The Republican Party, donald trump will be the Presumptive Republican nominee. Look at this. Donald trump beat cruz by more than 16 points, 180,000 votes in indiana. He picked up at least 51 delegates, probably 57 by the time its all over. Cruz delivered the hard news to his crushed supporters. So with a heavy heart, but with boundless optimism for the longterm future of our nation, we are suspending our campaign. You hear the shouts from the surprised audience. Late last night, donald trump praised ted cruz, calling this withdrawal a brave thing to do. Cnns jim acosta with the Trump Campaign has the latest. Reporter donald trump and his entire family were caught completely by surprise by ted cruzs announcement that he was dropping out of the gop race. Trump trounced cruz in the indiana primary, a contest that the texas senator had basically described as a must win. Trumps son, donald trump jr. , told cnn that his father and the entire family were shocked as they watched cruz make his
Good morning, everybody. I am joy reid. That was Bernie Sanders explaining to our own Rachel Maddow why in his view, his cohort of voters are more powerful, more powerful voting bloc, than Hillary Clintons bloc of voters. Thats the case Bernie Sanders plans to make at the Democratic National convention in philadelphia. But so far, got to say, Bernie Sanders is not winning with his cohort of voters. His cohort is actually not helping him get the nomination. In fact, mathematically, sanders is basically eliminated at this point. Lets find out why. The reason comes down to one thing, race. More specifically, africanamerican voters. Lets go to my new friend the board here and take a look at the United States broken down by county and by race. These are the various counties in the United States and the concentration of africanamerican voters is indicated in purple. So the more intense the purple, the darker the purple color that you see, the higher the concentration of africanamerican voter
Good evening. Im chris hayes and tonight it is all over. Literally in one sense perhaps melt forricly in another. After starting with a crowded field of 17 candidates including current and former governors hailed as the best group of gop president ial hopefuls in a generation at least the Republican Party has chosen its nominee for the office of president of the United States. Reality star who has been married three times filed for four chapter 11 bankruptcies, declines to denounce the kkk and first launched his political career by promoting a Conspiracy Theory that the nations first black president was a secret kenyan. A man who as some of the most prominent members of the party have said shows almost no interest in or qualifications for addressing the high stake policy questions. Donald trump is now the presumptive nominee of one of this countrys two Major Political parties, an outcome completely and entirely without historical precedent. Today john kasich officially quit the race. I
All of you predicted last june that donald trump would end up at the presumptive nominee. Congratulations. All seven of you. After his huge win in indiana donald trump is in and ted cruz is out. The rnc is calling for unity. A number of unities are essentially calling for mute any. Not there yet but donald trump is closer to 1237, like as close as im sitting to john berman right now. This close. On the democratic side is it comfortable . Is it uncomfortable . You liked it. On the democratic side after winning last night in indiana, Bernie Sanders is vowing to stay the course. The reality there, though, is clintons delegate lead remains essentially insurmountable. Sanders needs to pick up 100 of the pledged delegations to get the nomination. Well get to that in a second. First, lets talk about donald trump and the Republican Party. Live in indianapolis. What does today mean . Reporter it means a clear pivot to the general election. We saw him in his victory speech last night really, not
One the primary when all in starts right now. Good evening. Im chris hayes and tonight it is all over. Literally in one sense perhaps melt forricly in another. After starting with a crowded field of 17 candidates including current and former governors hailed as the best group of gop president ial hopefuls in a generation at least the Republican Party has chosen its nominee for the office of president of the United States. Reality star who has been married three times filed for four chapter 11 bankruptcies, declines to denounce the kkk and first launched his political career by promoting a Conspiracy Theory that the nations first black president was a secret kenyan. A man who as some of the most prominent members of the party have said shows almost no interest in or qualifications for addressing the high stake policy questions. Donald trump is now the presumptive nominee of one of this countrys two Major Political parties, an outcome completely and entirely without historical precedent.