Nevada isn’t feeling the Bern:
LAS VEGAS — Nevada’s Democratic party is warning that chaos at its state convention this weekend shows that Sen. Bernie Sanders’ insurgent campaign has a penchant for violence. The state party makes its allegation in a letter to the Democratic National Committee warning that Sanders supporters may try to disrupt the party’s national convention the way they did the Nevada one. The Nevada convention was shut down by security Saturday night after Sanders supporters shouted down speakers and at one point threw chairs in protest. The state party chairwoman has received numerous death threats since then. Sanders supporters were protesting convention rules that awarded the majority of Nevada’s delegates to Hillary Clinton.
Clinton slams ‘propaganda’:
HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. — Hillary Clinton says it’s “time people stopped listening to Republican propaganda.” The remark was pushback from the likely Democratic presidential nominee against a vocal critic during a Monday rally. Clinton was praising the record of former Gov. Steven Beshear, a Democrat, noting education and employment gains, as well as his expansion of Medicaid under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Clinton then said that Republican Gov. Matt Bevin is “trying to undo it all.”
A woman then stood up and yelled, “Wait a minute, that’s not true.” “Oh yes it is, ma’am,” Clinton shot back, amid cheers. “You are entitled to your opinion, but you’re not entitled to your own facts.” Clinton continued that because of Medicaid, “hundreds of thousands of working Kentuckians have health care.”
Trump emphasizes personality:
ATLANTA — Donald Trump says he plans to win the White House largely on the strength of his personality, not by leaning heavily on complex voter data operations that have become a behind-the-scenes staple in modern presidential campaigns. Shortly after Trump explained his approach in an Associated Press interview — data is “overrated,” he said — one of the presumptive Republican nominee’s top advisers tried to clarify the remarks. Rick Wiley told AP the Trump campaign will indeed tap the Republican Party’s massive cache of voter information.
Kasich’s warning to GOP:
WASHINGTON — Republican John Kasich says his party will have a hard time winning the White House if candidates are “bashing Hispanics, turning off African-Americans” and failing to excite young voters. Kasich spoke to CNN in his first major interview since exiting the GOP presidential contest earlier this month.
He says he’s skeptical of Donald Trump’s ability to unite the party and Americans. He says he hasn’t yet decided whether he’ll back the near-certain Republican nominee.