The decision follows a bad night for Sanders, in which he lost four out of five East Coast states that voted on Tuesday.
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Although he promised that Trump’s supposedly more presidential “pivot” will never change the controversial Republican frontrunner only three days ago, Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski somehow thinks Trump’s strongman campaign of xenophobia will resonate with supporters of the pretty firmly progressive Sanders. In early March, 49% of voters told us they would definitely vote against Trump if he is the presidential nominee of the Republican Party, but almost as many (42%) said they would definitely vote against Clinton if she is the Democratic Party’s nominee. And while he still doesn’t have enough delegates to win the Republican nomination on the first ballot, he’s getting close.
Sen. Bernie Sanders will lay off hundreds of staffers across the country the same day he declared he is “in this campaign to win”.
Ryan, who will lead the convention, said he is still not getting involved. “But right now, we have to use all of the resources we have and focus them on the remaining states”.
Following Indiana, New Jersey with 51 delegates is the third most important state for the party.
Field staffers working on those state campaigns were “told to look elsewhere for work rather than continue onto the next voting states”, campaign sources tell the website. The win brings Clinton to 2,141delegates, within a whisker of the 2,383 she needs to clinch the Democratic nomination.
Projecting confidence, Trump said it was time for Cruz and Kasich to get out of the race so the party can unify behind him.
But in a statement Tuesday night, Sanders also appeared to signal a pivot towards trying to influence Clinton’s political platform as nominee. Sanders, for instance, still has a groundswell of popular support for his position and is still drawing millions in small donations from his supporters.
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“I would hope that there is a beginning of a pivot for him to make it really clear to his supporters what’s at stake against the Republicans”, said former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who supports Clinton.
