Clinton made no mention of primary rival Bernie Sanders during her 30-minute address.
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Clinton, a former USA senator from NY, holds a slight polling lead over Trump in a general election match-up, according to a Monmouth University poll of likely New Jersey voters released Tuesday. “It is our job to rekindle that motivation.to make them once again see the potential of achieving their dream”, according to a “sales playbook”.
Hillary Clinton is set to unleash a major foreign policy attack on Donald Trump, using a speech in San Diego to cast the Republican as unqualified and unsafe.
“Ladies and gentlemen, we don’t need independents running in the Democratic Party, we need Democrats running in the Democratic party, ‘ Payne said of Sanders” independent and also democratic socialist status.
Booker rallied with New Jersey native and rock star Bon Jovi, referring to him as the “patron saint of New Jersey”.
Bon Jovi was also scheduled to appear on the same night at the Westin Boston Waterfront to raise money for the Hillary Victory Fund.
“The stakes are huge in this election, not just for New Jersey but for the country”, Bon Jovi said, referencing the Republican contender.
Polls show Clinton ahead in California, but the race is tightening. There is a guy who is hanging around, still telling people he has a chance.
Trump responded by calling out Clinton as a “fraud” on Twitter.
Rutgers students who support Bernie Sanders.
Trump’s campaign did not immediately respond to an e-mail requesting comment about Clinton’s remarks.
That said, New Jersey isn’t exactly a swing state, so Clinton still might go looking to a Midwestern politician like Ohio Sen. Generally, party presidential nominees are basically decided by this point in the process but, because of Sanders staying in the race, New Jersey is playing an important role in deciding the nominee.
Rubio said last week that he’s eager to help the party defeat Clinton.
There are 142 delegates up for grabs in New Jersey’s winner-takes-all primary – more than enough for Clinton to lock-up the nomination before polls close on the west coast in five other state primaries to be held June 7, including California. And he took the opportunity to heap praise on the presumptive Democratic nominee, who was at the event.
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Other notable attendees included state Senator Ron Rice, New Jersey State Democratic Chairman John Currie, Democratic 2017 gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy, Assemblyman Ralph Caputo, members of the SEIU 32BJ union and others.
