Republican US presidential hopeful Ted Cruz has gotten a boost from former contenders Scott Walker and Jeb Bush, who said the Texas senator is the party’s best last hope for stopping front-runner Donald Trump.
Ahead of Wisconsin’s April 5 primary, Wisconsin Governor Walker, who dropped out of the race in fall last year, said that only Cruz can catch Trump as time runs short in the primary season.
Former Florida governor Bush gave Cruz his endorsement — a step perhaps designed to hurt Trump more than help the Texas senator.
“For the sake of our party and country, we must move to overcome the divisiveness and vulgarity Donald Trump has brought into the political arena,” said Bush, who was knocked out of the contest last month. “To win, Republicans need to make this election about proposing solutions to the many challenges we face, and I believe that we should vote for Ted as he will do just that.”
As Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton addressed rising national security concerns, the Republican contest was hit again by personal insults — this time involving the candidates’ families.
Cruz slammed Trump during an appearance in the front-runner’s hometown for making a vague threat on Twitter the night before to “spill the beans” on Cruz’s wife.
“Gutter politics,” Cruz said.
Trump’s warning that he would disclose something about Heidi Cruz came in response to an ad by an outside political group that featured a provocative photograph of Trump’s wife, Melania, when she was a model and before they were married.
Trump misidentified the Cruz campaign as the source of the ad.
Heidi Cruz addressed the situation directly during an appearance outside Milwaukee.
“The things that Donald Trump says are not based in reality,” she said.
The Republican infighting came the day after Cruz scored a win in Utah, while Trump claimed Arizona. Despite modest signs of strength, the first-term Texas senator needs a near miracle to catch the billionaire businessman.
The day-after delegate math laid bare the challenge: Cruz needs to win 83 percent of the remaining delegates to overtake the front-runner. Further complicating Cruz’s path, Ohio Governor John Kasich vowed to stay in the race at least until the next primary.
Things were decidedly less contentious on the Democratic side.
Clinton won in Arizona on Tuesday, maintaining a lopsided advantage over US Senator Bernie Sanders in the Democratic race, despite his wins in Utah and Idaho on the same night. The former secretary of state is now almost three-quarters of the way to the Democratic nomination.
As the world grapples with a new wave of overseas violence, Clinton engaged Trump on national security with a California speech painting him as a misfit as potential commander-in-chief and laying out what she would do to keep the US safe in perilous times.
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