to fight to try to get superdelegates to abandon Clinton , there are signs that the Democratic establishment is moving to shut the primary down after Tuesday in order to train its exclusive fire on Trump . Obama spoke to Sanders on Sunday , a Democratic source told CNN . And on Tuesday , House Democratic minority leader Nancy Pelosi endorsed Clinton on the day of her home state primary .
In a taped interview with NBC ’s “ Meet the Press ” that aired Sunday , Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana , Mr. Trump ’s running mate , called Mrs. Clinton “ the most dishonest candidate for president of the United States since Richard Nixon . ” Yet Mr. Pence also opened the door for more criticism of Mr. Trump by vowingcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto release his own income tax returns within the next week . Mr. Trump has refused to release his own returns , but Mr. Pence said his running mate would eventually disclose them as well , although he did not say when that might happen . Last week The Washington Post revealed that Mr. Trump had to pay a $ 2,500 penalty to the I.R.S.
March 13 , 2016 At a North Carolina rally , a 78-year - old Trump supporter named John McGraw walked across a row of seats and sucker - punched a protester who was being escorted away by security . Video footage captured the incident , raising new questions about whether Trump was implicitly encouraging such violence -- by , among other things , vowingcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto pay the legal fees of any supporters who fought protesters and faced arrest as a result . Chuck Todd , host of NBC ’s “ Meet the Press , ” asked Trump whether that meant he ’d pay McGraw ’s legal fees . “ I ’ve actually instructed my people to look into it , yes , ” Trump said .
And who had nuclear weapons . ” Similar miscues on foreign policy are what doomed Carson , who at one time rank neck and neck with Donald Trump in the GOP presidential race , and knocked him out of serious contention for the Oval Office . Sanders has adopted tough rhetoric in vowingcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto galvanize international allies — particularly Saudi Arabia and other allies in the Middle East — to “ crush ” ISIS . And he frequently cites his House vote in 2002 against a U.S. invasion of Iraq as evidence of his sound judgment on foreign policy , in contrast to Clinton ’s support of the effort to topple Saddam Hussein . Clinton has admitted she was misled by the administration of President George W. Bush in supporting the invasion , but has argued that being right on one vote does n’t qualify you to become the next commander in chief , or assure you have the experience and know - how to deal with international crises .
The candidate and several of his top advisers have business connections to Russia . Campaign chairman Paul Manafort has made millions of dollars in business deals with pro - Russia oligarchs as well as advised the Putin - aligned president of Ukraine whose 2014 ouster triggered Russia ’s intervention there . Trump seemingly played into Democratic hands on Wednesday by praising Putin ’s leadership qualities and vowingcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetthat U.S. relations with Russia would improve if he is elected in November . “ I do n’t think Putin has any respect whatsoever for Clinton , ” Trump said . He added : “ He has a total lack of respect for President Obama .
“ But we ’ve seen in poll after poll and state after state , we ’ve created the kind of momentum that we need to win . This has been a fantastic night in Michigan . ” Sanders has now won four of the last six contests in the Democratic presidential race and is vowingcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto fight all the way to the Democratic National Convention in late July . Clinton is likely to end the night having modestly added to her lead in pledged delegates , however . Clinton cleaned up in Mississippi , winning 83 percent of the vote , according to The Associated Press .