However, his rival Senator Ted Cruz from Texas disagreed claiming that Trump would not be able to reach the 1,237 figure before the convention.
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Trump has won more states than his rivals, yet his team has been badly outplayed by Ted Cruz in the intricate game of ensuring that supportive delegates make it to the GOP convention in July in Cleveland.
In Cruz’s new, web-only spot, the campaign operatives mock Trump’s divisive recent comments about abortion and say the IRS believes there are “bombshells” buried in the tax returns Trump has refused to release. The state will send a huge contingent of delegates to the GOP convention in Cleveland – 71 in all. It is neck-and-neck between Donald Trump and me. Hillary Clinton is going to be the nominee.
“What’s clear today is that we are headed to a contested convention”, Cruz told reporters in between private meetings with Republican National Committee members gathered at the Diplomat Resort & Spa for the first day of their three-day annual spring meeting. The “rigged” system also is a convenient scapegoat, taking the blame for any future potential losses and lost delegates instead of an outmaneuvered campaign.
He went on to summarize a line of attack that pervaded on the campaign trail earlier this year, when Trump frequently questioned whether Cruz was eligible to run for president because of his Canadian birthplace. “I would have voted for Cruz, but if my vote doesn’t count, what’s the objective?”
Ahead of the vote, LePage accused the Cruz campaign of going back on a promise to back a “unity slate” of the state’s delegates, a move he portrayed as “stabbing us in the back”.
Following Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s victories in the New York’s primaries, MA supporters of the two front-runners said they are confident about their chances of winning the respective Democratic and Republican nominations. “We had a consistent Cruz slate that we’ve always been backing and continue to back, and so unfortunately there’s been some misinformation, but the Cruz slate has remained the same”, Dunlap told CNN. Marco Rubio and John Kasich split the remainder.
“If I was totally presidential, we have 10,000 people here or something I’d have about 300 and you’d be falling asleep after 20 minutes okay?” Another 17 at-large delegates are comprised of hand-picked party officials and other GOP activists.
Thirty more will be chose at the party’s state convention next month.
“We’re trying to listen to all the candidates and see what it is they want to do”, Billie Sagers said, who attended Cruz’s event in Plainfield.
Meanwhile, at the Delaware State Fairgrounds, Trump’s supporters said the billionaire is right to be angry at the Republican delegate process.
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But numerous USA political analysts say a contested convention fight over the nomination is a distinct possibility.
