In a U-turn, all three Republican presidential candidates have reneged on their pledge to support the party’s eventual nominee, further exacerbating divisions within the party.
In a U-turn, all three Republican presidential candidates have reneged on their pledge to support the party’s eventual nominee, further exacerbating divisions within the party.
Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and John Kasich said during a CNN-organised town hall in Wisconsin on Monday that they were no longer committed to their previous pledge of supporting the eventual Republican presidential nominee.
“No. I don’t anymore,” Mr Trump, the Republican presidential frontrunner, said when asked if he will continue to support the party’s nominee.
The development might end up handing the November 8 presidential elections to the Democratic party on a platter, and might make things easier for its possible presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to enter the White House.
“I’m not in the habit of supporting someone who attacks my wife and attacks my family. I think that is going beyond the line,” Senator Ted Cruz from Texas said in response to a similar question. “Donald is not going to be the Republican nominee. We’re going to beat him. Listen, I think nominating Donald Trump would be an absolute train wreck. I think it would hand the general election to Hillary Clinton,” he said. Ohio governor John Kasich said he will not support a nominee who divides the country. “I got to see what happens. If the nominee is somebody that I think is really hurting the country, and dividing... I can’t stand behind them,” he said.
Mr Trump is leading both the delegate count and the number of states won, but is quite far behind the 1237 delegates needed to won the Republican presidential nomination.
