After Donald Trump gave a short victory speech Tuesday night to celebrate his commanding win in New York’s Republican presidential primary, “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd had tough words for the Manhattan billionaire’s GOP opponents.
Todd tweeted that Trump had “stayed on ‘rigged’ message again. And kept his remarks short.” What this means is that “The discipline is holding” and “The #stopTrump folks are in DEEP trouble.”
Trump stayed on “rigged” message again. And kept his remarks short. The discipline is holding. The #stopTrump folks are in DEEP trouble
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) April 20, 2016
Trump had been close to closing the deal with Republican primary voters before. As Washington Examiner Chief Political Correspondent Byron York recently noted of the Brussels terrorist attacks, Trump missed the usual bump those sorts of incidents bring to his campaign because he was busy claiming Ted Cruz insulted his wife and taking swipes at Cruz’s wife in return.
Trump went on to lose the important Wisconsin primary to Cruz amidst all the squabbling.
Lately, however, Trump has gotten back “on message.” That message is that Cruz is trying to steal the nomination away from the will of the people, who, of course, favor Trump. He is using the Cruz campaign’s superior organizing skills against them by charging that working within the rules to get as many delegates as they can muster, if not on the first ballot then on the second, amounts to rigging the game.
That appears to be resonating with primary voters. At press time, Cruz came in a distant third in the Empire State, well behind Ohio Gov. John Kasich. That will make it less likely Kasich will drop out any time soon or that a critical mass of voters will go for Cruz as the anti-Trump candidate.
And as they continue to fight it out for the anti-Trump spot, Trump edges ever closer to the 1,237 delegates needed to win all of the marbles on the first ballot.
