Darting across California, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders amplified their criticism of Donald Trump last week, mocking his denial of climate change one day, his immigration proposals and foreign policy the next. Sanders claimed last week that one of his picks, RoseAnn DeMoro, executive director of National Nurses United, was rejected because she was a representative of a labor union.
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Democratic challenger Bernie Sanders reacted to the network calls with a statement accusing the media of “a rush to judgement”, declaring that the nomination has not been decided.
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Ms Clinton now is 60 delegates short of the magical figure of 2,382 delegates needed to clinch the Democratic party’s nomination.
As the presumptive nominee, Clinton is in line to be the first woman in USA history to secure the nomination from either party. Rallying supporters at City College of San Francisco’s Mission Center, Sanders said Clinton’s voters were more reliable and he would need a large turnout among recently registered voters, independents and young people. “I will work to ensure that concerns about the oversight board are addressed”, she said in a statement.
In the meantime, the AP tally puts her at 1,812 pledged delegates won in primaries and caucuses, plus 571 superdelegates.
“It is Secretary Clinton’s job to explain to those people why she should get their support”.
Despite Sanders’ strong push in California, “it seems nearly certain that Clinton will have won enough delegates to clinch the Democratic nomination on Tuesday”, said Alan I. Abramowitz, senior columnist for the University of Virginia Center for Politics, “Crystal Ball” blog, which has been projecting winners in each primary race.
Both Clinton and Sanders spent Monday in California, the biggest prize among the six states voting on Tuesday.
Obama called Sanders on Sunday as he campaigned in California, a Democrat familiar with the call told The Associated Press. Another has ties not only to Sanders but to the broader interests of a Democratic Party pining to beat back the challenge from Republican Donald Trump and make gains in congressional elections. Standing before a crowd of supporters at a rally in Long Beach, California, Clinton was all smiles, excitedly shaking supporters’ hands and thanking them for their support. Adding that number to the delegates awarded to Clinton in primary and caucus voting to date gave her the number needed to be the presumptive nominee.
While the super-delegates officially are uncommitted, the AP counted 548 of them as backing Clinton and 46 behind Sanders.
House minority leader Nancy Pelosi has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president.
Clinton had once been expected to carry California easily, as she did in her failed bid for president in 2008.
That doesn’t mean they are happy about that outcome – many remain unreconciled.
Clinton once held a sizable lead there over Sanders, but opinion polls in recent days showed them in a dead heat. “Really his own words, the things he said in this campaign from being in favour of expanding and proliferating weapons of mass destruction and nuclear weapons to pulling out of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation to offending our allies and supporting dictators around the world”, Mr Podesta said.
“That bill is anti-democratic and it’s not in the best interest of Puerto Rico”, said Jorge Gaskins, a 67-year-old farmer who supports Sanders and opposes a control board. The senator has not released his May fundraising figures.
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Clinton heads into Tuesday’s contests with a victory this weekend in Puerto Rico’s primary. She is on track to safely end the primary season with a majority of pledged delegates even if she loses all six states on Tuesday and in Washington, D.C., the following week.
