McConnell ‘increasingly optimistic’ of a second ballot

Published April 18, 2016 5:34pm ET



Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., rejected Donald Trump’s complaints that the GOP presidential process is “rigged,” noting that the rules of the nominating process require a would-be nominee to win a majority of the delegates.

“So there are some candidates suggesting that it’s somehow tricky to simply follow the rules of the convention,” McConnell told a Kentucky news outlet over the weekend. “We’re going to follow the rules of the convention. When a nominee gets to [a majority], he will actually be the candidate.

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