In less than 24 hours, the Republican presidential field winnowed down to just one candidate-Donald Trump – and in turn threw the party into chaos.
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Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee for president, and the party’s top officials are going to throw their support behind him.
“I am confident I can unite much of” the GOP, Trump said Wednesday on NBC’s Today Show, as several prominent Republicans said they’d prefer Democrat Clinton over the NY billionaire. America can not survive another four years like the last eight, and a strong, unified party behind our nominee is critical to ensuring that Republicans win the White House and all other down ticket races.
Cruz had clung to the hope that he could keep Trump from reaching the 1,237 delegates needed for the nomination and push the race to a rare contested convention. He’s the one who’s run the campaign insulting people, demeaning women, degrading people with disabilities, talking about keeping Muslims out of the country, he’s the one that’s been running that kind of very negative, aggressive, bullying campaign.
The big hurdle for the Republicans is that recent polls show 67 percent of Americans have an unfavourable impression of Trump. Ben Sasse, who has consistently said he could not support Trump.
After sweeping all five states during Super Tuesday on April 26, Trump put significant distance between himself and Cruz for a the nomination.
Expect Trump to fight back hard, as he already proved to do in the successful primary campaign where he beat 16 rivals. “I am confident I can unite much of the party”, he told NBC. “While I am flattered to be mentioned and proud of what that says about the great things going on in SC, my plate is full and I am not interested in serving as vice president”.
But even with those losses, Fallon said, “the state of the race is unchanged”.
“High-dollar donors need to be convinced that Trump is going to be a serious candidate and won’t embarrass them”, said Charlie Spies, a veteran Republican operative with deep ties to party fundraisers.
So The Auditor will ask: Do the Clinton people know something we don’t?
Clinton branded the presumptive GOP nominee as a loose cannon and a risky choice.
Knocking the 2012 convention as the “lowest-rated convention in the history of conventions”, Trump said he would “like to add something that would make people happy”.
Donald Trump has received a lot of support in his campaign, despite making a series of controversial comments about Mexicans and political commentators who have interviewed him.
“There is still the base to think about, that pesky thing like your own voters”, she said.
With Cruz and Kasich out of the race, nominee Trump is a foregone conclusion.
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That contrasts with Clinton, who has raised some $187 million so far and began her general election fundraising effort back in November by setting up a “victory fund” that can solicit huge checks for her campaign, the Democratic National Committee and state parties.
