Some still fear it. Others can barely believe it.
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
A new poll ahead of the winner-take-all vote Tuesday put the Republican frontrunner far ahead of Cruz, who is hoping the Midwestern state will act as a Trump firewall. Trump later claimed that 31,000 people showed up to support him.
The poll showed the depth of the challenge facing Mr Cruz, a conservative U.S. senator from Texas who is trying to prevent Mr Trump from winning the 1,237 delegates needed to seal the nomination. “The voters have spoken”.
Asked by host Janet Wu about what he would say to Republican colleagues reluctant to get behind Trump, who has alienated many voters with remarks he’s made throughout his campaign, Kaufman said that more people voted in recent Republican primaries, conventions and caucuses nationwide “than ever before in history in every state except for Vermont for some reason”.
Cruz and Trump are locked in a tight battle ahead of Tuesday’s Republican primary in IN, where the billionaire holds a 2-point lead, according to a Real Clear Politics average of polls.
Speaking on “Fox News Sunday”, Trump concentrated on attacking Clinton, doubling down on his much-criticized statement that the likely Democratic nominee’s only appeal to voters is the “woman’s card”.
Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, a respected senior member of the Senate, previously endorsed Jeb Bush and then Sen.
Bill Gilbert, a retired San Francisco police lieutenant, said he paid $100 to hear more of Trump’s “common-sense” ideas for improving the country. “With that being said, I think I’ll win anyway”.
Some leading Republicans have forecast that a Trump candidacy could spell electoral disaster, help Democrats win back control of the Senate and even cost safe Republican seats in the House.
Hatch, along with others, disagreed.
After briefly touting Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s tepid message of support, Cruz on Sunday bestowed the title of the most important upcoming primary contest on another state. He can say whatever he wants to say about me.
Before Donald Trump arrived at the California event, the anti-Trump protests had already begun their demonstration against him. Bill Shuster of Pennsylvania, who chairs the Transportation Committee, and Jeff Miller of Florida, who chairs Veterans Affairs. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., who heads the Foreign Relations Committee. Witnesses said the man did nothing to provoke the crowd except wear a Trump hat.
To be sure, not all are on board.
Polls show Trump has a commanding lead in California. “The media has given $2 billion in free advertising to Donald Trump”, Cruz said. Jeff Flake of Arizona, an outspoken Trump critic.
Inside the rally, people chanted “Build that wall”.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets supporters after a rally Thursday, April 28, 2016, in Costa Mesa, Calif. If he does not, Texas Sen.
“I have a lot of experience dealing with men who sometimes get off the reservation in the way they behave and how they speak”, she said.
“I highly doubt that this will happen for various reasons”, Ellis said, “not the least of which is the widespread loss of trust that the party will engender as a result”.
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“For all of their conflicts and clashes”, Ellis said, “Bernie and Hillary are really just articulating different visions of the same general set of principles”.
