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Ted Cruz set to sweep Wyoming after Donald Trump cedes delegate fight
Last edited Sat Apr 16, 2016, 06:10 PM - Edit history (1)
Source: The Guardian and Agencies
Ted Cruz set to sweep Wyoming after Donald Trump cedes delegate fight
• Senior Trump adviser says process is ‘favorable to party insider folks’
• Cruz tells convention ‘America is the Saudi Arabia of coal’
• Few and furious: could GOP delegates protest be taste of things to come?
Agencies in Cheyenne, Wyoming
Saturday 16 April 2016 21.11 BST
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign all but threw in the towel in Wyoming, ahead of Saturday’s Republican convention. Senator Ted Cruz, Trump’s closest challenger for the presidential nomination, was expected to sweep the delegates on offer.
Trump’s campaign made a conscious decision not to commit resources to the state, according to Alan Cobb, a senior adviser. Trump picked only one delegate in last month’s Wyoming county conventions while Cruz scored nine. There are 14 more delegates at stake this weekend, as 475 party activists gather.
Cruz spoke at the convention on Saturday, capping a months-long effort to organize support in the state. Trump had planned to send former Alaska governor Sarah Palin but she canceled at the last minute.
Cruz spoke about local issues in the largest coal-producing state, discussing the Democratic “attack” on fossil fuels and saying President Obama had tried to put the coal industry out of business through government regulations targeting air pollution.
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• Senior Trump adviser says process is ‘favorable to party insider folks’
• Cruz tells convention ‘America is the Saudi Arabia of coal’
• Few and furious: could GOP delegates protest be taste of things to come?
Agencies in Cheyenne, Wyoming
Saturday 16 April 2016 21.11 BST
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign all but threw in the towel in Wyoming, ahead of Saturday’s Republican convention. Senator Ted Cruz, Trump’s closest challenger for the presidential nomination, was expected to sweep the delegates on offer.
Trump’s campaign made a conscious decision not to commit resources to the state, according to Alan Cobb, a senior adviser. Trump picked only one delegate in last month’s Wyoming county conventions while Cruz scored nine. There are 14 more delegates at stake this weekend, as 475 party activists gather.
Cruz spoke at the convention on Saturday, capping a months-long effort to organize support in the state. Trump had planned to send former Alaska governor Sarah Palin but she canceled at the last minute.
Cruz spoke about local issues in the largest coal-producing state, discussing the Democratic “attack” on fossil fuels and saying President Obama had tried to put the coal industry out of business through government regulations targeting air pollution.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/16/ted-cruz-donald-trump-wyoming-delegates
UPDATE: Ted Cruz wins Wyoming Republican presidential nominating contest (Reuters)