While most presidential candidates have been targeting large cities like Indianapolis and Bloomington, nearly all of Cruz’s stops have been in smaller cities, including Tuesday night’s stop in Knightstown, a town with less than 2,500 residents.
Advertisement
Another anti-Trump player, the conservative Club for Growth, which has taken credit for slowing Trump in other primary states, has spent $1.5 million on advertising in IN, urging anti-Trump voters to go with Cruz.
Cruz mistakenly called a basketball hoop a “ring” while attempting to emulate a famous scene from the sports movie “Hoosiers”. Melania Trump listens at right.
Donald Trump dominated the Pennsylvania primary and the GOP primary in all five states on the April 26 edition of “Super Tuesday”.
Elsewhere in the country, Cruz is getting bruised for hoops ignorance.
“The people of IN have the opportunity and the privilege and the awesome responsibility to perhaps decide who the next president of the United States will be”.
Trump also reiterated comments against his Republican rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich, who announced a joint strategy Sunday to defeat Trump, saying that the partnership “makes them both look weak” and that it could backfire in upcoming races. “If no one gets that on the first vote we feel confident about our chances on a second or third ballot”, said Lionel Rainey III, a Louisiana-based Cruz strategist. But he said he wants know “what the agenda is going to be”, if he’s not the nominee.
Photo/Michael Conroy Cruz used a ladder and basket and props during his rally at the Hoosier Gym.
Cruz told reporters before the rally, he’s all in in Indiana.
“Well as you all know, we’re here on the Hickory basketball court”, Cruz said before asking an aide to measure the basketball hoop.
Advertisement
The similarities between Hillary Clinton and Trump were the main focus of Cruz’s speech, as he thinks Trump is truly a Democrat.
