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To every little girl who dreams big: Yes, you can be anything you want—even president. Tonight is for you. -H pic.twitter.com/jq7fKlfwGV— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 8, 2016
The “H” at the end of the tweet indicates she personally sent the tweet.
It was 8 years ago tonight that Hillary Clinton gave her famous “18 million cracks” speech when she bowed out of the Democratic race in 2008.
#HistoryMade
New Clinton campaign video celebrates historic moment of having first woman nominee of major political party.
Popular dating app, Scruff, held it’s own completely unscientific survey to see which Democratic candidate it’s users support.
From NBC:
According to Scruff, the popular dating app for gay and bisexual men, nearly 60 percent of the 1,011 “likely voters” who responded to the survey are throwing their support behind Clinton, compared with 34 percent who support Sanders.
One sub-group Sanders did do particularly well with in the survey was younger gay and bisexual men. Seventy-six percent of 18-24 year olds surveyed said they support the Vermont senator.
Clinton, however, captured more of the “leather,” “daddy” and “bear” support.
WILL REMEMBER THIS 4EVER‼️Hill came off stage,We hugged,
Hill “My Oscar Winner”‼️
Me “MY PRESIDENT”‼️
WE HIGH 10′D‼️ pic.twitter.com/MIqEdaoQJ7— Cher (@cher) June 7, 2016
After the Sanders campaign criticized the Associated Press for determining Hillary Clinton to have accrued the requisite number of delegates to clinch the Democratic nomination for president, Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll issued this statement.
AP concluded that Hillary Clinton had enough delegates to clinch the nomination after a painstaking but very straightforward exercise.
We counted.
By Monday evening, 571 superdelegates had told us unequivocally that they intend to vote for Clinton at the convention. 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.
That is news, and reporting the news is what we do.
Nothing in that discourages or prevents voters in six states from exercising their right to go to the polls today and cast their ballots.
It should be noted that John Kerry was declared the Democratic nominee on March 10, 2004, based on AP superdelegate tally.
Primaries/caucuses after that date: KS, IL, AK, CO, PA, IN, NE, WV, AR, KY, OR, AL, SD, MT, and NJ.
BREAKING: @AP finds Clinton reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination for president.
From the AP:
An Associated Press count of pledged delegates won in primaries and caucuses and a survey of party insiders known as superdelegates shows Clinton with the overall support of the required 2,383 delegates. Now the presumptive nominee, she will formally accept her party’s nomination in July at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Further, U.S. Political Editor David Scott for the Associated Press , explains why Hillary Clinton is now being identified by AP as the “presumptive nominee” of the Democratic Party:
It takes 2,383 delegates to win the nomination of the Democratic Party, and our count finds that Hillary Clinton has reached that number. Most are pledged delegates won in a primary or caucus. Some are superdelegates, who have unequivocally told AP they will vote for her next month at the party’s convention.
Clinton is now the “presumptive nominee,” because according to our count, she now has enough delegates backing her candidacy to win the nomination.
AP will not call her the “nominee” until she reaches that milestone in Philadelphia next month, when the party’s delegates formally cast their vote at the convention.
See AP’s delegate tracker: https://interactives.ap.org/2016/delegate-tracker/
Clinton took to Twitter to say “thanks” but also urged Dems to vote in the final Super Tuesday contests:
We’re flattered, @AP, but we've got primaries to win. CA, MT, NM, ND, NJ, SD, vote tomorrow! https://t.co/8t3GpZqc1U— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 7, 2016
The Sanders’ campaign issued this statement:
“It is unfortunate that the media, in a rush to judgement, are ignoring the Democratic National Committee’s clear statement that it is wrong to count the votes of superdelegates before they actually vote at the convention this summer,” spokesman Michael Briggs said Monday night.
“Secretary Clinton does not have and will not have the requisite number of pledged delegates to secure the nomination. She will be dependent on superdelegates who do not vote until July 25 and who can change their minds between now and then. They include more than 400 superdelegates who endorsed Secretary Clinton 10 months before the first caucuses and primaries and long before any other candidate was in the race.
The New York Times reports that President Obama is “fired up and ready” to go out and campaign for Hillary Clinton.
President Obama, after months of sitting on the sidelines of the rancorous contest to succeed him, is now ready to aggressively campaign for Hillary Clinton, starting with a formal endorsement of her candidacy as early as this week. The White House is in active conversations with Mrs. Clinton’s campaign about how and where the president would be useful to her, according to senior aides to Mr. Obama.
Advisers say that the president, who sees a Democratic successor as critical to his legacy, is impatient to begin campaigning. They say he is taking nothing for granted. It has been decades since a second-term president enjoyed the popularity to make him a potent force on the campaign trail and also an invitation from the candidate running to succeed him to be a major presence there.
Heading into today’s Democratic primary in Puerto Rico, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is within 57 delegates of clinching the presidential nomination.
There are 67 delegates up for grabs today, and then six states get their chance on Tuesday including California and New Jersey.
Last night, Clinton won the Virgin Islands Democratic caucuses. With 7 pledged delegates coming from the Virgin Islands, Clinton received 1,308 votes to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 190.