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Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by LordVarys: 1:48am On May 04, 2016
Donald Trump won a resounding victory in Indiana’s Republican Primary on Tuesday, all-but winning his party’s presidential nomination and closing off the path to the nomination for Sen. Ted Cruz, his one serious remaining rival.

The result, called at 7 p.m. by the Associated Press, is a decisive milestone in the Republican primary, and it ended what was Texas Sen. Cruz’s only remaining hope to force the race into a contested convention. The Democratic race between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton remained too close to call.

Cruz was set to announce he is dropping out of the Republican primary shortly after the results were called, according to a person familiar with his thinking, a shocking blow to a GOP establishment that hoped to prevent Trump from winning the nomination.

After a sweep of major victories in five Atlantic states from Rhode Island to Maryland last week and in New York the week before, Trump is in a strong position to claim the Republican nomination by the last primary in June.

The Republican primary continued its bitter tone it has taken on in recent weeks, with the candidates trading charges of desperation, dishonesty, and even questioning each other’s basic morality. Cruz spent his final day before polls closed in the state making an urgent push to block Trump from winning a victory that would virtually seal up the nomination for the billionaire businessman.

As he has campaigned in the Hoosier State this week, Cruz has engaged with pro-Trump protesters, touted his support of Second Amendment rights, and worked to sway evangelicals and Christian conservatives. At a campaign stop in Evansville, Ind., on Tuesday, Cruz criticized Trump for statements he’s made about women and his weakness with female voters, describing him as “terrified of strong women.” An Indiana

Earlier on Tuesday, Trump fired back at comments by Cruz’s father, Rafael, who called on evangelicals and constitutionalists to vote for his son and warned that “the alternative” candidate could cause “the destruction of America.

“I think it’s a disgrace that he’s allowed to do it. I think it’s a disgrace that he’s allowed to say it,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News on Tuesday. “I’m backed by—you look at Jerry Falwell Jr. and you look at so many of the ministers that are backing me, and they’re backing me more so than they’re backing Cruz, and I’m winning the evangelical vote.”

Trump also baselessly accused Rafael Cruz of being affiliated with Lee Harvey Oswald and involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

“Let’s be clear: this is nuts. This is not a reasonable position. … This man is a pathological liar,” Cruz said from Evansville, rejecting the criticism of his father. “The man is utterly immoral.”

Several polls have showed Trump with a strong advantage in Indiana, and he has declared the Republican primary over if he wins the state’s primary, which is why the Cruz campaign’s stops in the state on Tuesday represent something of a last stand.

The Texas Senator plans to hold a rally in Indianapolis on Tuesday night, as the results come in. Trump will hold his election-night event at Trump Tower in New York City.
http://time.com/4316170/indiana-primary-results-donald-trump-ted-cruz-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-republicans/

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Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by tnthommie(m): 1:55am On May 04, 2016
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Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by LordVarys: 1:58am On May 04, 2016
Shed a tear for Ted Cruz, the conservative who has prepared for the presidency since high school.
It's Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton, a match made in heaven.
Ignore the match up polls for now, anything could happen in November.
Cc CFCfan

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Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by evy1(m): 2:00am On May 04, 2016
LordVarys:
Shed a tear for Ted Cruz, the conservative who has prepared for the presidency since high school.
It's Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton, a match made in heaven.
Ignore the match up polls for now, anything could happen in November.
Cc CFCman
Wall street will do everything possible for Clinton to become president come novmeber.

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Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by LordVarys: 2:04am On May 04, 2016
evy1:
Wall street will do everything possible for Clinton to become president come novmeber.
True, Clinton is the safe and logical choice but this has been a strange and illogical election season, who could have thought Trump would be the Republican nominee a year ago or that Sanders would almost beat Clinton....The Donald is dangerous, never underestimate him

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Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by mensdept: 2:05am On May 04, 2016
Na all planned of course

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Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by evy1(m): 2:08am On May 04, 2016
LordVarys:

True, Clinton is the safe and logical choice but this has been a strange and illogical election season, who could have thought Trump would be the Republican nominee a year ago or that Sanders would almost beat Clinton....The Donald is dangerous, never underestimate him
But his policies are so out of this world,love his guts doh..I which we can have politicians in Nigeria who have such guts.

