Posted on 04/20/2016 7:45:25 AM PDT by TexasCajun
Thanks to the so-called “rigged” rules of the Republican Party’s presidential primary process, Donald Trump won 95% of New York state’s convention delegates Tuesday with only 60% of the votes.
The political newcomer has been complaining about his well-organized main challenger, Ted Cruz, collecting delegates out of proportion to voter support, according to each state’s sometimes arcane selection rules, all of which were written and published last October.
But Tuesday night Trump was not complaining.
With the big Empire State victory, his first involving a voter majority, the real estate billionaire added about 90 new delegates to his total. That puts him about 400 shy of the 1,237 majority needed to capture the GOP nomination and lead the party of Abraham Lincoln into the November general election.
John Kasich finished second with about 25% of the votes and will add perhaps three delegates to his total of 144. Cruz, who was already campaigning in Pennsylvania for next Tuesday’s primary, received only about 15% of the New York vote. That’s shy of the 20% threshold, so he took zero delegates out of New York.
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Curious how much money Cruz wasted in NY for zero delegates.
I’m not seeing any Cruz supporters whining about it either.
Voters gave him the victory in a closed primary. NY is not a caucus state.
60% in a three way scrum is YUGE.
Well we now know what Cruz’s New York Value is: ZERO.
But Tuesday night Trump was not complaining//
Nor did Trump complain when Cruz won 70% of the TX delegates with about 40% of the vote in a REAL ELECTION.
As a matter of fact, he congratulated him.
Shows more class than sullen Ted.
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No whining about those pesky rules when Trump benefits Trump...
Yes,actual voting is very pesky. Ted is King of the nonvoters.
Yeah..It was “rigged”...The populace got to vote!!!!
Those pesky rules that allow the people to vote!!!!!
The reason he didn’t gripe is because he won it fair and square by benefit of the votes of the voters, not backroom steal deals.
“As a matter of fact, he congratulated him.”
Really?
Never hear Ted Cruz whine—he ain’t got tiny hands, weird hair or is skeered of strong wimmins.
The 2016 election will go down in history as the time when the voters finally bothered to find out how the election works, and didn’t like it... but none of it will actually change.
Yes he did congratulate him.
Far different than any of Cruz’s “victory thru losing” speeches.
Because I remember a very bitter statement being issued via twitter.
You an authority on campaign expenditures? How much money was that?
Sorry to give you shocking news, but it was worth every penny because it kept NEW YORK VALUES in the face of every voter NOT in NY.
Well ain’t you a real Billy Bad-A! Lol, the self-shaming gets more entertaining with each inch of the untying of the Cruzian Knot.
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