Trump expected to campaign in Clark County

U.S. Presidential hopeful Donald Trump told Vancouver Republican Don Benton he plans to visit Washington state on May 7. “If we could get Washington, it would be unbelievable,” Trump can be heard on the speaker phone telling Benton and a crowd of people in a video recorded at a local meeting of Trump supporters. State Sen. Benton is Trump’s Washington state campaign chairman. “Don is amazing and I hear the spirit there is amazing,” Trump said, saying he didn’t want to tape the call, he wanted to actually make it. Trump tells the jubilant crowd that if he wins Washington, “it’s over,” implying it clears his pathway to the Republican presidential nomination. “I think I can be there on the seventh, Don, and we will really fight to win it,” Trump said, adding his campaign is still working to confirm the date. Washington's GOP presidential primary is Tuesday, May 24. Unlike the Democrats, state Republicans plan to use the primary results to commit their delegates for the first ballot of this summer's GOP presidential nominating convention. Joel Mattila, the Clark County chair for the Trump campaign, said although it's still tentative, the candidate is expected to stop in Vancouver. Trump will be the third high-profile presidential campaigner to visit Clark County this year. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders drew an estimated 7,000 to a rally at Hudson's Bay High School, and former President Bill Clinton attracted 1,100 to a speech at Clark College.