Donald Trump said if Ted Cruz and John Kasich colluded in the way they have this election in the business world, they would go to jail.
The front-running Republican presidential candidate doubled down on earlier criticisms of the other candidates in a Monday interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity.
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“It’s collusion. In business you go to jail for that, but it’s collusion where they’re coming together because they are getting beaten badly,” the New York businessman said.
Over the weekend, the Texas senator and Ohio governor announced they had teamed up to block Trump from winning 1,237 delegates and securing the GOP nomination before the July convention.
A frustrated Trump lashed out, responding with attacks at the two for teaming up to hurt his campaign. But Trump told Hannity he expects to do well in Tuesday’s five primaries and rack up a sizable number of the available 118 delegates up for grabs.
“It’s a scam, it’s absolutely a rigged system and it’s done so the bosses can pick people,” Trump said. “Now fortunately in Pennsylvania you have a great head of the Republican party, you have a great head of the party and I think it will be fair. One thing they do have different in Pennsylvania — if you win, and we hope we’re going to win, we’re going to win very big, and we’re going to win tremendously in Connecticut, every one of these states. Hopefully we’re going to do as well as the polls.”
Regardless of Tuesday’s results and the potential success Cruz and Kasich could have in teaming up against him, Trump warned of a “revolt” that his supporters would launch in Cleveland if they feel the GOP stole the nomination from him.
