Trump is not stupid and neither are the people around him, I have a feeling they knew the Colorado rules perfectly, they probably also realized that Cruz had a better organization and they stood little chance of winning delegates in Colorado under the bizarre rules. So essentially they lost the delegate war by conceding the state to Cruz, then turned around and shined the spotlight on Colorado process and managed to make lemonade out of lemons by turning that loss into a major PR victory and a campaign line “the game is rigged” that they will use through the convention to rally their voters.
YOU. NAILED. IT.
Jesus Christ: You can't impeach Him and He ain't gonna resign.
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