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Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by Ratello: 2:11am On May 04, 2016
LordVarys:
Donald Trump won a resounding victory in Indiana’s Republican Primary on Tuesday, all-but winning his party’s presidential nomination and closing off the path to the nomination for Sen. Ted Cruz, his one serious remaining rival.

The result, called at 7 p.m. by the Associated Press, is a decisive milestone in the Republican primary, and it ended what was Texas Sen. Cruz’s only remaining hope to force the race into a contested convention. The Democratic race between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton remained too close to call.

Cruz was set to announce he is dropping out of the Republican primary shortly after the results were called, according to a person familiar with his thinking, a shocking blow to a GOP establishment that hoped to prevent Trump from winning the nomination.

After a sweep of major victories in five Atlantic states from Rhode Island to Maryland last week and in New York the week before, Trump is in a strong position to claim the Republican nomination by the last primary in June.

The Republican primary continued its bitter tone it has taken on in recent weeks, with the candidates trading charges of desperation, dishonesty, and even questioning each other’s basic morality. Cruz spent his final day before polls closed in the state making an urgent push to block Trump from winning a victory that would virtually seal up the nomination for the billionaire businessman.

As he has campaigned in the Hoosier State this week, Cruz has engaged with pro-Trump protesters, touted his support of Second Amendment rights, and worked to sway evangelicals and Christian conservatives. At a campaign stop in Evansville, Ind., on Tuesday, Cruz criticized Trump for statements he’s made about women and his weakness with female voters, describing him as “terrified of strong women.” An Indiana

Earlier on Tuesday, Trump fired back at comments by Cruz’s father, Rafael, who called on evangelicals and constitutionalists to vote for his son and warned that “the alternative” candidate could cause “the destruction of America.

“I think it’s a disgrace that he’s allowed to do it. I think it’s a disgrace that he’s allowed to say it,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News on Tuesday. “I’m backed by—you look at Jerry Falwell Jr. and you look at so many of the ministers that are backing me, and they’re backing me more so than they’re backing Cruz, and I’m winning the evangelical vote.”

Trump also baselessly accused Rafael Cruz of being affiliated with Lee Harvey Oswald and involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

“Let’s be clear: this is nuts. This is not a reasonable position. … This man is a pathological liar,” Cruz said from Evansville, rejecting the criticism of his father. “The man is utterly immoral.”

Several polls have showed Trump with a strong advantage in Indiana, and he has declared the Republican primary over if he wins the state’s primary, which is why the Cruz campaign’s stops in the state on Tuesday represent something of a last stand.

The Texas Senator plans to hold a rally in Indianapolis on Tuesday night, as the results come in. Trump will hold his election-night event at Trump Tower in New York City.
http://time.com/4316170/indiana-primary-results-donald-trump-ted-cruz-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-republicans/

Me love this news! Behold, America's next President! Trump is it,

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Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by mensdept: 2:18am On May 04, 2016
evy1:
But his policies are so out of this world,love his guts doh..I which we can have politicians in Nigeria who have such guts.

What guts? Nigerian leaders will stage coup, steall millions, sack the sultan of sokoto, create states at will, postpone elections, ban this and that lol

Anyway lets say Yankee people, and people at large are easy to manipulate. People that have no plans but are on tv all the time, in the news all the time, will surely find their ways into the minds of folks

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Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by danemenike: 2:41am On May 04, 2016
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Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by danemenike: 2:41am On May 04, 2016
Donald Trump keeps stupefying me..... who would have thought that Trump will get this far?

#UncommonActionbirthsUncommonResult

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Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by Ajusshi: 2:45am On May 04, 2016
Trump may be a cretin, but there is method in his madness. TRUMP for POTUS


Hillary is a lying ol bitcch
Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by Nobody: 2:47am On May 04, 2016
One Trump voter here

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Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by Ajusshi: 2:51am On May 04, 2016
danemenike:
Donald Trump keeps surprising me..... who would have thought that Trump will get this far?

#UncommonActionbirthsUncommonResult

Only the meek mannered Ben Carson could have stopped Trump, but the white American media could not stomach the prospect of having a real black American as POTUS. There dragged him down in the mould and branded him a liar.

Trump for POTUS
Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by citizenisb: 3:12am On May 04, 2016
Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by Sunnynwa: 3:13am On May 04, 2016
All Hail the next POTUS













The herdsmen won't like this news.

