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| Donald Trump damns Cruz-Kasich pact as five more states head into primaries | Donald Trump damns Cruz-Kasich pact as five more states head into primaries |
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| Donald Trump has decried “collusion” between his Republican rivals to deny him victory in upcoming primary contests as five more states prepared to vote for their preferred presidential candidate. | Donald Trump has decried “collusion” between his Republican rivals to deny him victory in upcoming primary contests as five more states prepared to vote for their preferred presidential candidate. |
| Trump fumed over the alliance between John Kasich and Ted Cruz to cede upcoming states to each other in the hope that they can stop the frontrunner winning enough delegates to clinch the Republican nomination outright. | Trump fumed over the alliance between John Kasich and Ted Cruz to cede upcoming states to each other in the hope that they can stop the frontrunner winning enough delegates to clinch the Republican nomination outright. |
| Trump attacked Kasich and Cruz as “truly weak” over the strategy whereby Cruz, a Texas senator, will concentrate his resources in Indiana while Kasich, the Ohio governor, will focus on Oregon and New Mexico instead. | Trump attacked Kasich and Cruz as “truly weak” over the strategy whereby Cruz, a Texas senator, will concentrate his resources in Indiana while Kasich, the Ohio governor, will focus on Oregon and New Mexico instead. |
| “Collusion is often illegal in many other industries and yet these two Washington insiders have had to revert to collusion in order to stay alive,” he said. “They are mathematically dead and this act only shows, as puppets of donors and special interests, how truly weak they and their campaigns are.” | “Collusion is often illegal in many other industries and yet these two Washington insiders have had to revert to collusion in order to stay alive,” he said. “They are mathematically dead and this act only shows, as puppets of donors and special interests, how truly weak they and their campaigns are.” |
| Republicans fearing Trump is on a roll to becoming the party’s presidential candidate are pinning their homes on a “contested convention” where no clear winner emerges in the first round of voting by delegates at their national conference in July. In any subsequent rounds of voting at the conference, Trump’s delegates would be free to vote for someone else. | Republicans fearing Trump is on a roll to becoming the party’s presidential candidate are pinning their homes on a “contested convention” where no clear winner emerges in the first round of voting by delegates at their national conference in July. In any subsequent rounds of voting at the conference, Trump’s delegates would be free to vote for someone else. |
| The tit-for-tat continued on Monday, with Cruz declaring Trump’s campaign part of the “Washington cartel” despite the frontrunner framing himself as anti-establishment. | The tit-for-tat continued on Monday, with Cruz declaring Trump’s campaign part of the “Washington cartel” despite the frontrunner framing himself as anti-establishment. |
| “The entire Trump campaign is run by Washington lobbyists, it’s the Washington cartel. Donald Trump is the system,” Cruz said. | “The entire Trump campaign is run by Washington lobbyists, it’s the Washington cartel. Donald Trump is the system,” Cruz said. |
| Trump then lashed out on Twitter against John Kasich saying that people should still back him in Indiana – even though he is not campaigning there as part of his alliance with Cruz. | Trump then lashed out on Twitter against John Kasich saying that people should still back him in Indiana – even though he is not campaigning there as part of his alliance with Cruz. |
| Kasich just announced that he wants the people of Indiana to vote for him. Typical politician - can't make a deal work. | Kasich just announced that he wants the people of Indiana to vote for him. Typical politician - can't make a deal work. |
| However, Kasich’s adviser John Weaver noted that the plan wasn’t to endorse each other in those states, but instead focus their campaigning. | However, Kasich’s adviser John Weaver noted that the plan wasn’t to endorse each other in those states, but instead focus their campaigning. |
| We're not telling voters who to vote for in IN, only where we are going to spend resources to ultimately defeat Hillary. They get it. | We're not telling voters who to vote for in IN, only where we are going to spend resources to ultimately defeat Hillary. They get it. |
| Trump railed against a “totally rigged” nomination system where two candidates with “no path” to victory could seek to deny him the nomination. | Trump railed against a “totally rigged” nomination system where two candidates with “no path” to victory could seek to deny him the nomination. |
| “I have brought millions of voters into the Republican primary system and have received many millions of votes more than Cruz or Kasich. Additionally, I am far ahead of both candidates with delegates and would be receiving in excess of 60% of the vote except for the fact that there were so many candidates running against me. | “I have brought millions of voters into the Republican primary system and have received many millions of votes more than Cruz or Kasich. Additionally, I am far ahead of both candidates with delegates and would be receiving in excess of 60% of the vote except for the fact that there were so many candidates running against me. |
