The Republican National Committee reacted Saturday to Sen. Bernie Sanders’ victory in Wyoming’s caucus by barely mentioning him.
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus focused on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, noting that she lost a seventh straight contest.
“This embarrassing string of defeats to a 74-year old socialist from Vermont is another reminder of what a desperately flawed candidate she is, and how beatable she will be in November if she becomes the nominee,” said Priebus in a statement.
“Liberals can’t stomach her constant contradictions: raising money from the very groups she pretends to attack while flip flopping on issue after issue to pander to voters,” Priebus continued.
As “both Clinton and Sanders promise to continue and expand the disastrous Obama agenda, Republicans are committed to charting a new course that will produce prosperity and security for every American,” Priebus said. “Only a Republican president in the White House can be trusted to lead the turnaround America is ready for.”
Priebus’ attack attempts to counter conventional wisdom that either Republican front-runner Donald Trump, whose disapproval sits about at about 70 percent nationally, or Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, whose appeal is confined so far to staunch conservatives, would be an electoral disaster as the party’s presidential nominee. The RNC chair is also likely eager to combat claims by Trump surrogates, including the candidate’s son, that the party would prefer Clinton in the White House over Trump.
Clinton, who still leads Sanders in the delegate count, looks to end the democratic socialist’s winning streak in New York on April 19, where she has leads polls by double digits. While not from the New York, Clinton served as senator there from 2001 to 2009. Sanders, a senator from Vermont, was born in Brooklyn. Both candidates are campaigning in the Empire State. Clinton holds a commanding lead over Sanders in the RealClearPolitics average of polls in New York, ahead 54 percent to 41 percent.