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Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by nduchucks: 3:19am On May 04, 2016
My money is on Trump to become the next POTUS.

He stole Buhari's theme and turned it into 'Let's make America great again'.
Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by NeuroBoss(m): 4:29am On May 04, 2016
Donald J. Trump, the man I met through his books. He has broken all the rules of politics. I can't wait to see a Trump vs Hillary duel. It's gonna be interesting. Go Trump! Make America Great Again!

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Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by OlujobaSamuel: 4:37am On May 04, 2016
see as dem dey analyse as if na their ward matter, yet most of them are not eligible to vote in the so called election and they know next to nothing about their hometown politics. we no go do what is right for our nation, when some group of wise or unwise men grabs power in Nigeria, we go dey demand for who to appoint as if sey na our entitlement, with the noise mostly about technocrats wey some no even sabi the meaning.
A billionaire contesting for the post of president, here, even if you have it, you just have to pretend not to.
The beautiful ones are not yet born.

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Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by BlackTechnology: 4:51am On May 04, 2016
LordVarys:

True, Clinton is the safe and logical choice but this has been a strange and illogical election season, who could have thought Trump would be the Republican nominee a year ago or that Sanders would almost beat Clinton....The Donald is dangerous, never underestimate him


You guys don't know Clinton.

That woman will cause more wars than Trump

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Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by BlackTechnology: 4:57am On May 04, 2016
Ajusshi:
Trump may be a cretin, but there is method in his madness. TRUMP for POTUS


Hillary is a lying old bitcch
And also a war monger.

Trump is the best.
Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by 1Tkester: 4:58am On May 04, 2016
Trump is the guy. POTUS!
Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by Pidggin(f): 5:03am On May 04, 2016
OlujobaSamuel:
see as dem dey analyse as if na their ward matter, yet most of them are not eligible to vote in the so called election and they know next to nothing about their hometown politics. we no go do what is right for our nation, when some group of wise or unwise men grabs power in Nigeria, we go dey demand for who to appoint as if sey na our entitlement, with the noise mostly about technocrats wey some no even sabi the meaning.
A billionaire contesting for the post of president, here, even if you have it, you just have to pretend not to.
The beautiful ones are not yet born.
Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by VocalWalls: 5:04am On May 04, 2016
When we said it on Nairaland, people were laughing at us.

Trump us a radical president who doesn't care about foreign policies, however, he cares about America first.

Some others only hate him because they cannot tell their fate when Trump takes over.

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Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by Nobody: 5:27am On May 04, 2016
That 1diot's chances are high now going by opinion polls but we dey watch first.

If the latinos, Muslims and African Americans can come together, they can reduce the Whites to minority voters thereby killing the chances of that pigsty, Trump.angry

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Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by Nobody: 6:02am On May 04, 2016
I just love this news . Most People (Blacks and mexican) hating on Trump are doing so because his policies may not support them.

Isn't it funny that you wish the best for your country but wish the best for yourself when it comes choosing America future.

America had a $20bn trade deficit with Mexico and $100bn with China last year and you want them to be happy and do nothing about it.

The stupid and use less blacks(which I'm one) and Mexican s will be the first to run out of America if the economy goes down in drain.

Trump for Potus.

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Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by DIKEnaWAR: 7:14am On May 04, 2016
Who will love my country?...since all of you are now Americans by association.

Trump will never be President. We don't know who will, but we know who won't. A new President shall emerge in November and her first action shall be cementing America's relationship with Africa and third world countries, before taking on China and Russia. As soon as she enters office, those countries would know that the days of playing are over.


America needs a diplomat and a politician as President now; more than ever in their history. They have too many enemies and need friends, while stamping their resolve and flexing muscle here and there.

Trump won't only make America great, he'd ruin it. Trump is to America, what Buhari is to Nigeria: so much hot air and no plans on how to confront the myriad of problems facing their countries.

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Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by LordVarys: 8:16am On May 04, 2016
lalasticlala, obinoscopy. should be on front page not hidden in a corner of empty foreign affairs section.
Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by cr7lomo: 8:20am On May 04, 2016
Trump is doing a Leicester now...watch him win it like Leicester did
Re: Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination As Last Major Opponent Drops Out by Nobody: 8:29am On May 04, 2016
Happy for Trump... I wish he could chase those black thieves who stole from govts back to their countries. ...

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