Both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are campaigning in Kentucky ahead of Tuesday's primary there. Sanders was out telling crowds he's come a long way in this race and that no one would've thought he could amass the 9 million votes he has so far across the country. Clinton was less focused on Sanders, and more so on Trump, taking a jab at him with some Kentucky Derby humor.
Clinton told a crowd of supporters, "There is a saying in the Senate, there are two kinds of senators, there are show horses and there are work horses. You know all know a little bit about that here in Louisville, don't ya? I have to say, it lifted my spirits to see Exaggerator beaten in the Derby."
In the Republican race, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is still offering praise, but not endorsing presumptive nominee Donald Trump just yet. Speaking in his home state of Wisconsin, Ryan says it's important that Republicans find unity, and his meeting with Trump earlier this week is bring the party one step closer.
Ryan shared, "It is no secret that Donald Trump and I have had some disagreements. It's no secret that we've from time-to-time clashed on an issue or two that happens with people that happens with Republicans. The question is can we put together a process that really actually helps get our party unified so that we're at full strength in the fall and based upon the meetings we had on Thursday, I'm encouraged with the beginning of this process."
Former candidate Ted Cruz delivered his first speech since ending his presidential bid, last night. He spoke at the GOP Convention in Dallas and promised his supporters he'd keep fighting for, what he calls, "conservative battles." Cruz did not mention Trump or the 2016 Presidential race. He did, however, weigh in on the transgender bathroom issue. He says the White House doesn't have the right to decide the country's bathroom policy.
Cruz blasted the policy, saying, "The President issued a decree to every school in America demanding that they change their bathroom policies. Demanding that every public school now allow grown men and boys into little girls bathrooms. We have entered the world of politically correct lunacy. And there is nothing in the Constitution that gives the President the power to be the bathroom police for this country."
President Obama subtly hinted at the divisive rhetoric of this year's race during his commencement address at Rutgers University this Afternoon. The president explained that America doesn't need to be made great again because going back to the way things were isn't as great of an idea as it may seem.
The president told the graduates, "I guess it's part of human nature especially in times of change and uncertainty to want to look backwards and long for some imaginary past when everything worked, and the economy hummed and all politicians were wise and every child was well mannered and America pretty much did whatever it wanted around the world. Guess what? It ain't so. The good old days weren't all that good."
Vice President Joe Biden and Former House Speaker John Boehner bridged the political gap, sharing the stage at Notre Dame's commencement ceremony today. Both politicians addressed the negativity in recent politics. Biden says politics has become a full contact sport, and Boehner says politicians are being pushed to promise the impossible. Biden and Boehner were each awarded this year's Laetare Medal, the oldest and most prestigious honor at the Catholic University.
And that wasn't the only graduation ceremony Biden attended today. He also went to watch his granddaughter graduate from the University of Pennsylvania, where another Republican was in the audience... none other than Donald Trump!