Donald J. Trump was announced as the winner of the Nevada caucuses on Tuesday night, according to The Associated Press, gaining a third consecutive win in an early-voting state and made his position much stronger in the Republican presidential race before the wave of Super Tuesday elections on March 1.
Presently Trump has three straight victories in the West, the South and Northeast a testament to his broad appeal among the mad-as-hell voters making their voices heard in the 2016 presidential race.
The focus has now moved towards Texas and other “Super Tuesday” states that vote next week. A stream of candidates including Trump, Rubio and Cruz are expected to flow through North Texas between now and Tuesday.
Rubio, already campaigning in Michigan as caucus results rolled in, was projecting confidence that he can consolidate the non-Trump voters who have been splintering among an assortment of Republican candidates, saying, “we have incredible room to grow.”
Cruz, a fiery conservative popular among voters on the Republicans’ right, finished a disappointing third in South Carolina after spending much of the past two weeks denying charges of dishonest campaign tactics and defending his integrity. Another disappointing finish in Nevada would raise new questions about his viability heading into a crucial batch of Super Tuesday states on March 1, including his home state of Texas.
“There’s something wrong with this guy,” Trump said of Cruz in his typically blunt manner during a massive Las Vegas rally Monday night. The former reality television star tweeted on Tuesday, The former reality television star called Cruz “sick.”
The Republican front-runner did not hold back slamming a protester, saying: “I’d like to punch him in the face, I’ll tell you that.”
“This guy Ted Cruz is the single biggest liar I’ve ever dealt with in my life, I mean it,” Trump said.
Trump also sent a letter to the state Republican Party complaining that an unnamed Cruz backer was quoted in The Wall Street Journal advising caucus-goers to bring their cell phones and videotape the proceedings Tuesday evening. Past Nevada Republican caucuses have been roiled by allegations of improper behavior.
Nevada Republicans responded by confirming that it is against party rules to record the caucus proceedings.
“The Nevada Republican Party is committed to assuring the caucusing process is free from intimidation, threats or nefarious activity of any kind,” the party said in a statement.
“We feel like we’re the best-organized campaign in Nevada right now,” said Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison , who joined the campaign as state chairman 10 months ago and is working with staff from the respected political consultancy that helped propel Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval to victory.
Polls going into the caucus showed Trump with a double digit lead over his rivals, but Rubio said the numbers don’t reflect reality.
“Seventy percent of Republicans don’t want Donald Trump to be their nominee. So he’s in the lead because that seventy percent is divided up against so many people, and every time someone drops out of the race we only grow stronger,” he said.
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