[Burnett:] Right now, Trump supporters protesting in Colorado, angry with the Republican Party after Ted Cruz won all of the state's delegates without voters getting to vote. Trump says the system is rigged.
[Trump:] The people didn't know in Colorado that their vote was being taken away from them. And let me tell you have some angry people in Colorado right now. And if you want to know the truth, it's a beautiful thing to watch because they're 100 percent right.
[Burnett:] That was earlier today at a rally. The Republican Party in Colorado, here's what happened, they decided last year not to have a presidential primary. They said they wanted to save money instead party insiders selected delegates at a state convention. And as this controversy boils over, Republicans in Wyoming vote tomorrow and Wyoming is strange in its own way. John King is OUTFRONT with tonight's big number. And John, Wyoming, are the rules more clear or it is strange in his own way?
[John King, Cnn Correspondent:] Well, let's take a pick, Erin. You see Wyoming is already colored for Ted Cruz because he's already won nine delegates at county conventions tomorrow is the state Republican convention, statewide gathering. Fourteen of the state's 29 delegates to Cleveland will be elected tomorrow at that convention. Now, those delegates may but they are not required to support a candidate. They can run as uncommitted if they want or they can say I'm running to represent Trump. I'm running to vote for Cruz. Ted Cruz will appear at that convention tomorrow, Erin. He's believed to have a big advantage. I just want to say this. We'll see how the results play out tomorrow. This process the state party tells us has been in place since 1974. So, for 42 years, they've been doing it this way. You may not like it. Pretty hard to say it is rigged when it's been on the books for 42 years.
[Burnett:] Right. Well, it may have been rigged for a long time again.
[King:] It's an interesting definition of glide, Erin. Let's look, Trump can get there. He's the only Republican candidate who can get there before the convention. I wouldn't call it a glide. Here's where we are right now. Donald Trump at 758, Ted Cruz at 538. So, 200-plus delegate advantage here. I want to go through this quickly for you. But let's assume Trump has a big night in New York. Ninety five delegates. Let's say he gets 75 or more. Let's say, the rest of the voting in the mid-Atlantic in the Northeast, let's say Trump has a very big April. Right? Wins 75 percent of those delegates. That starts to stretch him out. Now it's projected, if Trump is running strong, meaning in New Jersey, he gets them all, in West Virginia, he gets all or most of them all. He moved out here. Cruz gets some in the West, but Trump wins some more in here as well. Then we get to the last one in California, with Trump running strong in April through May and then to the big one in June, if he gets 70 percent in California, Erin, he would be at about 1211, 1211. I gave Ted Cruz Indiana in this scenario. Let's switch in and give Donald Trump Indiana if he could pull that up and have a very strong April, May into June. Here's Trump at 1222. That's when you'll think, wow! Why didn't I get some of those Colorado delegates? Wow! Why didn't I make the trip out to Wyoming if he gets here? This is at his very strong. But very hard to deny Donald Trump if he gets to Cleveland with 1222 or somewhere in that ballpark, Erin. Let me show you a weaker scenario. If Trump is still winning all these states but not getting 75, 80 percent of the delegates, he starts to fall back a little bit. And in this scenario, let's say Ted Cruz could somehow pull of California at the end with Trump getting some of the delegates. Then Trump is back 1100, 1115. At this point, the Never Trump Movement thinks they can stop him. In this scenario, here's what's interesting. A lot of people think it's going to go something like this. A little bit of a weaker Trump in April, May, and June, but he still wins California about 55 percent or 60 percent, and it's somewhere about 100 short. 1131, you need, 1237, this is when it gets really interesting, Erin, because they would have to negotiate with all of those uncommitted non-pledged delegates. Could they get 100 of them? That would be a dicey proposition. Not impossible but not a lot tougher than if he ends up pretty close to 1200.
[Burnett:] All right. Thank you very much, John King. That's going to be one exciting ride.
[King:] Fun.
[Burnett:] Well, yes, fun. Sean Spicer, chief strategist and communications director for the Republican National Committee. Some might say fun. Sean, to you probably maybe not, the appropriate word to use. Donald Trump though saying, he is going to glide to the nomination. Possible?
