To achieve this win, Mr Cruz and OH governor John Kasich formed an alliance this week, which allowed for a two-way race between Mr Trump and Mr Cruz in IN, and between Mr Trump and Mr Kasich in OR and New Mexico.
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The bulk of his speech was otherwise standard Trump fare, as the front-runner blasted what he called a “rigged” delegate system while mocking Cruz as having “no path to victory”.
To understand why Pence was being so obtuse, Maddow asked her viewers to picture themselves in his shoes as he seeks re-election following the uproar created by the anti-LGBT “religious freedom” bill he and state Republicans pushed through.
At his Indianapolis campaign stop Friday, Cruz praised Pence.
“If we win IN, it’s over”, Trump proclaimed IN Evansville Thursday. Reporter: Trump, Cruz, Hillary Clinton and Bernie sanders all converge on IN tomorrow to make a final push ahead of Tuesday’s primary.
Cruz hopes to slow Trump’s march towards the nomination in Indiana’s primary on Tuesday.
“In Donald Trump’s world, this convicted rapist is a tough guy”, Cruz said.
But in Indiana, he hasn’t had an influential supporter to campaign alongside him-a particularly glaring absence as Trump holds events alongside legendary former Indiana University basketball coach Bobby Knight.
The streets outside the Hyatt Regency were quiet Saturday morning, a far cry from the turbulent scene Friday when several hundred protesters blocked Old Bayshore Highway near San Francisco International Airport, forcing Trump to park on a service road behind the hotel and enter the hotel through the rear.
After that, many delegates will be free to turn to Cruz, Ohio Governor John Kasich, 63, the other remaining candidate, or a dark-horse establishment candidate on a second or subsequent ballot.
During a contested convention, delegates are unbound when choosing the vice president, effectively nullifying the Texas senator’s announcement.
Former Republican Gov. of California Pete Wilson endorsed Texas Sen.
But “if he doesn’t get to 50 percent he might have problems garnering the delegates” at the convention, Bush told CNN.
Kornacki wrote of Indiana: “It’s hard to overstate the importance of this state”. “I love California. June 7”, said Trump.
The Never Trump movement continues to pump money into attack advertisements in IN and beyond. To secure the nomination, 2,383 delegates are needed.
But he also snatched 41 of the 54 who are free to vote their preference, according to ABC News.
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Said Dr Karaagac: “They are doing what they should have done earlier, which is to force the contest with Trump into a binary choice, with the Trump challenger playing on favourable territory”. “If my vote is the deciding vote, yes, I’m on board”.
