John Kasich has been getting pressure from his Republican presidential rivals, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, to drop out of the race.
The Texas senator has released new advertisements against the governor and has openly said that John Kasich is costing him his chances of defeating Donald Trump.
As the Wisconsin primary looms closer, Ted Cruz has been expressing his frustration over Kasich, noting that voters will most likely "revolt" if the Republican Party leaders choose John Kasich over himself or Donald Trump at the contested convention in July.
"The people would quite rightly revolt" -- Ted Cruz on outcome if GOP convention picks someone besides him or Trump https://t.co/8I6pns6WId— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) April 4, 2016
— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) April 4, 2016
One of the campaign spokesmen of John Kasich, Rob Nichols, commented on the advertisements released by the Senator Cruz's team. He noted that the ads were deceptive, adding that the accusations did not work back in 2014 and still won't work now. The spokesman continued, "Ohioans know that the governor has no say in what companies receive tax credits, and they also know Ohio has created more than 415,000 jobs since Governor Kasich took office."
Ted Cruz launches attack ads, mailers against John Kasich: https://t.co/YXW8GCnbTD pic.twitter.com/UjXcaCIo47— ABC News (@ABC) April 4, 2016
— ABC News (@ABC) April 4, 2016
As for Donald Trump, Cruz claims that he would easily win the Republican nomination if or when John Kasich dropped out of the race, further commenting that the Ohio governor is stealing his votes. However, the real estate mogul did note that the governor should just drop out, as his 143-delegate total has not moved since his Ohio win.
Trump says he'd 'automatically win' if Kasich quits https://t.co/qYSThCfmzs pic.twitter.com/7Iyf93DAA7— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) April 4, 2016
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) April 4, 2016
Since Donald Trump has been making controversial comments regarding abortion, immigrants, and Muslims, he is not favored by many Republican delegates. As a result, the convention will most likely create problems for him.
Another spokesman for John Kasich, Chris Schrimpf, has commented on the statements of Donald Trump regarding the governor following in the footsteps of Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush, who both dropped out of the race weeks ago. Schrimpf shared, "Since he thinks it's such a good idea, we look forward to Trump dropping out before the convention."
.@JohnKasich mocks Trump for saying he's taking Trump's votes: "I wanna have my votes!" https://t.co/o1rbapPu7thttps://t.co/7gowiL5nBP— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) April 4, 2016
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) April 4, 2016
The Wisconsin primaries are scheduled for this Tuesday.
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