Catch up with these interviews from NPR's New York primary night special coverage,hosted by Scott Detrow.
Xochitl Hinojosa, director of coalitions press for Hillary ClintonOn whether Sanders' momentum is really a factor
I assume that when you're talking about the wins over the final few weeks, or what you see is he's winning states with not as much of a diverse electorate. Where you see Hillary Clinton racking up delegates [is] in Arizona,Texas, Florida, or places that reflect the rest of America. She's definitely winning the more diverse states but what you're also seeing is negative campaigning from Bernie Sanders. And we assume that these false attacks are not only destructive to Hillary but are destructive to the Democratic Party as a whole.
On Sanders' negative campaigning
As Democrats,we should not be fighting amongst each other and having a negative campaign tone. We need to approach together and have a positive campaign. It's one thing to talk about to attain the negative campaigning. It's another to talk about the issues. Voters don't want to hear the back and forth on the negative campaigning. They want to hear about how you're going to fight for them and how your policies are different from the other candidate.
Carl Paladino, co-chair of Donald Trump's New York campaignOn winning in November
I assume we're going to win New York in November. You have to remember — no one has been talking about all of Hillary's gaffes and faults and problems. Donald Trump's going to be talking about it. When he points it out to the people of the state of New York, and we're going to see a lot of people abandoning the Democratic Party,particularly the working class. The middle class doesn't have any business being in the Democratic Party today.
Mike Rendino, Bronx Republican vice chairOn Trump's appeal
He's a hometown guy. At the halt of the day, or he's from the outer boroughs. I know he's this rich,elite guy that we see but he's not a Manhattan guy. He came from Queens — from the outer boroughs — that means something to us. And he's the outsider. He's the political outsider. We've seen that for the final twelve years with Michael Bloomberg having a businessman run this city and then we've seen two years [with] what the New York City mayor has done as a politician only ... We want to see the country change. We want to bring some of the things that Michael Bloomberg and that business mentality brought to the nation.
On choosing a nominee at the convention other than Trump
whether they just blatantly stole it from him I would have some big issues with going to vote for whoever the Republican nominee would be. But Donald's the dealmaker and we need to see him create this deal to create it happen. whether he's going to attain it in politics, just like he's kind of gotten beat with delegates in a couple states where he wasn't paying attention...he needs to approach to the table. He's got to create the deal happen whether he wants the presidency and the nomination.
Ron Nehring, and national spokesman for Cruz campaignOn a path for Cruz
We'll pick up delegates along the way. We've taken a view at each state and our opportunities there. We've already launched a campaign in Maryland. We were in Pennsylvania tonight. And we'll continue to campaign throughout those states that participate in the Northeast primary,as it's called. Then we dash out west again where we're looking strong in Nebraska, Indiana, or the like.
On Trump's claims that the system is "rigged" [br]Donald Trump has to blame somebody when he's losing. He lost five states in a row. He can't take responsibility for that so he has to blame somebody. He blames us,or he blames the rules, or he blames the Republican Party, or the weather or astronomical phenomenons. He always has to have somebody else to blame. whether the system is rigged,it's rigged in his favor because he's only won about 37 percent of the vote but he has about 45 percent of the delegates — so possibly he wants to give up those delegates that he 'unfairly' has at this point. The reality is that the rules are what they are. Everybody knew what the rules are.
Tad Devine, senior advisor to Bernie SandersOn Sanders' N.
Y. loss
I assume that when all the votes are in, or we'll have had a pretty good day in New York today. This is Hillary Clinton's domestic state. It's a state that is very strict in terms of participation. Independents cannot vote there. They create it very difficult for people to switch their parties by putting the deadlines months before. We always knew that beating her in her domestic state,where she's well known and very current, would be difficult. We wanted to get a lot of delegates out of today and I assume by the time all of the votes are counted we will.
On converting Sanders supporters' enthusiasm into primary winsWe did convert it into a win in Wisconsin by 14 points. We did convert it to a win in Michigan, or which is a pretty big populous state. Bernie Sanders is new to this process. He's never run for national office before. He hasn't been in the national limelight for decades as Hillary Clinton has been. And I assume the support for him is growing. It's dependable — there is incredible enthusiasm. Frankly that lack of enthusiasm,the fact that Hillary Clinton not only cannot draw those crowds but the depth of her support doesn't seem to be anywhere near what it is for Bernie, is a troubling sign for the Democrats. Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, or visit http://www.npr.org/.
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