“I think the majority [of Bush donors] are going to see Rubio as someone who can unify the party and win”, said Fred Malek, the finance chairman of the Republican Governors Association and one of the best-connected fundraisers in conservative politics.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives a thumbs up during a South Carolina Republican primary night event in Spartanburg, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016.
Marco Rubio. A loss among that voting bloc is a particular blow for the Texas senator, who stumped heavily in the evangelical upstate in the race’s closing days, speaking at churches and faith gatherings.
“I just think it’s kind of insane that Donald Trump could be president”, she said. I think it’s unlikely.
He laid out his own road map to general election victory, pinpointing two states – MI and NY – that he said he’d sweep into the Republican column. “They start screaming, ‘liar, liar, liar, ‘” Cruz said. In addition, Trump had at least 17 paid field consultants in states beyond the first four to vote, a network that touched Alabama, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia. Tim Scott, and Gov. Nikki Haley. She benefits there from the predominance of the African-American vote, which she won 3-1 in Nevada.
“Jeb fought very hard”, the billionaire businessman said.
Trump, the victor in two of the first three states in the presidential primary season, has always been laying the groundwork for more victories in March, when two dozen states go to the polls, new campaign finance reports show.
Cruz said an election is “an ongoing conversation” and that as the field winnows – Jeb Bush dropped out Saturday night after a poor SC finish – they’ll look to him as the most legitimate conservative in the race. “Marco Rubio, does the same thing”, Cruz said. Gingrich won in 2012, but lost the nomination to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
“It was really just not his time”.
“I will have a chance of winning NY”, he said, adding he could also win MI, another state not typically focused on by Republicans.
“After tonight, this has become a three-person race, and we will in the nomination”.
He even broached the subject of the military-industrial complex in lamenting the way Washington operates. “LOVE”, Trump tweeted Saturday evening. Half of voters surveyed said they felt betrayed by politicians in the Republican Party. “There’s no mandate, no mandatory anything”. “We need more than a plan for the big banks”.
“We’re now off to Nevada – it’s a great state, and we’ve got great people”, Trump told his victory rally. The case is clear and people want to join. Second, they’ll be constrained by the party they would lead, and the Republican Party is just not interested in anything other than that “tough” approach to immigration.
Where Do We Go From Here? “We’ve been there for 15 years in the Middle East and much more than that, probably”. Mr Trump even had a spat with Pope Francis, who suggested the tycoon was “not a Christian” for wanting to build a wall on the border with Mexico. Although Rubio has taken a few swipes at Trump, he hasn’t faced the full fury of the media’s favorite candidate yet. He came to the stage with a posse of conservative members of Congress and religious leaders, as well as his wife and two daughters.
After commanding performances in New Hampshire and South Carolina, Trump can expect to dominate the rather small-scale GOP caucus in Nevada next week and sweep his earnings into the 12-state extravaganza on March 1 that’s called Super Tuesday.
“No, no, no, I won’t”.
Republicans are now on the precipice of nominating a candidate with virtually no institutional support from the party running on blatant appeals to bigotry, joyful celebrations of torture, and a complete contempt for the pieties of movement conservatism.
South Carolina’s primary turned into a twofer for Donald Trump.