This article is from the source 'guardian' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.

You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2016/may/03/indiana-primary-live-trump-cruz-clinton-sanders

The article has changed 11 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.

Version 7 Version 8
Cruz ends campaign, leaving Trump as presumptive GOP nominee – Indiana primary live Trump and Sanders win as Cruz shocks by dropping out – Indiana primary live
(35 minutes later)
2.24am BST 2.59am BST
02:24 02:59
Trump calls Cruz 'one hell of a competitor' O'Malley: Trump 'most racist, fascist' nominee in modern times
Trump: Former presidential candidate and former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley has some choice words for Trump:
I’ve competed all my life... All my life I’ve been in competitions, different competitions... and I have to tell you that I have met some of the most incredible competitors right here in the Republican party... The GOP just anointed in @realDonaldTrump the most racist, fascist major party nominee in modern history. Let's go win this Democrats!
Ted Cruz, I don’t know if he likes me or doesn’t like me. But he is one hell of a competitor. He is a tough, smart, guy. And he has got an amazing future. I want to congratulate Ted. I know how tough it is. It’s tough... I understand how Ted feels and Heidi, and their whole beautiful family. I want to just say though, one tough competitor. 2.58am BST
2.22am BST 02:58
02:22 Ed Pilkington
Trump: “Hillary Clinton, she will not be a great president, she will not be a good president. She will be a poor president. She does not understand trade. Her husband signed, perhaps, in the history of the world, the single worst trade deal ever done. It’s called Nafta.” The Guardian’s Ed Pilkington reports from Trump Tower on Trump’s makenice speech:
“I’ve witnessed what it’s done really firsthand, and it has been indeed carnage.” Flanked by his wife Melania and children, with his controversial campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and convention manager Paul Manafort close by, Trump made an inclusive speech in which he tried to heal some of the open wounds of the past year and begin the long and very difficult process of unifying the party. He even said some kind words about his nemesis Cruz at the end of a day in which further ugly words had passed between the candidates.
“We’re going to bring back our jobs and we’re going to keep our jobs. We’re not going to let companies leave.” “I don’t know if he likes me or doesn’t like me,” he said of the senator for Texas. “But he is one hell of a competitor. He has an amazing future.”
2.21am BST Trump also made soothing noises towards the Republican National Committee and its chairman Reince Preibus. “It’s not an easy job dealing with 17 egos,” referring to the initial crowded pack of Republican presidential hopefuls, before adding: “I guess he’s now down to one ego.”
02:21 We’ll have a link to the full piece shortly.
Trump is mellow in victory, speaking in even tones, conversationally, just riffing. 2.51am BST
“We’re going to Nebraska where I just hear we’re doing really wonderfully... and West Virginia. We’re going to get those miners back to work.” 02:51
Now he hits Clinton, who had talked about closing mines but then apologized in West Virginia. for saying that. Clinton is hiring up for the general election:
“Let me tell you,” Trump says, “the miners in Pennsylvania and West Virginia are going to start to work again. You’re going to be proud again to be miners.” Scoop: @HillaryClinton, in general election mode, hires Cincy's @chwyant as Ohio state director. https://t.co/5NOPo02UYp @usatoday2016
2.19am BST 2.50am BST
02:19 02:50
Trump says when he got back to New York tonight and started watching the networks, he realized he could win all 57 delegates in Indiana. “I must say, in staying in various places in Indiana, I turned on the television and all I saw was negative ads.” Cruz volunteers in Indianapolis pull off a self-evidently patriotic rendition of the national anthem with moments of near-harmony:
“It was the same as Florida. 60,000 negative ads, most of which are absolutely false and disgusting. ... And the people are so smart, they don’t buy it, they get it.” Cruz vols singing the star spangled banner pic.twitter.com/Bja4L3gm20
2.16am BST 2.48am BST
02:16 02:48
Trump: 'it's a beautiful thing to behold'
Trump thanks his wife, kids, late parents and brother.
He sounds pleased.
“It’s been some unbelievable day, evening and year...I’ve never been through anything like this... it’s a beautiful thing to behold and we’re going to make America great again.”
2.15am BST
02:15
Trump takes microphone
Here’s that video stream again:
2.03am BST
02:03
Priebus: Trump 'presumptive nominee'
The chairman of the Republican national committee says that Trump will nab the nomination and calls for party unity (if he botches the spelling a bit):
.@realDonaldTrump will be presumtive @GOP nominee, we all need to unite and focus on defeating @HillaryClinton #NeverClinton
Updated
at 2.06am BST
1.59am BST
01:59
Christopher R BarronChristopher R Barron
For Ted Cruz, the End is Now. The senator said he expected to win in Indiana. Just the other day, he told voters: “it gives me great comfort that this primary is going to be decided by the Midwestern common sense of the Hoosier State.” The usually brash New York billionaire struck an unusually subdued tone in his speech. While the speech was somewhat “low energy”, it wasn’t lacking in attacks. These are now firmly centered on Hillary Clinton.
