The Ohio governor canceled a media appearance on Wednesday in Virginia and scheduled an evening statement in his home state. Ted Cruz of Texas and Gov. John Kasich of OH have exited from the GOP primary.
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Trump is now the presumptive GOP nominee by beating 16 Republican rivals.
Since launching his White House bid last summer as a longshot amid a crowded field that included governors, former governors and USA senators, the real estate magnate repeatedly defied predictions that his campaign would implode.
Another ad opens with text over a screenshot of Trump’s Tuesday victory party in Indiana: “Republicans just nominated Donald Trump to be the leader of their party”, it reads.
“For almost a year, as Donald Trump spewed hate, mocked people with disabilities, attacked POWs, women and people of color, Rob Portman continued to back him”, he said. “They’re not voting for the party”.
After Cruz stepped aside on Tuesday, Kasich said that Cruz should be “proud of his strong and disciplined campaign”.
“They didn’t know how to deal with him”, Clinton said.
Joining the campaign are Meg Ansara, who will become battleground states director and previously worked as regional director on Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign; and Addisu Demissie, described as a veteran of presidential and regional campaigns, who will work as a senior staff member in Clinton’s states and political engagement department, the official said.
“I am confident I can unite much of” the party, Mr Trump said on NBC’s Today Show, as several prominent Republicans said they would prefer Democrat Mrs Clinton over the NY billionaire. “You’ve got to tell people what it is you’re going to do and how you’re going to do it”.
Trump’s remarks came in a wide-ranging interview at Trump Tower the day after he notched a crushing victory in the Indiana GOP primary, flattening the final roadblock in his meteoric 10-month rise from celebrity candidate to presumptive Republican nominee.
But now, he’s got a steep climb to unite a fractured Republican Party behind him, and historically, that process begins with olive branches to his former competitors, reports CBS News correspondent Major Garrett.
“I believe he would have made a great President of the United States, but I respect his decision and look forward to continuing to work with our entire Republican Party to move our state and country forward”.
He also said he’s hoping to decide within a week how to fund a general election campaign, but said he didn’t want to accept money from super PACs.
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Touting his two terms as governor and 18 years in Congress, Kasich failed to gain traction with GOP voters in a race dominated by Trump’s ability to seize on the electorate’s anger and disdain of political insiders.
