When CNN’s Chris Cuomo began a question with the phrase, “if you’re the nominee for your party” Clinton interrupted him. “There is no way I won’t be”.
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“I know hard this job is and I know we need steadiness, as well as strength and smarts in it, and I have concluded that he is not qualified to be president of the United States”, Clinton said.
“She was going after Donald Trump on sexism and she has backed off”, Carroll said. “But the Democratic strategists who prophesy a Hillary landslide over Trump are blowing smoke”. But her latest assessment is her most definitive declaration to date.
Both the Trump and Clinton campaigns are girding for a battle that is geared toward not only winning the support of women, but making sure their opponent loses it. It also introduces deeply personal accusations into a campaign that has devolved into the most negative presidential contest in modern American history. “And you don’t read about this on Clinton”, Trump said.
While the Clinton brand is known worldwide, many Americans dislike the former secretary of state and first lady, and critics have billed her as a weak candidate who is having trouble galvanizing her party.
Clinton suggested the Democratic race was over because of her almost insurmountable lead in delegates to the nominating convention, despite Sanders’ insistence on staying in the race.
The Bernie Sanders supporters who left death threats for Roberta Lange may not be in the clear.
Trump now gets 76% of the Republican vote, while Clinton has 72% Democratic support.
Bill Clinton listed a February 2015 appearance in Nashville for UBS Wealth Management Americas – a Swiss global bank that Hillary Clinton also spoke to in July 2013.
Clinton denied the allegations by Broaddrick and Willey.
Sanders has pledged to remain in the race until the California primary on 7 June, and has previously vowed to continue his campaign through the party’s convention in Philadelphia this summer.
The presumptive GOP nominee has repeatedly pointed to Bill Clinton’s sex scandals when confronted with his own charges of sexism and inappropriate behavior. “And, you know, usually – and the girl from Utah who’s just – she’s – they made – they said I kissed her on the lips, I guess in front of her parents with thousands of people”.
Clinton called what transpired at the Nevada convention “disturbing” but said she was confident that the party would find a way to unite. “It’s mathematically impossible for Bernie to secure the nomination”. Sixty-six percent of the poll’s sample said Clinton was not honest and trustworthy, compared to the 31 percent that said she was. “It could be as close as a 28-27” Lowry said “we’ll see.” .
The Sanders campaign has had a rough week after chaos at the Nevada Democratic Convention stemming from Sanders supporters feeling they were being treated unfairly.
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“He has given no indication that he understands the gravity of the responsibilities that go with being commander-in-chief”, Clinton responded.
