Kasich, who only won his state of OH and is fourth place in the delegate race, remains the only other Republican still actively challenging Trump for the GOP nomination.
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Kasich’s decision to drop out now leaves Trump with an entirely unobstructed path to the Republican nomination after Texas Sen.
Trump’s IN win pushed his rivals out of the race, leaving him as the presumptive nominee.
Trump leads with white voters by 9 points, but trails non-whites by a whopping 67 points.
In a preview of the likely general election battle, Clinton laughed when asked if she was ready to take on Trump, saying: “Oh, please”.
“And I think people are going to understand that the words “President Hillary Clinton” is something that we can’t stand for”.
Henson said the only way that Cruz would have been able to stay in the race was if there was a contested convention this summer during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
It has also cleared the way for him to prepare for a likely match-up in the November general election against former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. “I would be interested in vetting John”, he said.
“I think John will be very helpful with OH, even as governor”, he said in a clip of the interview. Another Republican donor, David Beightol, a Washington lobbyist who raised money this year for the presidential bid of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, said he was leaning toward voting for Trump because he could not support Clinton.
Donald Trump is set to be the Republican Party candidate for the USA presidential election. “I refused to do it this entire campaign, even it meant that I would be ignored and even if it meant that I would lose”.
During his White House campaign, Cruz reveled in, rather than toned down, his bomb-throwing mentality, an approach that left many Republican colleagues disdainful of him when he was the last viable alternative to Trump.
“Prayer”, responded Republican strategist Tim Miller, a leader of one of the GOP’s anti-Trump groups.
“We want to bring unity to the Republican Party”, Trump said in his victory speech Tuesday.
A CNN poll out Wednesday shows Clinton earns 54 percent support while Trump garners 41 percent support nationwide.
Dutifully, Priebus did his part as well, calling for the party to unify around its all-but-official nominee.
The choice between Trump and Clinton could drive away many long-time conservative voters as well as Independents, said Hudak.
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Knocking the 2012 convention as the “lowest-rated convention in the history of conventions”, Trump said he would “like to add something that would make people happy”. “This country, which is very, very divided in so many ways is going to become one lovely loving country”, Trump assured America.
