WASHINGTON, D.C.- Florida Senator Marco Rubio made more political headlines Thursday, his first day back on Capitol Hill after suspending his presidential bid after losing Tuesday’s Florida primary to Donald Trump.
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But Spicer doesn’t think there will be literal riots if Trump is not allowed to be a nominee.
“It becomes really hard for Trump, or anyone, to win this majority”, Kelley said. If they are successful, no one would go to the convention with a majority and the convention would be contested.
If there is a fight at the Republican Party convention this summer over who will be the presidential nominee, Wisconsin’s delegates may find themselves on the sidelines.
The source said the consensus was around preventing Trump from reaching 1,237 delegates, and then stopping him at the convention. It wasn’t a question for Democrat Hillary Clinton, who took aim at Trump on Tuesday night after strengthening her position against rival Bernie Sanders with another batch of primary victories of her own.
Missouri Democratic Party Chairman Roy Temple said he doesn’t expect there to be a recount of Missouri’s Democratic votes. Cohen said this is what he has been counting on ever since the New Hampshire primary results where Trump won with 35% support, while Kasich grabbed 15% of the vote. As of Wednesday afternoon, Sanders had won 32 Missouri delegates, and Clinton 31, with eight delegates remaining to be allocated. “I think bad things would happen”, Trump said. “It makes him wrong”.
Republicans: Strong campaigning by Texas Senator Ted Cruz (24.0%) was not enough to dislodge Mr Trump (40.7%).
In what is widely considered a fatal moment in his campaign, Rubio was caught repeating the same canned line at a Republican debate right before the New Hampshire primary and was humiliated by New Jersey governor Chris Christie.
President Barack Obama carried the state in both the 2008 and 2012 elections.
Donald Trump says there will be “riots” if he is denied the opportunity to run for President. “People say, ‘What about the contested convention?’ ” Ryan said in an interview with CNBC.
“We ran a race I’m very proud of, it’s just not what the electorate wanted this year”, he said. Ted Cruz to abandon the showdown as well. The fiery conservative tried to cast the GOP nomination battle as a two-person race between himself and Trump.
The state was immediately called for Trump.
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Trump’s incendiary attacks on immigrants, threats of mass deportations and a proposal for a wall on the border with Mexico have ignited the campaign trail and drawn condemnation in some quarters, including President Barack Obama.
