Trump’s main rival Texas Senator Ted Cruz dropped out of the race last night after his humiliating defeat in Indiana.
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With the IN victory, and a huge lead IN California, Trump is on track to win more than enough delegates to clinch the nomination on the first ballot, which is why Priebus declared him the presumptive nominee. CNN is predicting that Donald Trump has won the Republican primary in IN, and Politico is reporting that Sen.
“I think John will be very helpful with OH, even as a governor”, Trump said.
Folks are still coming to terms with Ted Cruz’s departure from the presidential race (with jokes and jeers) after yet another landslide victory by Donald Trump in Indiana. Kasich peaked in New Hampshire with an unexpected second place finish (behind Trump) but since then only managed to win OH, his home state.
The combined might of the Republican Party’s best and brightest-16 of them at the outset-proved, in the end, helpless against Trump’s unorthodox, muscular appeal to the party’s voting base. Trump, who had largely self-financed his successful primary run, added that he would create a “world-class finance organization”.
Both former presidents traditionally throw their support behind the Republican nominee.
To date, Sasse is still the only sitting GOP senator to say he simply won’t vote for Trump under any circumstances. But, he said “the idea that is going to damage the Republican Party permanently, I don’t see that happening”.
Cruz’s campaign placed its hopes on a data-driven effort to turn out conservative evangelical Christians who had opted out of recent presidential elections.
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In a preview of the likely general election battle to come, Clinton laughed when asked if she was ready to take on Trump, saying “Oh, please”.
