Trump Talk™

Just deces being deces.

Trump curbstomps Rubio

Bernie still in the race...he and Rubio should get a beer and have a good cry it's over !

But if he stays in he will look like a super genius if the feds drag hillary away.

/prays for that miracle every day

Donald Trump seemed to walk back his promise to pay the legal fees of supporters who are charged for violence at his rallies when pressed on the subject by ABC's "Good Morning America" on Tuesday.

"By paying those (legal) fees, wouldn't you be rewarding and encouraging violence?" asked host George Stephanopoulos.

"No, no I didn't say that. I haven't looked at it yet, and nobody's asked me to pay for fees, and somebody asked me a question and I haven't even seen it, so I never said I was going to pay for fees," the Republican front-runner said, at first denying what he has said both during a campaign rally and on Sunday during an interview.

At a rally in February, Trump told his supporters about protesters: "Knock the crap out of them, would you? Seriously. OK? Just knock the hell -- I promise you, I will pay for the legal fees. I promise, I promise."

And in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" this Sunday, Trump said he had directed his staff to "look into" paying the legal fees of a supporter who sucker punched a protester at a rally last Wednesday in North Carolina.

"I've actually instructed my people to look into it, yes," Trump replied when asked about paying the fees.

On Tuesday, questioned again if he was "open to that," and if paying the fees meant rewarding violence, Trump said, "Well maybe so, and maybe that's why I wouldn't do it. I don't condone violence at all, and you know I looked and I watched and I'm going to make a decision."

"I certainly don't condone violence and maybe you're right and maybe that's why I wouldn't do it," he said.

And now Trump's basically setting the stage for inciting riots without officially being the one doing the inciting if he doesn't get the nomination.

Cute.

It makes me sad to look back at the first posts in this thread and seeing the faith forum-posters had in the America not to (quite possibly) elect a moron.

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Donald Trump called on Republicans to rally around his candidacy Wednesday, and said there could be "riots" if the party somehow conspires to deny him the presidential nomination after he remains way ahead in convention delegates.

"I don't think you can say that we don't get it automatically," Trump told CNN after a night of wins in Florida, Illinois, and North Carolina. "I think you'd have riots. I think you'd have riots. I'm representing many, many millions of people."

Trump's remaining opponents did not seem inclined to give him the nomination. John Kasich predicted that his win in Ohio would propel him to victory in an open convention, while Ted Cruz said he is looking for a one-on-one showdown with the New York businessman.

In any event, the Republicans now have only a three-candidate race: Florida Sen. Marco Rubio pulled out Tuesday night after he lost his home state big to Trump.

"I'm going to be the nominee," Kasich told NBC's Today show.

Cruz, currently second to Trump in terms of Republican delegates, began appealing to Rubio's followers to join an anti-Trump coalition, and also suggested that Kasich exit the race because it is mathematically impossible for him to win the GOP nomination.

"The longer Kasich stays in the race, the more it benefits Trump," Cruz said. "Unlike Kasich, our campaign, number one, has beaten Donald Trump over and over and over again."

The candidates hit the talk shows a day after Trump won primaries in Florida, Illinois, and North Carolina. The New York businessman had a slight lead over Cruz in Missouri, but news networks have not called the race because absentee and provisional ballots remain to be counted.

In the wake of Tuesday's primaries, Trump currently leads in convention delegates with 621, about half of what he needs to clinch. according to the Associated Press. He is followed by Cruz (396), Rubio (168) and Kasich (138).

Anti-Trump Republicans are hoping to block the businessman at the party convention in July, seeking to deny him a majority of delegates on the first ballot. Many delegates who are bound to a particular candidate on the first ballot become free agents on subsequent votes.

Kasich predicted that an open convention would come to pass because "nobody is going to have enough delegates." Kasich also told NBC that neither Trump nor Cruz can win a fall election against the Democrats, and he can.

"They can't come in to Ohio with the philosophy they have and win," Kasich said. "You can't win Ohio, you can't be president."

Trump predicted he would rack up a majority of delegates before the convention opens July 18 in Cleveland. Even if he is a little short, Trump said he should still be awarded the nomination if, as expected, he has a large delegate lead over competitors.

Otherwise, he told CNN, "I think bad things would happen."

Trump, appearing on ABC's Good Morning America, also criticized reports that Republicans who oppose his candidacy are talking about running their own candidate in the fall election.

"A third-party guarantees Democrats will win," Trump told ABC.

Trump: There could be riots if I lose nomination
USA Today

And now Trump's basically setting the stage for inciting riots without officially being the one doing the inciting if he doesn't get the nomination.

Cute.

These "rules" were made in 1976, or last used then?

It seems odd that a government set up to not have "parties" would support rules like this.

What's the point of the caucus if they don't give a *** anyway? lol
Sink money down the drain?

If I understand it correctly - and I admit I may not

The present-day endgame being that they can decide the guy they want is the guy who is the best compromise, not the guy who had the most votes.