Marco Rubio’s communications director said Friday that GOP primary rival Gov. John Kasich is the best candidate for Republicans who want to defeat Donald Trump in the governor’s home state of Ohio.
Advertisement
“So far I can not believe how civil it’s been up here”, Trump said early on, when he noticed no one was jumping on him.
Rubio himself wouldn’t speculate about what would happen Tuesday if he fails to overtake Trump.
Rubio had a sharp comeback: “I’m not interested in being politically correct”. I don’t want to be so politically correct.
“That is indisputable”, he added, referring to the USA senator’s home state. If Trump sweeps all five states, it won’t be because the opposition didn’t give it their best shot.
His closing message was: “Be smart and unify”.
“We’re all in this together”, he said early on, sounding more like a conciliator than a provocateur as he strives to unify the party behind his candidacy. “If they sue us in a court in Miami, they’re going to lose”.
In turn, Florida Sen.
Cruz’s campaign takes down its Florida ads.
“A vote for Ted Cruz and a vote for John Kasich in Florida is a vote for Donald Trump”, Rubio said.
We used to think this was amusing, and we would cringe at his racist statements and joke about them on Twitter.
After two debates in which Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio took a blowtorch to Donald Trump, the freshman senators made a decision to lay up. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., listens, during the Republican presidential debate sponsored by CNN, Salem Media Group and the Washington Times at the University of Miami, Thursday, March 10, 2016, in Coral Gables, Fla.
“Donald is right”, Cruz said, gesturing toward Trump.
Rubio insists there’s been no formal discussion with the Kasich campaign – and he dismissed any notion of a so-called unity ticket with either Kasich or his other rival, Sen. Then extolled strength some more, and came out against weakness, and said it’s not a good or bad thing, it’s just a thing.
“I know that a lot of people find appeal in the things Donald says because he says what people wish they could say”, Rubio said.
“I’m running for president”, Rubio said when asked by CNN’s Dana Bash about the possibility of him joining a Cruz ticket.
John Kasich is warning against crowning trump too soon.
“[This debate is] not about insults, it’s not about attacks, it’s not about any individuals on this stage – it’s about you and your children”, Cruz said. Millions and millions of people are going out to the polls and they’re voting.
Mr Trump was questioned about whether he had set a tone at his rallies that fuelled violent encounters between supporters and protesters.
“My guy’s not in it, so I don’t care who wins”, said Henderson, who was supporting Bush. He blamed the GOP itself for fostering the idea “that cooperation or compromise somehow is a betrayal”.
There were 147 delegates at stake in the four states – Michigan, Mississippi, Hawaii and Idaho – that cast votes in the Republican presidential race on Tuesday.
It was the final debate before Tuesday’s winner-take-all elections in Florida and OH and delegate-rich contests in Illinois, North Carolina and Missouri. According to the Associated Press, Trump has 458 delegates, followed by Cruz at 359, Rubio at 151, and Kasich at 54.
Advertisement
At one point in the debate, the candidates were asked what they would do if none of them had the 1,237 delegates needed for a first ballot nomination.
