After coming in third place in Nevada Tuesday Tuesday night, Cruz says he’s glad to be back at home in Houston and in the Lone Star State.
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Cruz posted a freaky comeback on Twitter – the scene from Austin Powers where Fat B****rd tries to eat Mini-Me.
During his victory speech, Trump addressed President Obama’s announcement regarding his intention to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with Trump saying he would not only keep it open but would send more prisoners there. “Hope he doesn’t try to eat me!”
Trump’s Nevada victory came days after he handily took SC on Saturday.
The campaign now spreads to the Super Tuesday states – 11 of them that will define the course of this election a week from today.
Supporters cheer during a caucus night rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. Marco Rubio (R-FL), but won two counties, Elko and Lincoln.
As he often does Cruz, in making the case that he would be the best candidate, noted his pro-Israel record. Cruz beat Trump in the Iowa caucuses, but he failed to gain any momentum from that.
Just moments after the polls closed, multiple outlets called the Nevada caucus for Donald Trump (in fact, ABC reportedly made the call a few seconds early).
Donald Trump, having won the Nevada caucuses, is now two primary victories from defeating his top two rivals and claiming the Republican presidential nomination. We won with highly educated. A new Texas Tribune poll showed Cruz leading Trump, 37 percent to 28 percent.
She explained that when it comes to Donald Trump and his meteoric rise as a non-establishment Republican presidential candidate, his success has very little to do with a real likelihood to become president.
“Now we’re going to get greedy for the United States, we’re going to grab and grab and grab”, he later added.
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Trump had been favored to win in Nevada on Tuesday, where his name is prominently displayed on his Las Vegas hotel building and he’s led in support among likely caucusgoers for weeks.
