The Indiana governor’s backing gives Cruz a desperately needed boost in his fight to block Trump from claiming the delegate majority before the GOP’s national convention in July.
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Beard and Ash both declined to say who they voted for in the Arizona presidential preference election.
Cruz, a US Senator from Texas, is trailing the NY billionaire in the Midwestern state after losing to him by a wide margin in all five Northeastern states that held nominating contests on Tuesday.
“It would be a huge disappointment across the country, an affront to registered Republican voters who voted and brought Donald Trump in with the populist vote”. Other polls have also shown Trump ahead.
He said he’ll use Bernie Sanders’ primary attacks that Clinton is “not qualified” for the presidency due to her close ties to Wall Street and stances on issues like trade against Clinton in the general election.
About 20 people were arrested, said the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. “They have said that their goal is to get the Ted Cruz delegates elected”. Trump described the move as “desperate”.
“Unless there’s an effort to really put something behind this, it’s an interesting bit of information that we’ll talk about for a couple of minutes and then people will get to the weekend and many will probably forget it”, Downs said.
Demonstrators swarmed outside the hotel near San Francisco airport where Trump was scheduled to meet with local GOP power brokers before giving a lunchtime speech at the state party’s convention.
He was welcomed by protestors chanting graphic comments, holding signs and diverse flags.
At the California Republican convention in Burlingame today, former Gov. Pete Wilson introduced and endorsed Ted Cruz for president.
“Based on principles, Trump in my mind is not a conservative and not a Republican, and yes, I’m a never Trump”, he said.
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Fiorina sat down for a one-on-one interview Thursday on FOX59 Morning News to discuss the presidential race and her hopes for the campaign. Numerous protesters that appeared were allegedly there to protest Trump’s “hard stance” on immigration. His campaign had to cancel a rally in Chicago last month after clashes between his supporters and protesters. So the plurality victor of each district gets all that district’s delegates, but you’d have to win all nine districts to get all 57.
