May 18, 2016

Sanders Wins Oregon, Kentucky Too Close to Call

CARSON, Calif. – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday was declared the winner of the Democratic Party primary in Oregon. And in Kentucky, The Associated Press said the outcome was too close to call.

“This is the beginning of the final push to win California,” Sanders told a rally of 11,168 supporters at California State University, Dominguez Hills.

“There are a lot of people out there who say Bernie Sanders should drop out, the people of California should not have the right to determine who the next president will be,” he said. “We are in this until the last ballot is counted … and then we’re going to take that fight to Philadelphia,” he added.

With the outcome in Oregon, the senator from Vermont won his third victory in three weeks and put 20 states in Sanders’ column.

“We have a possibility – it will be a steep climb I recognize that – but we have the possibility of going to Philadelphia with a majority of the pledged delegates,” Sanders said.

In the year since he launched a long-shot campaign, Sanders has taken on the Democratic Party establishment and won more than 45 percent of the pledged delegates to this July’s Democratic National Convention.

Speaking to his supporters in Southern California, Sanders had a blunt message for top party officials. “I say to the leadership of the Democratic Party: Open the doors. Let the people in.

“The other option for the Democratic Party, a sad and tragic option, is to maintain its status quo structure and be a party with limited participation and limited energy,” Sanders said.

With Donald Trump the likely Republican Party nominee, Sanders said he is better position to win in November than Hillary Clinton.

Democrats “incredibly” have allowed a right-wing Republican to capture a majority of the votes of the working-class Americans, Sanders said. “I’ll be damned,” he added. “if we will allow the Republican Party, whose job is to represent the rich and the powerful, to win the votes of working-class Americans.”

The largest state with 475 pledged delegates at stake, California Democrats got to the polls on June 7.

Sanders spoke after the polls closed in Oregon and after Clinton ended up with a razor-thin edge in the unofficial vote tally there. The Sanders campaign said it would decide on Wednesday whether to seek a recount.
May 17, 2016...
Correct The Record (pro-Clinton)

CTR STATEMENT ON TONIGHT’S KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY RESULTS

Washington, D.C. – Correct The Record President Brad Woodhouse released the following statement in response to tonight’s Kentucky Democratic primary results.

“With tonight’s win in Kentucky, Hillary Clinton continues to demonstrate her broad-based appeal from the Deep South to the mountains of Appalachia and beyond,” said Brad Woodhouse, President of Correct The Record. “Hillary Clinton holds insurmountable leads in both delegates and votes cast. Her message has already resonated throughout the Democratic electorate and will stand in stark contrast to Donald Trump’s divisive rhetoric and dangerous policies. Americans want a leader who will fight to break down barriers for all Americans, not a con man who is only out for himself. ”

Democratic National Committee

DNC Chair Statement on Today's Primaries

WASHINGTON - DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz issued the following statement on today's primaries in Kentucky and Oregon:
 
“With two more Democratic primary contests closed tonight in Kentucky and Oregon, it’s once again clear that our voters are excited and enthusiastic about the future of our party, about building on the last seven years of progress, and ready to hold Donald Trump accountable for the damage he’s done as a candidate and the damage he’s promising he would do as president. 
 
“In just the last week, Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, has backpedaled away from his own pledge to release his tax returns, vowed to slash taxes for those at the top like himself, faced questions about pretending to be his own publicist, refused to address his well-documented history of misogyny, insulted one of our country's most important allies, and his campaign called their selection of a white supremacist delegate a ‘database error.’ Every day it seems, the American people are discovering a new example of his recklessness, lack of judgment and unstable temperament.  That's why Democrats will head into the general election energized, understanding what's at stake and championing the values and priorities that match those of the American people. As we move closer to our convention and the general election, it's clearer than ever we must elect a Democrat as our 45th president."
 
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Republican National Committee

RNC Statement On Tuesday’s Democrat Primaries

WASHINGTON – Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus released the following statement on Tuesday’s Democrat primaries:

“While Republicans move toward unifying the party for the general election, Hillary Clinton remains bogged down in a nasty, protracted primary fight and will have to rely on a rigged system of
superdelegates to get across the finish line in Philadelphia. Hillary Clinton’s seemingly pathological need to mislead voters, her reckless conduct as secretary of state now under FBI investigation, and cronyism at her family foundation have alienated large swathes of voters, including many in her own Party. Too much is at stake in our country to turn the White House over to Hillary Clinton and her corrupt cronies.”

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