| “Because of me, everyone now sees that the Republican primary system is totally rigged.” | “Because of me, everyone now sees that the Republican primary system is totally rigged.” |
| Ted Cruz, speaking in Borden, Indiana, made no apology for lining up with Kasich to stymie their mutual rival. | Ted Cruz, speaking in Borden, Indiana, made no apology for lining up with Kasich to stymie their mutual rival. |
| “I don’t doubt that Donald Trump will scream and yell and curse and insult and probably cry and whine some as well,” Cruz said. | “I don’t doubt that Donald Trump will scream and yell and curse and insult and probably cry and whine some as well,” Cruz said. |
| Talking Points Memo reported the Texas senator as adding: “Donald is a sore loser. When he lost five states in a row in landslide elections, Donald threw a tantrum … | Talking Points Memo reported the Texas senator as adding: “Donald is a sore loser. When he lost five states in a row in landslide elections, Donald threw a tantrum … |
| “His response is to attack the voters. His response is to attack the people. Yes, I get that the Trump campaign is scared. They’re scared of Indiana. If Donald wasn’t scared, he’d show up in Indiana and have a debate. But he would much rather hide in Trump Tower.” | “His response is to attack the voters. His response is to attack the people. Yes, I get that the Trump campaign is scared. They’re scared of Indiana. If Donald wasn’t scared, he’d show up in Indiana and have a debate. But he would much rather hide in Trump Tower.” |
| On Tuesday a five-state marathon known as the “Acela primary” will take place in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maryland and Delaware. Trump and the Democratic frontrunner, Hillary Clinton, are expected to win the lion’s share of the delegates up for grabs. | |
| On the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders’s campaign chief vowed the candidate would stay in the Democratic race until the summer convention, even as Clinton looks to lock down her commanding position in Tuesday’s contests. | On the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders’s campaign chief vowed the candidate would stay in the Democratic race until the summer convention, even as Clinton looks to lock down her commanding position in Tuesday’s contests. |
| Clinton has the chance of a clean sweep or at least multiple victories that would probably foreclose Sanders’s already narrow path to the nomination. But the Vermont senator’s campaign manager, Jeff Weaver, said the millions of dollars flowing to Sanders and the boisterous rallies showed his “supporters will stand with us all the way to the end”. | Clinton has the chance of a clean sweep or at least multiple victories that would probably foreclose Sanders’s already narrow path to the nomination. But the Vermont senator’s campaign manager, Jeff Weaver, said the millions of dollars flowing to Sanders and the boisterous rallies showed his “supporters will stand with us all the way to the end”. |
| Both Democrats spent Monday campaigning on the east coast. Clinton looked beyond her rivalry with Sanders and went after Trump as a man out of touch on wages, climate change, national security and the lives of everyday people. | Both Democrats spent Monday campaigning on the east coast. Clinton looked beyond her rivalry with Sanders and went after Trump as a man out of touch on wages, climate change, national security and the lives of everyday people. |
| “Come out of those towers named after yourself and actually talk and listen to people,” Clinton told a Delaware crowd, as if talking to him. “Don’t just fly that big jet in and land it and go make a big speech and insult everybody you can think of and then go back in on that big jet and go back to your country club house in Florida or your penthouse in New York.” She was addressing more than 900 people in a Wilmington theatre. | “Come out of those towers named after yourself and actually talk and listen to people,” Clinton told a Delaware crowd, as if talking to him. “Don’t just fly that big jet in and land it and go make a big speech and insult everybody you can think of and then go back in on that big jet and go back to your country club house in Florida or your penthouse in New York.” She was addressing more than 900 people in a Wilmington theatre. |
| At a Hartford rally with more than 1,800 people, Sanders drew distinctions with Clinton on the minimum wage, his call for a carbon tax to address climate change, fracking and more. | At a Hartford rally with more than 1,800 people, Sanders drew distinctions with Clinton on the minimum wage, his call for a carbon tax to address climate change, fracking and more. |
| “We cannot afford to poison our water,” he said. “Secretary Clinton does not agree. In fact, as secretary of state she pushed fracking on countries all over the world.” Sanders said he would phase out fracking as president. | “We cannot afford to poison our water,” he said. “Secretary Clinton does not agree. In fact, as secretary of state she pushed fracking on countries all over the world.” Sanders said he would phase out fracking as president. |
| With the Associated Press | With the Associated Press |