Donald Trump says there will be “riots” if he is denied the opportunity to run for President.
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Assuming Donald Trump is unable to secure the 1,237 delegates he needs in the remainder of the primary season to sew up the nomination, it’s the party’s obligation to nominate the most electable candidate, U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent, R-15 District, a Kasich supporter, said in an interview Tuesday night.
“Neither Cruz nor Trump can win the general election”, Mr. Kasich said on NBC’s “Today” program. “With more than half the delegates yet to be chosen and a calendar that favours us in the weeks and months to come, we remain confident that our campaign is on a path to win the nomination”, Mr. Sanders said in a statement after Tuesday results.
But, after third place John Kasich won his home state of Ohio, Mr Trump expressed concern that he could be shut out. He added that neither Trump nor Texas Sen.
“He said he couldn’t imagine failing to get the party’s nomination, adding that he “(didn’t) even want to think about” what he would do.
The Republican race is especially volatile, and it could swing much more rapidly than the Democratic race, because of the existence of winner-takes-all primary states.
And then there is the wild card in the race, House Speaker Paul Ryan as an alternate to all three.
Trump’s closest challenger is Cruz, a Texan and favourite of the conservative Tea Party, who is second to Trump in delegates but has struggled in states where conservative evangelical voters, among Cruz’s biggest supporters, are not dominant. “I’m speaking with myself, number one, because I have a very good brain”, he said.
The flamboyant billionaire, whose rival Marco Rubio pulled out after losing his home state of Florida, has warned of “riots” if the party does not choose him as its candidate.
Opinion polls gave her a big lead in Florida and North Carolina, but showed Sanders gaining ground in Ohio, Illinois and Missouri, a possibly worrisome sign for Clinton after Sanders’ surprise victory in MI a week ago. He’ll need to win 54 percent of remaining delegates to clinch the nomination before the convention, according to The Associated Press delegate count. Mr. Sanders has won 800 delegates so far.
The ultimate recipient of support from Rubio and his backers is anyone’s guess, they said. The 2,383 delegates needed for the Democratic nomination was in sight for her.
Trump, the brash and controversial businessman and reality TV star, has upended Republican politics by winning most of the state-by-state competitions for delegates who will choose the party’s nominee. Cruz has 406 and Kasich 142.
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Rubio has 169 total delegates from the primaries so far.
