Posted on 05/03/2016 5:39:31 PM PDT by Rufus Shinra
INDIANAPOLIS — Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is ending his campaign after suffering a devastating loss to frontrunner Donald Trump in the Indiana primary, campaign manager Jeff Roe told the Texas Tribune.
With about 43 percent of the vote in, Trump was projected to beat Cruz by about 2o points, 54 percent to 35 percent. Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who had struck a deal with Cruz to effectively concede the Hoosier State, was winning less than 10 percent of the vote.
Trump was on track to win most — if not all — of Indiana's 57 delegates, significantly easing his path to the 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the nomination before the Republican National Convention. Eyeing a contested convention, Cruz has vowed to stay in the race regardless of the outcome in the Hoosier State.
Minutes after major TV networks projected Trump's victory, he renewed his call for Cruz to leave the race.
"Lyin' Ted Cruz consistently said that he will, and must, win Indiana," Trump tweeted. "If he doesn't he should drop out of the race-stop wasting time & money."
Cruz went all in on Indiana, recognizing its importance in holding Trump under the 1,237-delegate threshold. In addition to teaming up with Kasich, Cruz took the unusual step of naming former rival Carly Fiorina his running mate. He also had the backing of Gov. Mike Pence, an initially tepid endorsement that Pence sought to fortify in the final days before the primary.
Cruz is now left with a narrower path than ever to the nomination, entirely dependent on denying Trump 1,237 delegates. Cruz’s loss in Indiana is likely to give rise to calls for him to drop out of the race, something he has said he will not do as long as he still sees a path to victory in Cleveland.
Cruz’s campaign indicated Tuesday afternoon he was not immediately leaving the race, announcing rallies Wednesday in Nebraska and Washington. For weeks, Cruz has said the race will come down to the primary June 7 in California, whose 172 delegates make it the biggest prize of the nominating process.
Don’t write in: most states don’t even tabulate them. It is a totally worthless gesture.
You’re = you are
It should be your
American traitors like you are the reason that everyone hates Lying Ted Cruz, the LOSER!! Go to DU and let the adults win this election, people like you just get in the way. You are an establishment liberal pawn and a disgrace to this country and this site supporting Hillary like you do.
We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.
Samuel Adams
I heard his speech just a few minutes ago and he said it was time to unite the republican party....
Therfore, all elections are the same!
I see, you deal in pretzel logic.
Don’t write in: most states don’t even tabulate them. It is a totally worthless gesture.
Agreed, and those opinions are how we express our interests. For me, Planned Parenthood’s recorded behavior and TV Stars NY values on that bothers my opinion on sanctity of life. One of many issues my conservative thoughts are in contradiction with Trump.
I see that Mrs. Bill lost IN: it won’t matter; she expects to win all 50 states on Nov. 8. She will stress “steadfastness” vs. “rashness”.
I heard his speech just a few minutes ago and he said it was time to unite the republican party....
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The speech I’m referring to was earlier today. Before Cruz’z announcement/speech. He said he does not need a united party!!
The one I’m referring to was after Cruz’s announcement...
About time!
Pfft.
Oh yeah, coming from the people who condemned me to Hell multiple times and threw all kinds of vile insults towards me and other Trump supporters?
Cry me a river, Princess.
Near as I can tell, they're a majority block of demo-rat party hacks who ultimately annoint (sorry "vote for") whoever the Demo-rat Nitwit Collective (DNC) group-think oligarchy tells them to, regardless of who the useful idiot demo-rat "voters" choose in their farcical "primaries."
I plan on doing the same
Nope, Sanders won but he has only garnered 6 more delegates than Hillary (42 vs. 36) and she is now 201 delegates from being the nominee. I would say Sanders has little, if any, real chance of winning at this point. He would have to literally annihilate her in all of the remaining primaries. She will not, however, wrap up her nomination this month.
Buckeye Kasich seems to be like the Energizer bunny, but there’s nothing to get excited about.
Mrs. Bill doesn’t need IN anyway, but Nov. 8 will be a different story.
It was meant as a flashback in history (not pretzel logic, as you call it).
You said it perfectly. . . don’t get why some refuse to see the truth.
I have said all along that if Trump secures the nominee, I will support him in the General Election. It looks like this has come to pass, so now I will support Donald Trump.
Trump is infinitely better than either Sanders or Clinton, just as McCain and Romney were both infinitely better than Obama. Supporting the Republican nominee is usually a no brainer, and 2016 is no exception.
Trump was about my 17th choice from the Republican field of 17, but that is irrelevant now. Trump will be the nominee, so Trump will have my support.
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