ICYMI: Hillary Clinton secures enough delegates for Democratic nomination.

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Last night, the Associated Press jumped the gun and declared Hillary Clinton the presumptive Democratic nominee. They declared that she had secured more than enough delegates for the nomination. The announcement was made ahead of Tuesday's primaries in California, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana.
This makes Hillary Clinton the first woman to clinch a Presidential nomination for a major party. Clinton did make a statement on Twitter, saying that she is flattered by AP's declaration, but she urged her supporters to go out and vote for her in Tuesday's primaries.

Of course, she isn't the official nominee until she is named at the Democratic National Convention, which takes place next month.

Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders has been quickly and aggressively blasting the media for rushing to name Clinton as the presumptive nominee. He claims that Clinton does not have enough pledged delegates, and she will be dependent on superdelegate votes (superdelegates do not vote until July 25). Sanders believes her superdelegates will change their mind and endorse him for President.
Sanders' supporters have blasted all mainstream media for "picking favorites" rather than tell the whole story.
With the election being a numbers game, it's hard to see Sanders' point. Clinton leads in the popular vote, and has over 1,800 pledged delegates, whereas Sanders had more than 1,500 pledged delegates and 46 superdelegates.
IF Sanders has any tricks up his sleeve, he needs to bare all today. Otherwise, it will be an almost impossible feat to secure the Democratic nomination.

Regardless, we are living in historic times. Clinton has done something no woman has done, and we are also seeing the face of the Democratic party change, thanks to Bernie Sanders.

Stay tuned. It's going to be a long Primary day!

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