And I believe I’m the only candidate that will be able to beat Hillary. Kasich had been widely seen as the most moderate and electable Republican candidate and polled well against Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic nominee.
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The state Republican parties set the rules for what’s to be done with pledged delegates, and each state has different rules. At the same time, she says she will vote Republican on the down ticket and even knock on doors for Colorado’s eventual GOP Senate nominee.
A number of elected Republicans are struggling with the inevitability that the New Yorker will carry the party’s hopes after his bombastic campaign of insult, anger and controversial plans have left the party fractured.
Lott said Wednesday that folks shouldn’t underestimate the appeal of Trump. “It is so disappointing”, said Megan Range of the Contra Costa Republican Party. Then again, they may not, depending on whether Democrats start running ads attacking him.
Still, several GOP governors and senators said they would support Trump, according to a survey by The Associated Press. Still, Clinton has 93 percent of the delegates she needs to clinch the Democratic nomination and now is focusing her attention on Trump. “I’ve been a Republican all my adult life, and I’ve never been faced with this kind of a choice”.
Another Republican donor, David Beightol, a Washington lobbyist who raised money this year for the presidential bid of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, said he was leaning toward voting for Trump because he could not support Clinton. But honestly? I don’t know. Baumgart did not respond to request for comment from TIME to clarify whether he would vote for Clinton. Some, like Douglas County Republican Party Executive Director John Sieler, enthusiastically support his candidacy. “They’re rapists and some, I assume, are good people, but I speak to border guards and they’re telling us what we’re getting”. Third, the message – vote Trump, you idiot crybabies – may just fall flat because a lot of voters dislike being addressed this way.
Clinton, a former secretary of state, said Trump would have to offer policy specifics in ahead of the 8 November presidential election and criticized him for his positions on issues including nuclear weapons and abortion.
“We can stop talking about the primary process; we have a candidate”, Westrate said.
Some reluctant Republicans are already there, such as Loudon County Republican Chairman Will Estrada.
After the exits of Texas Sen.
Cruz dropped out of the race May 3 and Gov. John Kasich announced his withdrawal May 4.
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“I think when we look at Donald Trump, sure, he’s not my first pick”, Estrada said. “Some of you remember”, she told a couple of hundred African-American community leaders gathered at a museum in Los Angeles, and the crowd murmured in agreement.
