Hillary Clinton Has Enough Delegates To Secure Democratic Nomination

"We are on the brink of a historic, unprecedented moment but we still have work to do, don't we?" said Clinton.
From: NewNowNext

 Hillary Clinton has secured a majority of electoral delegates, according to NBC News, making her the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee.

Clinton reached the majority of 2,383 delegates with a combination of pledged and unpledged “super delegates.” The new tally includes pledges from over a dozen new super delegates as well as her accumulation of 36 pledged delegates in Sunday’s Puerto Rico primary.

By NBC’s count, Clinton now has 1812 pledged delegates and 572 super delegates, while Sanders has 1520 pledged and 46 super delegates.

The news, also reported by the AP and other major outlets, makes her the first woman to win the nomination of a major political party in the United States.

While Clinton’s team acknowledged the news, they’re still focused on California, New Jersey and other primaries.

“This is an important milestone, but there are six states that are voting Tuesday, with millions of people heading to the polls, and Hillary Clinton is working to earn every vote,” campaign manager Robby Mook said in a statement. “We look forward to Tuesday night, when Hillary Clinton will clinch not only a win in the popular vote, but also the majority of pledged delegates.”

Clinton herself urged supporters to be cautious.

“According to the news, we are on the brink of a historic, unprecedented moment but we still have work to do, don’t we?” she said. “We have six elections tomorrow and we are going to fight hard for every single vote especially right here in California!”

 Her opponent, Bernie Sanders, has argued that super delegates can switch their votes at any time before the Democratic National Convention next month in Philadelphia.

“Secretary Clinton does not have and will not have the requisite number of pledged delegates to secure the nomination,” Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs.

“She will be dependent on super delegates who do not vote until July 25 and who can change their minds between now and then,” he wrote.

For now, Sanders is still planning on taking his campaign all the way to the convention floor.