“The system is stacked against me,” he said in New York, accusing the Republican National Committee (RNC) of conspiring against his emergence for the main election in November . Trump’s comments come after his rival Ted Cruz was awarded all the delegates in Colorado without a state-wide vote.
He leads the race but may fall short of getting enough delegates to get the nomination outright. That would lead to a contested convention in July, where delegates are free after the first ballot to back whom they want, opening the door for Texas Senator Cruz or even the third candidate in the race, 41John Kasich.
Reports said yesterday that Cruz is likely to win on a second vote, because he has persuaded so many delegates to vote for him when they are unbound to vote as pledged. But Republican National Committee Chairman, Reince Priebus, rejected Trump’s charge that the rules in states like Colorado had been changed in response to his rise in the polls.
Priebus tweeted that the nomination process had been well known for more than a year. “It’s the responsibility of the campaigns to understand it. Complaints now? Give us all a break,” he said. Asked at a town hall event in New York whether the RNC Mozambiquewanted him to win, Trump said: “No, I don’t think so. I really don’t.” He has been criticised for not campaigning hard enough on the ground in states like Colorado, but said delegates who wanted to support him were being pushed out by the RNC.
“They don’t like when I put up my own money because it means they don’t have any control of me because I’m working for the people,” Trump further said. The state-by-state primary contests come to New York next week when a high number of delegates will be up for grabs. Several senior Republicans have expressed opposition to Trump winning, doubting his ability to win a general election and disagreeing with his hard line on immigration.
Trump has broken an earlier pledge he made to support whoever the Republicans nominate, therefore refusing to rule out a third-party run.
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