Nearly 250 delegates short of bagging the Republican presidential nomination, party frontrunner Donald Trump claims that he would be able to defeat his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton very easily in
Nearly 250 delegates short of bagging the Republican presidential nomination, party frontrunner Donald Trump claims that he would be able to defeat his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton very easily in the November general elections.
“Every week — boom, boom, boom, I knocked them off,” Mr Trump told his supporters in California referring to the defeat of other Republican candidates by him. Only three out of 17 remain in the fray.
“She (Ms Clinton) will go down easier than any of the people we just beat. You are going to have an unbelievably good result in November,” the 69-year-old Mr Trump said.
Mr Trump on Friday claimed that he has crossed the 1,000 delegate mark. He needs 1237 delegates to earn the party’s presidential nomination.
His two Republican rivals, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and governor John Kasich of Ohio, are lagging far behind Mr Trump in the delegate count.
In order to prevent him from becoming the party nominee, Mr Cruz and Mr Kasich had reached a strategic alliance to campaign in different states during the rest of the primaries.
Mr Cruz is more than 400 delegates away from Mr Trump. The two are battling out in Indiana where the next round of primaries is scheduled.
A latest poll suggested that Mr Trump has 41 per cent support followed by 32 per cent for Mr Cruz and 21 per cent for Mr Kasich.
Mr Trump told his supporters that he is on his way to be the party nomination. Meanwhile Republican women legislators urged Mr Trump to make a women his pick for vice-president.
