Republican party, he will be the Presumptive Republican nominee. Trump beat cruz by 16 points, more than 180,000 votes, picking up at least 51 delegates in the process. Cruz delivered the hard news to his crushed supporters. But with boundless optimism for the longterm future of our nation, we are suspending our campaign. Late last night, donald trump praised cruz, calling his withdrawal a brave thing to do. Jim acosta has the latest. Reporter donald trump and his entire family were caught completely by surprise by ted cruz i cruzs announcement 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 announcement, and trump sounded very gracious as he praised cruz for getting out of the race. A big contrast compared to what he was saying about cruz earlier in the day. Here