Six states vote for president on Tuesday and California is the last big prize up for grabs.
Hillary Clinton is counting on not only a first-place finish in a tight race, but she’s hoping to get enough delegates to end Bernie Sanders’ run and clinch the Democratic nomination.
Sanders says the fight isn’t over, but Clinton is already pivoting to fight Donald Trump.
Clinton and Trump traded fire in an escalating war of words.
“He doesn’t really have ideas,” Clinton said. “He just engages in rants and personal feuds and outright lies – something our country cannot afford in a Commander in Chief.”
Clinton is sharpening her attacks on Trump, and trying to force him to play defense.
“Crooked Hillary said, ‘Oh, Donald Trump- his finger on the button!’ I’m the one that didn’t want to go into Iraq, folks!” Trump said. “And she’s the one that stupidly raised her hand to go into Iraq and destabilize the entire Middle East, OK? ‘Cause that’s what she did.”
While the candidates dialed up their rhetoric, Trump’s rally in San Jose sparked a fiery clash in the streets.
One Trump supporter was cornered and pelted with food.
Back in Washington, Republican leaders are urging Trump to set aside personal feuds and focus on winning.
“And I think these, uh, attacks don’t serve the candidate very well at this point,” Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell said. “We ought to be trying to unify – he ought to be trying to unify the party behind him.”
California and five other states are on the line Tuesday, and it’s Bernie Sanders’ last chance.
“And I believe we’ll come marching out with the Democratic nomination,” Sanders said.
That math depends on some big wins, and flipping the votes of super delegates.
One of those super delegates, California Senator Dianne Feinstein, predicts Sanders may change a few minds, but not enough to win the nomination.