Trump Knocks ‘Panicked’ Cruz For Using Comms Director ‘As A Scape Goat’

Cruz leads by 20 points among “very conservative” primary voters.

“It’s going to be an unbelievable two months”, he told a raucous crowd at a Las Vegas casino. But as the field winnowed and the other candidates with ties to Texas – former Gov. Rick Perry, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Kentucky Sen. In South Carolina, Cruz sent out a mailer morphing Rubio’s face with President Obama’s that some suggested was racially charged.

Texas has 155 delegates, he’s going to win Texas. But to date, not one sitting senator has endorsed Cruz. However, he also said that he feels “good about our second-place finish”.

It fed a narrative of the Cruz campaign using nefarious tactics that were undermining his credibility at a critical moment in the GOP presidential race, and the candidate acted swiftly. Nevada raises more questions about his viability.

Abbott made the announcement in the form of video and will be joining Cruz for at a Houston event later Tuesday. They followed him. They fought for him.

But even as Trump continues to attack Cruz, he is keeping his eye on Sen. Eight delegates were still left to be allocated.

Cruz staffers later alerted Tyler that what Rubio actually said was, “All the answers are in there, especially in that one”, referring to the book of Proverbs, which is what Collins was reading. It takes 1,237 delegates to win the Republican nomination for president.

Trump has leveled an unrelenting barrage of personal attacks against Cruz, calling him everything from “unstable” to a “basket case” and accusing him of lying while also touting the Bible.

“It’s really been a long time since the Reagan coalition was put together”, said Ed Rollins, the national political director for Reagan’s 1984 reelection.

Count Tracy Brigida, fed up after her husband was laid off from his mining job, among those caucusing for Trump.

Cruz says he spent the morning investigating what happened before making his decision.

Marco Rubio has been racking up endorsements from his Senate colleagues.

“He’s the most level-headed”.

“I think when it looks like there’s a pattern of a Photoshopped picture or now a false tweet, that’s not good”. The uncoordinated yet similar assaults were especially damaging given that Cruz delivers stump speeches in front of a logo that reads “TrusTED”. That’s who [congressional candidate] Billy [Long has] retained. About 2 in 10 want one who “tells it like it is”. Trump won by a wide margin, drawing 45.9 percent support.

Lagging far behind in the Nevada vote were Kasich and Carson.

On Tuesday night, after congratulating Trump on his victory in Nevada, Cruz again said he’s the only Republican who can beat him, pointing to his victory in Iowa.

Zezima reported from Washington.

Republicans have more than 1,700 precincts and more than 130 caucus locations. “We’re seeing conservatives, we’re seeing libertarians, evangelicals, Reagan Democrats, young people, all uniting behind this campaign”.

GOP officials argue that same-day registration opens the process to fraud because people might register and cast ballots in multiple locations before authorities could catch on to double-voting. Multiple news networks called the state for him as soon as the caucuses ended at 11 p.m. Wednesday. I’m appalled by the Cruz camp’s willingness to resort to an unprincipled win-at-any-cost strategy.

The state is the first substantial test of candidates’ support with Hispanic voters.