[Sean Spicer, Chief Strategist, Republican National Committee:] Yes. Sure. I think John did a good job of laying out the numbers in the states coming. And it is possible sure, but it is also possible that Senator Cruz does well or that Governor Kasich picks up some more. But that's why we go through the process. I think what's really interesting. You know, when you look at this year compared to at least the last few cycles, more and more voters are having an opportunity to participate in this process than ever before. States that have never been important in this primary process are extremely important. We're talking now about states like California and New Jersey on June 7th. Those are states that normally haven't mattered. In 2008, John McCain was a presumptive nominee in March. My state of Virginia, we didn't get an opportunity to have a really robust discussion because, you know, Senator McCain already clinched the nomination. Governor Romney had clinched it in April. And that cut out a lot of states. So, frankly, overall I think this is a very positive process that's involving more states, involving more voters. I think that's a positive thing for the party in that net.
[Burnett:] That is the best spin I have heard yet on turning all of this into something positive, that more people get to have a say and care. And there is something to that. Sean, Donald Trump though is very angry. And as you know, he is taking this to the campaign trail, even tonight in Hartford. And here he is late today talking about your party.
[Trump:] We have a rigged system. The Republican system is rigged.
[Burnett:] He has called out the chairman of the RNC by name as you know, Sean. The chairman has responded. Are you worried that the RNC, which is supposed to be neutral, is starting to look anti-Trump?
[Spicer:] Not at all. And I think, you know, whether, the guest you had earlier, I think most people have been involved in the process and in the system understand that each of these states writes their own rules. Talks about the process for the allocations selection of delegates. As John King noted earlier, Wyoming which will have its major contest tomorrow has had its system in place since the 1970s. Look, I don't think it is a surprise that the people who belong to the Republican Party write the party rules in each of these states. That's like saying that the people in the Kiwanis Club shockingly write the rules of the Kiwanis Club or the people in the neighborhood belong to an HOA, write the rules of that HOA. I'm not really sure what all of the concern is, but I know that it's difficult that there are 50 states and six territories and the District of Columbia. I know it's not easy and sometimes it's complicated to understand. But that's why, you know, campaigns take this so seriously. And so it's part of the process. It has been part of the process for a century. It will continue to be part of the process. And frankly, the Republican Party is more Democratic than the Democratic Party because we don't have the so-called unelected party boss superdelegates that aren't accountable to anybody.
[Burnett:] Being more Democratic than a party that isn't Democratic may not be the best argument out there. And I only say that, I know it sounds being facetious. But as you point out Sean, the rules are different in every single state. They are complicated. They change without people, general, regular voters being aware of it. To most Americans just hearing, look, the rules are the rules, it doesn't seem right, right? It's a democracy. Every vote is supposed to count equally. Do you need to do more to justify the system to regular voters?
[Spicer:] Well, first of all, we're, you know, we're conservatives. We're Republicans. We believe in states' rights. The last thing that we should as conservatives and Republicans want is a one-size fits all Washington approach to how we vote. A caucus seems like a really good idea in Iowa. A primary seems like a good idea in Wisconsin where the chairman is from. It should be up to the states and territories to decide for the grassroots members of that party, in that state or territory, the District of Columbia to decide how they want to select their nominees. I think that's the beauty of what we as Republicans and conservatives support is we believe that states and territories should make those decisions at the grassroots level, not in Washington. So, I think we should be proud of it. Now, to your point, I think we at the RNC have not seen an open convention or the possibility of a real open convention in 40-plus years. It's incumbent upon us to really get out there and explain those rules, explain where they are. And I think we have continued to do that. We're going to do more of that to brief people, to put things out. We started a website, ConventionFacts.GOP that starts to explain the system. I put a memo out today, it's on my Twitter fed
[Burnett:] Right. I saw it.
[Spicer:] at that GOP where we talk about, how, what's coming up. And so, I do think that from a process standpoint we need to do a better job of explaining it. But I think we should be very proud of the fact that all of these states and territories, it's the grassroots members of the party in each of these places that gets an opportunity to write their rules every four years, put them out there for all to see, and let the campaigns have at it.
[Burnett:] OK. All right. And they are doing that. Thank you, Sean. I appreciate it. Good to talk to you. And next, breaking news, here it is. Bernie Sanders' tax returns. We're going to share it with you next including something that is standing out. It's rather interesting. And why are Democrats booing their own candidates?
[Clinton:] You know, let me tell you why. You may not like the answer, but I'll tell you why.
[Burnett:] And moments ago, Bill Clinton just saying Bernie Sanders' supporters would shoot every third person on Wall Street. Yes, he just said that. We'll be right back.