Texas Sen. Ted Cruz declared Friday that the 2016 race for the Republican presidential nomination will be decided next week in Indiana – making clear he's staking his underdog bid on a strong performance there.
“It gives me great comfort that this primary is going to be decided by the Midwestern common sense of the Hoosier State,” Cruz said during a one-hour Fox News-hosted town hall in downtown Indianapolis.
Cruz, speaking with anchor Sean Hannity, did not say definitively whether he would drop out if he loses Indiana on Tuesday, but described the "heartland" state as critical.
Cruz trails front-runner Donald Trump by hundreds of delegates. Currently, the delegate count has Trump leading with 994, Cruz in second with 566 and Ohio Gov. John Kasich in third with 153. Cruz, at this point, cannot reach the requisite 1,237 delegates to clinch the nomination before the July convention.
But Cruz said, “Here’s the simple reality – I believe nobody is going to get to 1,237.”
Cruz told the crowd Trump is one of the “greatest frauds in modern electoral history” and is “pretending to be an outsider.”
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ReplyDeleteglad to know our votes may actually count!
so if cruz says it's going to decide the race is he gonna give up when he loses?
ReplyDeleteBy the way God also talks to my dog and evidently told my dog to keep chewing up my shoes!
5:20 is on it - will Ted give up if the Hoosiers tell him to pound sand!?
ReplyDeleteno, he won't give up. he is losing and has already chosen a running mate. he loses again he will probably announce his cabinet and supreme court judge choices. he is delusional and dangerous.
ReplyDeleteIndiana is a Trump state! Cruz is just too "icky and plastic" for most. we need a candidate who isn't "paid for".
ReplyDeleteVote for someone who isn't bought, vote Trump.