Trump Rally Filled With Shouting. Candidate Fights Back
In a freaky rant, Senator Rubio said: “You know what they say about men with small hands, you can’t trust them!” “It will be a very bitter divide that will make the fight between Rockefeller and Goldwater look like a kumbaya moment”.
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”. He also traded barbs with another protester who interrupted his comments about immigration.
Christie at a news conference said he wasn’t taking questions on Trump or other topics “because I don’t want to”.
Mr. Trump’s latest claim Monday that it was due to a poor earpiece and that he didn’t know what groups were being discussed doesn’t wash – not when he used the name “David Duke” and the term “white supremacists” in his reply. Rubio was flanked by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) at a campaign event at the InterContinental Hotel in Atlanta.
Nebraska’s Ben Sasse, a rising star among conservatives, became the first current senator to publicly raise the prospect of backing a third party option if Trump clinches the nomination.
“When we believe we’re the best person, we aggressively make the best case we can for ourselves and against others”. Further west, Texas, Colorado, and Minnesota are scheduled to begin caucusing at 9 p.m. EST. Jeff Sessions rising to his defense. Dr. Huffmon believes Carson’s campaign could shift after Super Tuesday, while Gov. Kasich said he’s not going anywhere. Polls show him commanding double digit leads in numerous 12 nominating contests, including Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and MA. Mr. Trump is surely not going to end the day with all 595 Republican delegates that are up for grabs, but he could wind up with a near-insurmountable lead.
Hillary Clinton is casting herself as a civil alternative to the insults, bullying, and personal attacks that have consumed the Republican race. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. The first was the Iowa caucus (a much more complicated concept), followed by New Hampshire, Nevada and SC.
A Super Tuesday triumph wouldn’t guarantee Trump the nomination, but analysts said it would put him in position to seize it two weeks later if he can beat rivals Sen. It’s Senator Ted Cruz’s home state but now he’s polling neck and neck with Trump. Polls show Trump leading in both states.
Only five are still actively campaigning – Carson, Cruz, Kasich, Rubio and Trump. “Are they going to support or oppose this racist demagogue?”
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.
“I always chuckle at these reporters”, Rubio said derisively, imitating the news media. “‰’Anybody but Hillary’ is the mantra of a lot of people in our party”.
Almost 8 in 10 of his supporters said that they are more enthusiastic about voting this year than in previous elections.
A new commercial released Monday by Arizona Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, who is challenging John McCain for his Senate seat, served as a likely preview of how Democrats would seek to link GOP candidates to Trump. A Republican candidate needs 1237 delegates out of 2340 available to get their party’s nomination.