Ted Cruz, once convinced he would win the Republican nomination outright, is preparing for a contested convention.
Wednesday morning, Cruz made an appearance on a Pennsylvania radio show in order to discuss his next steps in the pursuit of the GOP nomination:
“We are headed to a contested convention. At this point, nobody is getting 1,237 [delegates]. Donald is going to talk all the time about other folks not getting to 1,237. He’s not getting there either.”
With Trump leading by 286 delegates, the Associated Press estimates that Cruz would need “to win more than 100 percent of the remaining delegates” to secure the nomination before the July convention. During his radio interview, Cruz went on to say that it wasn’t a surprise to see Trump win his home state of New York.
Cruz then went on to share that he has “armies of cousins” in the Northeast, seemingly trying to assert that he isn’t too worried about Trump’s victory last night.
.@TedCruz talks up his family roots in the northeast. "I have an army of cousins in and around Delaware and Philly," he says.
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) April 20, 2016
The Donald was, in fact, the subject of a lot of the conversation Wednesday. The lowest blow during the interview came when Ted Cruz asserted Trump cannot beat Hillary Clinton:
.@TedCruz suggests those supporting Trump "might as well put a Hillary sticker on your car."
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) April 20, 2016
For Trump, someone who is used to seeing women less as competition and more as objects, this has to be an emasculating statement.
However, he hasn’t had problems with getting people to attend his rallies. Trump is also convinced that there isn’t “much of a race anymore.”
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