Donald Trump Jr., right, with his father, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, center, and his brother, Eric Trump, left, during a campaign rally on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, in Las Vegas.
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Trump also credited Sarah Palin, who endorsed him earlier this week, for Cruz’s political success.
“She wants what’s good for the country… which is really nice”, Trump said.
If, when watching Trump, you still can’t quite determine why people are supporting him, take a look at the story Matthew MacWilliams wrote this week in Politico Magazine titled, “The One Weird Trait That Predicts Whether You’re a Trump Supporter”.
Mainstream Republicans have tried for the past several years to keep their system together by bringing lawmakers elected as disrupters into the fold rather than pushing them aside.
“Mr. Trump’s pitch to the Washington establishment is he’s a dealmaker”, Cruz said.
Influential leaders with direct ties to the founding of modern conservatism are rallying behind Ted Cruz.
“Were you uncomfortable there for a bit watching Sarah Palin?” host Don Lemon asked at the outset of the segment. As if this wasn’t enough bad news for Cruz, who is attempting to solidify the evangelical base of the Republican Party, Iowa Republican Governor Terry Branstad accused Cruz of being “heavily financed by Big Oil”.
The war of words between Trump and Beck has raged throughout the presidential campaign.
Historical conservative heavyweights say that Ted Cruz is the only true conservative, insisting that Trump is a “charlatan”.
But Cruz has grown the most since a December poll: He’s climbed from 6 percent to 14 percent, largely on the strength of a favourability rating that has jumped from 46 percent in December to 55 percent now. On Wednesday, a day after the arrest, Palin cited his post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and disparaged President Barack Obama, who she believes doesn’t properly support veterans.
Now it’s Trump and Cruz who are pushing the anti-establishment movement further than she ever managed. Now, with less than two weeks until the Iowa caucuses, it would appear Rubio has changed his mind.
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To be sure, a slew of politically experienced rivals are still hoping to blunt Trump’s and Cruz’s momentum once voting begins. Marco Rubio, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, making it hard for any one of them to mount a strong challenge. She also was seen as more likely to win the general election in November, 60% to 38%.
