On Sunday, at a campaign rally, Trump told a capacity crowd that, “If we win IN, it is finished”.
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Ted Cruz and John Kasich both suspended their campaigns, leaving the NY business man as the de facto Republican Party candidate for the general election in November.
On Wednesday, Channel 9 spoke with Republicans and Democrats on the local, state and national level.
Beginning to actively solicit donations, while a super PAC backing him also ramps up his activity, means the billionaire will no longer have that club to use against his Democratic opponent in the general election. Now it is all but certain Mr Trump will have the 1237 delegates needed to become the nominee before the July convention in Cleveland, Ohio.
Meanwhile, Republicans were still coming to terms with the meaning of his win and the reality of a Trump candidacy.
Another Republican donor, David Beightol, a Washington lobbyist who raised money this year for former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, said he was leaning toward Trump because he could not support Clinton. Ted Cruz, announced that he was suspending his campaign.
“When they see who they are going to elect, and the continuation of the Obama presidency if Hillary carries his banner, I think people will recognize that they’ve got to step up”.
This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, considering Kasich only won his home state of OH and has 153 delegates in total-about a tenth of Trump’s current count.
Clinton has 1,700 pledged delegates, or 55 percent of the total, while Sanders has 1,410, or 45 percent of the total. “I think when he says women should be punished for having abortions, that is, you know, just beyond anything that I can imagine, I think most women can imagine”. “They are not voting for the party”.
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The Democratic frontrunner also took to Twitter to urge supporters to donate in the wake of Trump’s victory.
