Much of the attention on Tuesday will be on OH and Florida because they have the most delegates. We’re certainly seeing strong support at his rallies, but of course a lot of protests, too.
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Cruz, who is second in delegates and in many national polls, rejected that strategy on Sunday, insisting that he could beat Trump without Rubio’s help.
Tuesday’s primaries could provide a defining moment in the race for the Republican nomination for president – or not.
Earlier in the week, police complaints were also filed against Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, after a Breitbart reporter accused him of manhandling her after a press conference.
“He’s not the right guy to be president. I only speak English”, Thomas DiMassimo said.
Donald Trump went on “Meet the Press” to say he doesn’t condone the violence at his rallies, but his past words and actions seem to imply otherwise.
Kasich wasn’t buying it, reversing his months-long practice of avoiding the topic of Trump.
“Thank you for the warning”, Trump told the crowd after he resumed his speech. “When I see somebody out swinging his fists, I say ‘Get ’em the hell out of here.’ We’re a little rough”.
Tensions ran so high between protesters and Trump supporters that the candidate was forced to call off the rally after all.
Trump taunted the protesters as they were shown the door, saying, “Hey look it’s a Bernie person”, referring to US Senator Bernie Sanders, one of his Democratic rivals. “This is not good for the country”, Sanders said on CBS’ “Face the Nation”. “He trails GOP leader Donald Trump by more than 20 points with polling through Sunday night”. Sanders’ official Twitter account retorted: “Send them”. He attributed his supporters’ anger and violence to a political system that has failed them, and to the protesters’ disrespectful behavior.
Oh, and just incase you forgot, the Trump-ster has in no way forgotten how to toot his own horn as he made sure to bring attention to how “great” he was for canceling the Chicago rally. Still, he claimed incorrectly that “nobody gets hurt” at his rallies, despite multiple videos showing protesters pushed, punched and bullied at his events.
Video shows Trump, the front-runner in the Republican presidential campaign, turning around after hearing the commotion followed by agents surrounding him protectively.
The scenes in Chicago followed several weeks of violence at Trump rallies, in which protesters and journalists have been punched, tackled and hustled out of venues, raising concerns about security heading into the November 8 presidential election to replace Democratic President Barack Obama.
“He’s done a awful job in OH and people think he’s done a good job”, he said, citing Kasich’s support for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), his effect on real estate taxes in the state and the state of the coal and steel industries in Ohio. “We don’t pledge allegiance to a man. We pledge allegiance to a flag”.
Rubio has been furiously campaigning in Florida, and in an unorthodox move on Friday, his campaign actually encouraged his supporters in OH to vote Kasich in an effort to deny Trump a win in that state.
According to an Associated Press count, Trump leads the overall race for delegates with 460.
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Mr Rubio compared Mr Trump to Third World “strongmen” and said the tone of the campaign “is really going to do damage to America”.
