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.
and that speech is one of the reasons Cruz just never caught on.
Meh, give them some time.
“:^)
They sure do.
He might win Indiana, but he’ll never get the nomination. The Superdelegates will go to her Royal Canckles, provided Obama doesn’t give the FBI the green light the indictment at the right moment so Joe Biden or some other Dem-controlled sleazebag can be drafted into the race.
“:^)
So, are we to take it that you wont be voting for Trump????
I can’t watch the guy.
Fingernails on a chalkboard X 10,000.
Damn nOoB!
Give them a chance to mourn, will ya!
Let it lie a while and hope they come around, we’re going to need them, seriously, the country is so evenly split every vote is going to matter ...
before
they hatch.
It was perhaps the best and most stirring speech Cruz has given. He will be back. Hail to Donald trump, our next COX!!!
Trump told me today he does not need my support. Literally!!!
That was totally uncalled for...
Why curse me???
it doesn’t really matter how long someone has been here...It’s what they say that’s relevant...
Ugly campaign between Cruz and Trump with a lot of needless ill-will and mud-slinging from both sides - I could have happily voted for either man in the general election. I’m glad to see it end. Now we can concentrate on Clinton.
Nope...no way in hell!!
Trump is no different than Hillary in his policies. He just lies better. As many Trump supporters have threatened to do, I’ll just write in my candidate.
he SHOULD have congratulated the presumptive nominee... but that would require more humility and class than he could muster tonight.
That leaves us with no excuse now for not burning the witch hillary.
“Why don’t you go count your sour grapes “
Why don’t you kiss my a$$??
Gotcha....
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