The olive branch and the barb: Clinton vs. Trump

Trump and Clinton lead in Tuesday's primary.

The race for the presidential nominee has been full of surprises as history-making events, claims of foul play, dirty dealings and controversial statements have cropped up in abundance.

Candidates have, at times, been caught up in a tight race, but Tuesday's primary revealed the top runners for each party.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - As of April 27, Donald Trump lead the Republican party with 954 delegates of the 1,237 required for nomination. Ted Cruz was far behind, with only 562 and John Kasich barely made an appearance with 153 delegates.

For the Democrats, Hillary Clinton lead with 2,151 of the required 2,383 delegates. Bernie Sanders followed with 1,338.

Though it would seem Clinton has the Democrat vote, there remain 1,276 delegates available. Sanders holds the potential to make a surprising comeback should he earn 1,045 of the remaining delegates.

Despite Clinton's win on Tuesday and general delegate lead, Sanders vowed to continue the race for delegates.

"The people in every state in this country should have the right to determine who they want as president and what the agenda of the Democratic Party should be," he stated. "That's why we are in this race until the last vote is cast. That is why this campaign is going to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia with as many delegates as possible to fight for a progressive party platform."

While Sanders remains optimistic, Clinton's victory speech included an olive branch toward Sanders and his supporters.

"I applaud Senator Sanders and his millions of supporters for challenging us to get unaccountable money out of politics and putting greater emphasis to closing the gap of inequality," she remarked. "I know together we will get that done."

While the Democratic candidates played nice, Trump delivered his victory speech and included a barb aimed at Clinton.

"This to me was our biggest night," he proclaimed. "I consider myself the presumptive nominee. ... I think the only card [Clinton] has is the women's card. She has got nothing else going. Frankly, if Hillary Clinton were a man, I don't think she would get 5% of the vote. And the beautiful thing is women don't like her, ok?"

Regardless of Trump's negative statements toward the leading Democrat candidate, Clinton continues to rock the liberal vote. Whether she will continue, however, remains to be seen.

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