And second place is the new winner.
So basically, Trump, Rubio, and Cruz all won South Carolina.
Posted on 02/21/2016 5:53:10 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said he "effectively tied" Florida Sen. Marco Rubio for second place in South Carolina's Republican primary, as the two senators were separated by a little more than 1,000 votes, but both finished far behind front-runner Donald Trump.
Despite only winning one of the early voting states so far, Cruz believes his combined results show he is the "only one strong conservative remaining in this race who can win" the Republican presidential nomination.
"Our game plan from day one was do well in the first four states and consolidate conservatives to go forward into Super Tuesday," Cruz told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos Sunday on "This Week." "I think we're positioned ideally to do exactly that."
What we're doing -- systematically, nationally -- is unifying conservatives," Cruz added.
Cruz, who finished first in Iowa and third in New Hampshire, said his base remains strong going forward, especially among young Republican voters.
"We won young people in South Carolina," Cruz said. "We also won young people in Iowa."
Cruz further used his first place win in Iowa, a state in which he said he had "heavy hitters" behind his campaign, to distance himself from Rubio, who had strong endorsements in South Carolina but failed to win the state.
"All the establishment circled their wagons around Marco and yet he still only came in second after his campaign promised they were gonna win the state," he said. "We won Iowa with a big margin."
While Cruz acknowledged there was "no doubt" the attacks he and Rubio continue to level against each other are helping Donald Trump, he said that his campaign is the "only one campaign that has beaten or can beat" the real estate mogul.
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Third...It’s the new tied for second.
Doesn’t matter. Neither got delegates.
The vote was close. If this were a “first/second” place, there might be a re-count.
More dishonesty from Ted? No way!
He was supposed to beat Rubio handily in South Carolina.
Had Cruz aimed his war chest at Rubio instead of Trump,
he would have had 2nd easily.
Dumb people running Cruz campaign.
He’s right. He got zero delegates too.
>>Doesn’t matter. Neither got delegates.
Ding Ding Ding!! And there it is.
Fair enough.
0 -0.
They Tied.
1000 votes is a hell of a big spread. Not like it was close enough to flip a coin.
Yup, both got zero.
“Third...It’s the new tied for second.”
And he “tied” for second place in delegates too! He got zip!
Hillary says that he ain’t no ways tied.
Ted’s right. He did effectively tie with Rubio for second place. They both picked up zero delegates in SC.
Did George Clintonopolis ask him why Trump got more evangelical votes that he did and did he ask him why more that identify as “conservatives” went to Trump not him?
How is that dishonest?
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