“Whoever our nominee is coming out of the convention is who I’m going to support”, said Ernst. Bernie Sanders’ campaign (even though it remains unlikely that he’ll win the Democratic nomination for president), CNN has called the state of IN for Sanders IN the Democratic primary. However Hancock said “there is only going to be one ballot and Trump will be the nominee”.
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When asked whether he will support Trump in the general election, he gave a firm no.
Cruz warned that a Trump victory in IN on Tuesday would “plunge America into a political abyss”. A recent poll found Mr Trump enjoyed the support of 53 per cent of Republican participants, well above Texas senator Ted Cruz at 25 per cent and OH governor John Kasich with 16 per cent.
Clinton said she is prepared for the kind of attacks Trump routinely leveled at his primary opponents, who she said weren’t able to effectively take him on “because they actually agreed with him” on issues such as the minimum wage and climate change.
“That is what I can’t understand”, he told NPR’s Rachel Martin.
Florida Senator Marco Rubio urged his supporters to back Kasich in the March 15 OH primary, expecting Kasich to return the favor in Florida. “We are left in a very untenable situation where if we are looking at Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump as our choices, I can’t in good conscience offer my vote for either”.
HARI SREENIVASAN: We will explore the new lay of the land on both sides of the presidential race after the news summary. She has harsh words for Donald Trump. “It is so disappointing”, said Megan Range of the Contra Costa Republican Party.
This means that Mr Trump, barring any unusual incident, will become the Republican presidential candidate against the Democratic nominee, who is likely to be Hillary Clinton.
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“We’ve seen him over the course of this debate divide the country, insulting the disabled, African-Americans, Latinos, women repeatedly – any group, name it”, Miranda said. Still, Miranda said, Democrats believe Trump would be a “disastrous” president and will work hard to make sure he doesn’t occupy the Oval Office.
