A federal judge has set an August 18 hearing date in a lawsuit filed by a Bernie Sanders supporter seeking to extend California’s voter registration deadline ahead of the primary election, meaning the plaintiffs likely won’t get a hearing before the state’s June 7 primary.
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However Tom Lasswell says he voted for Donald Trump because “you need to instigate change”.
Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan also weighed in, saying, “Shame on you, Mr. Trump”.
A combination photo shows U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (left) and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (right) in Los Angeles, May 5, 2016, and in Eugene, Oregon, May 6, 2016, respectively.
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat who is a favorite of financial reformers, bashed Trump in prepared remarks released ahead of a speech in Washington on Tuesday.
Todd Donovan, a professor of political science from Western Washington University, said it’s unlikely Sanders will win the primary by the same margins that he won the March precinct caucuses.
So Sanders will carry 74 delegates into the Democratic National Convention, while Hillary Clinton has 27 – plus many of Washington’s 17 superdelegates. Ben Carson’s name also appears because he never submitted a withdrawal of candidacy.
Trump is likely, however, to capture the requisite number in the remaining five contests, which offer more than 300 delegates on June 7.
Despite a previous agreement with Bernie Sanders campaign to participate in an additional debate in California, Hillary Clinton campaign had declined an invitation by Fox News for a debate there.
For Democrats and Republicans alike, Tuesday’s presidential primary in Washington is mainly a chance to make a statement.
But regardless of personal preference, all of the state GOP delegates will be bound according to the primary results at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this summer. Emborg, who was depositing his ballot at a drop box in Everett, Washington, says if Trump is the GOP nominee he’ll be voting for a third-party candidate.
Protesters chanted “walk of shame” and called Trump supporters racists.
Trump’s convincing victory came days after Washington state’s GOP convention awarded 40 of its 41 elected delegate slots to Cruz supporters. The governor did not attend the rally and has yet to make an endorsement. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), have endorsed Clinton, angering many Sanders backers who say the superdelegates should back the caucus victor.
It was Mr T rump’s first stop in New Mexico, the nation’s most Hispanic state.
Clinton is attempting to turn her attention to Trump even as she continues to face a two-front war against both Trump and Sanders. “And if we go marching into the Democratic convention with a lot of momentum, we’re going to march out with the Democratic nomination”.
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.
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“In the last several weeks, the people of Indiana, West Virginia and OR have suggested otherwise”, said Sanders.
