Now, Politico writes that an inside campaign source confirms Kasich will drop out: “John Kasich is dropping his presidential bid, according to a senior campaign adviser, one day after Donald Trump became the presumptive nominee and Ted Cruz bowed out of the race”.
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After a crushing defeat in IN last night, Ohio Governor John Kasich will suspend his campaign later today, dropping out of the Republican presidential primary. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who has an estimated 565 delegates, dropped out after his poor showing in IN yesterday despite Kasich agreeing not to compete in the state.
Kasich argued that he would be able to win over Trump’s supporters if he gained more attention, saying he understood their economic worries from his own experiences growing up in the blue collar town of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania.
With no opponents left in the race, Trump becomes the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee to take on the Democratic nominee in November – presumably Hillary Clinton. “We’re just empty, we need to give people the chance for people to adjust to the new situation and give them some room to work through it”, Mechler said. It remains to be seen, however, whether the Republican establishment will rally around Trump, who has been a divisive figure in the Republican Party, frequently butting heads with party leaders and pundits alike.
“Prayer”, responded Republican strategist Tim Miller, a leader of one of the GOP’s anti-Trump groups.
The Democratic race continues after Bernie Sanders won yesterday in IN 52.4% to 47.6%.
Kasich eats a piece of pizza at Gino’s Pizzeria and Restaurant on March 30, 2016 in the Queens borough of New York City.
“I think the bigger threat to the Republican party is not Donald Trump losing, it’s Donald Trump winning, because then he would remake the party in his own image”, he said. The party’s presidential nominee in 2012, Mitt Romney, will not attend the Republican National Convention in July, an aide said.
The state Republican Party had put its weight behind Kasich. While some Democrats are already cautioning that Trump could have hidden strengths in a general election, the nominee still polls poorly among women and Hispanic voters. Ben Sasse, who has consistently said he could not support Trump.
“I’m not there yet, but I don’t have a lot of choice”, Beightol said.
Republican Sen. Rob Portman congratulated Kasich in a written statement.
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren went on the attack soon after Trump’s triumph in IN on Tuesday, tweeting that Trump built his campaign on “racism, sexism, and xenophobia” and that what happens next “will determine whether we move forward as one nation or splinter at the hands of one man’s narcissism and divisiveness”.
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“Hillary Clinton is a non-starter and lacks the integrity to lead this nation, but Trump has a long way to go to earn the support of many – me included”, said U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, in a statement.
