Clinton, who is most likely to lead the Democratic party in the November 8 USA presidential elections against Trump, fired her first salvo against her fellow New Yorker as it became evident that he was now the Republic presumptive nominee.
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Nobody “in the history of politics” has done so much with so little, said Kasich, referring to his volunteers and the relatively scanty campaign donations he received, but – nevertheless – he was the last of the initially huge field of Republican candidates, except for Trump, to drop out.
Trump emerged as the presumptive nominee after his massive win in Indiana.
An Indiana evangelical leader says he and other Christians are in an “untenable situation” after Senator Ted Cruz’s withdrawal from the 2016 presidential race.
Trump’s immediate challenge is to unite deep fissures within the Republican Party, easing tensions with party loyalists who are appalled at his bullying style, his treatment of women and his signature proposals to build a wall on the border with Mexico and deport 11 million illegal immigrants.
However, Trump’s long history of inflammatory comments about women and minorities has some Republicans anxious about the effect of his nomination on down-ticket races, especially among women and minority voters.
“Donald J. Trump wants to be addressed as “Mister Trump” by his underlings”.
She lost the IN primary to her tenacious challenger, US Senator Bernie Sanders, but remains on course to become her party’s nominee.
Some said they will switch sides, to vote for the rival party.
John Kasich may be getting out of the presidential race, but he may still find his way onto the Republican general-election ticket.
But as primary rivals, the relationship between Trump and Kasich hasn’t always been so rosy. Just a week ago, Kasich and Cruz had made a pact to attempt to stop Trump by dividing their resources in various states.
JOHN YANG: Party chairman Reince Priebus said it’s time for the party to get behind Trump and start working toward November.
“We go back to being irrelevant”, said Matthew Hale, a political science professor at Seton Hall University, summing up New Jersey’s June 7 primary election.
Clinton, meanwhile, suffered a shock upset in IN as her Democratic rival Bernie Sanders mounted a come-from-behind victory, denying the former secretary of state a feather in her cap as she seeks to claim her party’s nomination.
Trump raised the recent National Enquirer story in his interview with Fox News, prompting an irate Cruz to brand him a “pathological liar”.
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Another former GOP presidential candidate, Ben Carson, is serving on the selection committee to help find Mr. Trump a running mate.
