Layoffs – And Lucifer – Grab Headlines On Campaign Trail

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April 29, 2016

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks during a campaign rally at the Century Center on April 28, 2016 in South Bend, Indiana. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

After losing 4 of 5 Northeast primaries to Hillary Clinton this week, Bernie Sanders announced he's laying off several hundred staffers. Ted Cruz said former House Speaker John Boehner "was letting his inner Trump come out" when Boehner this week called Cruz "Lucifer in the flesh" for being so hard to get along with in Congress.

Our 2016 roundtable guests Jesse Holland of the AP and Rebecca Sinderbrand of the Washington Post tell Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson and Robin Young how frontrunners Donald Trump and Clinton are pivoting away from their primary rivals and towards the general election.

Guests

Jesse Holland, manager of the AP Politics social media accounts. He tweets @jessejholland.
Rebecca Sinderbrand, politics news editor for the Washington Post. She tweets @sinderbrand.

This segment aired on April 29, 2016.