That said, Rubio really does have good reason to cheer his former mentor’s departure.
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The Democratic party has a more complicated system for awarding delegates and its method favors former Secretary of State Clinton.
Bush, the brother of one president and the son of another, had prided himself as the only candidate to attack Trump head-on throughout the campaign and frequently accused him of lacking ideas. The California congressman predicted voters in Florida, Rubio’s home state, would determine whether Rubio continues or Trump easily rolls on to the nomination.
Mr. Trump, the brash New Yorker, had a resounding victory in SC on Saturday, sweeping all 50 delegates. “I think that is a question that people are trying to sort through”.
The withdrawal of Jeb Bush from the race to be the Republican nominee for US President, after finishing a distant fourth in the SC primary, is another seminal moment in a campaign that has produced one surprise after another.
Cruz campaign spokesman Rick Tyler also said Monday the Rubio camp’s version of the comments were accurate because he knows the staffer Mr. Rubio had made the comment to. Cruz came in third, a fraction of a percent behind Rubio.
Their next contest is on Saturday in SC, quickly followed by the Super Tuesday races that include a number of southern states with large Hispanic and African American populations.
The victories put Mrs Clinton and Mr Trump in strong positions as the 2016 presidential election barrelled toward the 1 March Super Tuesday contests, a delegate-rich voting bonanza.
In an interview on CNN on Sunday, Trump, who won South Carolina’s Republican primary election on Saturday, denied any role he might have played in taking Bush down.
Using traditional grassroots efforts does work in Nevada, but Herzik says Trump’s style speaks to the region.
“It’s tough, it’s nasty, it’s mean, it’s vicious”, Trump said of the rollicking presidential campaign.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Monday he thinks the Republican presidential race has become a two-man race between businessman Donald Trump, and Florida Sen.
“And in the process, Mr Trump left no doubt that he is the Republican national front-runner and has the most credible path to capture the party’s nomination”, the TV network added.
Many of Northeast Florida’s most notable Republican donors backed Bush, including Tom Petway, John Baker, Ed Burr and John Rood.
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2,000 miles away, Hillary Clinton scored an important victory in the Democratic caucus in Nevada.
