Trump disavows support of former KKK leader
Among those backing other candidates, 57 percent say they are committed to their chosen candidate. We have tremendous support here.
In a sign of Mr Trump’s confidence in his triumph, the candidate chose to spend today campaigning in states – Ohio, Kentucky and Florida. – that are not even voting until later this month. Dan Coats said in a statement to AP. In the unlikeliest of outcomes, the party turns to a consensus candidate not now in the race like House Speaker Paul Ryan or 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney.
That realization spurred bitter clashes between Trump and Rubio on Friday and over the weekend and has Cruz also gunning for the billionaire.
His tough-talk on Mexican and Muslim immigration has seen Mr Trump obliterate all of his rivals with more support than all of his competition combined.
With Super Tuesday tomorrow, the battle line within the republican Party have been drawn between the #AlwaysTrump and #NeverTrump voters.
Tensions boiled over during Trump’s rally Monday in Radford, Virginia, where he was repeatedly disrupted by demonstrators, including 20 or more chanting “Black lives matter”.
“Are you from Mexico?”
“We are definitely encouraged, ” she said.
Trump holds commanding leads in many Super Tuesday states, with the exception of Cruz’s home state of Texas, a dynamic that puts tremendous pressure on Rubio and Cruz as they try to outlast each other and derail him.
Cruz was leading in Texas, a must-win state for him, with 39 percent, followed by Trump with 26 percent and Rubio with 16 percent. So our range for Tuesday in pledged delegates appears to be something like Sanders plus-1 to Clinton plus-151.
As for the Democrats, Sanders is looking to rebound after a deeply lopsided loss to Hillary Clinton in the SC primary, where more than half the voters were African-American, it said.
Republicans will vote in 11 states on Tuesday, with 595 delegates to the party’s national nominating convention at stake. Jeff Sessions, one of the most vocal opponents of immigration -law changes on Capitol Hill. Those who do well often go on to become the presidential nominee of their party. I don’t think that’ll happen.
Republican breakdown: If Cruz loses to Trump here, he might well drop out of the race.
“While some are offering a message of victimization and helplessness against Washington, Marco understands that “We the People” are the establishment and the elites in American society”.
Trump told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, “I know who said it. But what difference does it make whether it’s Mussolini or somebody else?”
About 68 percent say they “definitely support” their favorite, contrasted by 32 percent who “might change” their minds.