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The protester – the third one to interrupt him at the event and who Trump claimed had thrown punches at security guards – drew the candidate’s ire.
The billionaire made the comments at a rally attended by thousands of his supporters in a Las Vegas rodeo hall on the eve of Nevada becoming the fourth state to vote in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump maintained their commanding leads over their opponents ahead of the state’s March 1 primary, according to Landmark Communications/Rosetta Stone polls commissioned by Channel 2 Action News.
The Silver State has a huge base of conservatives – 83 percent of GOP caucusgoers were conservatives in 2012 and half of all caucusgoers said they were “very conservative” – more than any other early state.
Mr Trump continued to lash out at rival Ted Cruz, telling the crowd: “This guy is sick”.
Beck said the next day he was sticking with his plan despite the volley of tweets from Trump supporters – one said “you’re insane” and another posted a picture today of Beck eating a sandwich, saying “busted”. Ted Cruz said he liked the thought of Clinton behind bars.
Although the Senate – with several blue-state Republicans up for reelection and a contentious Supreme Court battle underway – may be more in play in November, fears of a Trump or Cruz nomination have started to trickle down to the more secure GOP-controlled House. But experts caution against such a strategy — drawing comparisons to Rudy Giuliani in 2008 who banked on starting his campaign in Florida, only to have the race largely out of reach by the time voting got there. Bernie Sanders of Vermont by 15 points, the poll found.
In an interview with BET that aired over the weekend, he accused Clinton of pandering to the African-American community by cozying up to President Barack Obama on issue after issue.
“Forget the word caucus”, he told a crowd of some 5,000.
The outcome of the Republican caucuses will rest largely on candidates’ get-out-the-vote operations, said Michael Bowers, who teaches political science at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.
“If we don’t stand up against the (gun lobby)… shame on us”, Clinton said, adding that this is a “big difference” she has with Sanders.
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“Where they finish in Nevada”, St. Martin said, “will well determine their viability in the next round”. That’s been bolstered by a voter turnout operation that worked in New Hampshire and SC but was spotty in the Iowa caucuses won by Cruz.
