Posted on 05/03/2016 5:39:31 PM PDT by Rufus Shinra
INDIANAPOLIS — Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is ending his campaign after suffering a devastating loss to frontrunner Donald Trump in the Indiana primary, campaign manager Jeff Roe told the Texas Tribune.
With about 43 percent of the vote in, Trump was projected to beat Cruz by about 2o points, 54 percent to 35 percent. Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who had struck a deal with Cruz to effectively concede the Hoosier State, was winning less than 10 percent of the vote.
Trump was on track to win most — if not all — of Indiana's 57 delegates, significantly easing his path to the 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the nomination before the Republican National Convention. Eyeing a contested convention, Cruz has vowed to stay in the race regardless of the outcome in the Hoosier State.
Minutes after major TV networks projected Trump's victory, he renewed his call for Cruz to leave the race.
"Lyin' Ted Cruz consistently said that he will, and must, win Indiana," Trump tweeted. "If he doesn't he should drop out of the race-stop wasting time & money."
Cruz went all in on Indiana, recognizing its importance in holding Trump under the 1,237-delegate threshold. In addition to teaming up with Kasich, Cruz took the unusual step of naming former rival Carly Fiorina his running mate. He also had the backing of Gov. Mike Pence, an initially tepid endorsement that Pence sought to fortify in the final days before the primary.
Cruz is now left with a narrower path than ever to the nomination, entirely dependent on denying Trump 1,237 delegates. Cruz’s loss in Indiana is likely to give rise to calls for him to drop out of the race, something he has said he will not do as long as he still sees a path to victory in Cleveland.
Cruz’s campaign indicated Tuesday afternoon he was not immediately leaving the race, announcing rallies Wednesday in Nebraska and Washington. For weeks, Cruz has said the race will come down to the primary June 7 in California, whose 172 delegates make it the biggest prize of the nominating process.
The expressions on the FOX people are priceless! Absolutely stunned!
I guess the Trump supporter with a sign convinced him.
Diamond and Silk
Post Indiana election comments...
Must see!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_iMU0vO0uA
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Another great Cruz victory, following his epic victory in Wisconsin.
HALLELUJAH!!!
Cruz has my respect again. You ran a hard race.
#Trump2016
OK...Cruz just dropped out of the race....
Are the Cruz supporters in here going to rally with Trump supporters to beat Hillary???
Yes or no????
He may need to prepare for Sanders, Hillary was supposed to win Indiana. The writing may be on the wall.
LOL!
Whoo Hooo! Now we truly have a uniparty with two liberals running for President.
Now we get to look forward to 4 years of Hillary! (that would be sarcasm if it wasn’t the truth)
I have more respect for Ted Cruz now then I have had for a long time. Eventually you got to say “I lost”.
Those girls rock!
she’s got four trillion super delegates, whatever the @#$ they are.
she’s needs 200 more out of 1200.
Trump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
she’s got four trillion super delegates, whatever the @#$ they are.
she’s needs 200 more out of 1200.
Trump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I watched most of it live. He hugged everybody except the girls (who you couldn’t really see down low in the front, and then he went left and hugged his mom, Carly, everybody but he didn’t hug his father. Somebody else came and hugged the father, then Ted turned and went to the audience.
Great !
I only caught the end (Cruz speech). Did he pledge support to The Donald?
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