.
“I’d love to debate Bernie”, Trump said at a press conference in North Dakota Thursday afternoon.
In a twist that has never before been seen in the money-pit game of politics, Trump sees his election as a money-making proposition.
“I had no idea it was going to be so nasty”, said Trump, who said he’d be happy to engage Sanders in a one-on-one debate – as long as significant money goes to charity. “If he paid a nice sum for charity, I would love to do that”.
An interparty debate between Trump and Sanders, before the Democratic nomination is wrapped up, would create an unusual spectacle and could leave Clinton in the dark as her two rivals soak up the political spotlight.
Whoa! Bernie Sanders, 74, has thrown down the gauntlet to Donald Trump, 69, that he wants to square off with the presumptive Republican presidential nominee about their incredibly opposing views.
screencapDonald Trump is uniting the Republican party despite his best efforts to the contrary in large part because of Hillary Clinton.
For the publicity-loving Trump, such an event would allow him to make a pitch for Sanders supporters who are watching, along the lines of the populism that both men profess.
“This doesn’t sound like a serious discussion”.
“We are ready to debate Donald Trump. I really can’t wait to get on the stage with him”, Clinton told CNN.
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Sanders won almost every coal-producing county in Kentucky, underscoring Clinton’s weakness in Appalachia after her comments that her policies would put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business. Disputing her claims of being Native American, Trump referred to her as “Pocahontas” – despite one audience member responding, “That’s very offensive”.