Cruz was right, Indiana has decided the Republican primary. Unfortunately for Cruz the state has decided Donald Trump is the nominee. In a preview of Trump’s general election strategy, and recognizing that any successful path for him relies on rust belt states like Michigan and Pennsylvania, Trump focused heavily on trade and jobs.
After being beaten handily by Trump - all but guaranteeing Trump will now secure the 1,237 delegates necessary to secure the nomination on the first ballot - Ted Cruz said he is ending his campaign for president. Echoing his foreign policy speech that he delivered last week, Trump said his campaign was going to be about “America First” - a slogan that may be his general election equivalent of “Make America Great Again.”
In his concession speech, Cruz, perhaps with an eye to 2020, sounded more like a man on the cusp of accepting his party’s nomination than one who was announcing the end of his campaign. When it came to his former rival Ted Cruz, Trump was conciliatory, saying, “he is one hell of a competitor, he is a tough, smart guy.”As Trump was making his pitch for party unity, many high profile conservative activists on Twitter were continuing to say that they will never support a Trump candidacy.
After lengthy speech outlining his vision for the country, Cruz declared, “with a heavy heart, but with boundless optimism for the future, we are suspending our campaign for president”. Cruz’s declaration is an admission that he no longer had a path to victory in his fight against Trump. While it remains to be seen whether Trump can first unite the base and then reach out to win over independents and disaffected Democrats, one thing is certain: this election is going to be unlike anything we have ever seen before.
Interestingly, missing from Cruz’s extended remarks was any reference to the now presumptive nominee of the Republican Party: Donald Trump. It is clear that Cruz has ended his fight for the nomination. But don’t think he has ended his fight with the billionaire businessman. 2.46am BST
02:46
Likely Trump nomination prompts GOP mutiny
On Twitter, at least. Here’s a sampler:
More Republicans voted for non-Trump candidates than Trump, so I'm with the rest. https://t.co/YI9FP8c5LY
The path to national recovery is getting longer--as both broken parties move closer to nominating fundamentally dishonest 2016 candidates.
I hope history remembers those who gave up their conservative principles for the cult of personality and celebrity. And those who didn't.
If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed.......and we will deserve it.
With Trump win in IN, he will get the nom. Now you pick a side. You're either #NeverTrump or you have no integrity & aren't conservative.
I have officially de-registered as a Republican. pic.twitter.com/DjRI21Oyvx
You can be a Republican and not vote for the presidential nominee. https://t.co/eAd0FnymHC
You could, but I choose not to be associated with a party that would nominate Trump. https://t.co/lFZek8ck8X
I'm voting for the GOP nominee. He's far better than @HillaryClinton.
#ImWithHer
the GOP is going to nominate for President a guy who reads the National Enquirer and thinks it's on the level. I'm with her.
Never. Means. Never. https://t.co/LAZRZ7Bgm1
Hard to stomach the people who gave us Palin, then criticized her to rehab themselves, gush all over Trump. #seedsofdivision
A major American political party has been trolled.
GOP twitter rn pic.twitter.com/MMdjT1FTym
UpdatedUpdated
at 2.01am BST at 2.55am BST
1.57am BST 2.34am BST
01:57 02:34
Sanders with edge on Clinton Trump: “Sarah Palin has been from Day One, incredible.
While we wait for Trump – what’s happening on the Democratic side? With 60.8% reporting, Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton 53.1%–46.9%. Precincts late to report include some in northwestern Lake County, which is favorable to Clinton – but maybe not favorable enough. “Jerry Falwell Jr, from Liberty University... he’s a special guy.
About a fifth of the vote from Lake County (Gary) is in... Clinton up only 10 there. Probably game over... “Tonight I see I won with the evangelical voters.”
Our comprehensive results map is here: More riffing: “We’re going to be saying Merry Christmas again.”
Related: Indiana primary results: track the votes, county by county And this is true of the Indiana returns:
“I won with women. I love winning with women.”
Then further good words for Cruz, who hours ago called Trump a “pathological liar” and “serial philanderer” after Trump tied Cruz’s father to the JFK assassination:
I want to congratulate Ted Cruz. He is a tough, smart competitor.
That’s it. Trump is done.
UpdatedUpdated
at 2.03am BST at 2.35am BST
1.52am BST 2.32am BST
01:52 02:32
And to think, it all began with the simple yet powerful belief that the first black president is a Kenyan imposter. Trump: 'we have to bring unity'
As soon as Ted Cruz was done speaking, a handful of longtime Trump staffers embraced one another in a group hug. This changes everything. Trump describes a vision of a country where people “cherish each other”:
Ted Cruz ends campaign by accidentally hitting, elbowing his wife in the face pic.twitter.com/epO1tzKgTT We’re going to love each other, we’re going to cherish each other, we’re going to take care of each other, and we’re going to have great economic development.
Trump says he just spoke with Reince Priebus, the Republican party boss, who’s doing a great job.
“I guess he’s down to one” from 17 candidates, Trump says. Kasich must be stewing at that line.
“We want to bring unity to the Republican party. We have to bring unity. ... Many many people are calling, like you wouldn’t believe.”
2.28am BST
02:28
Clinton calls Trump 'presumptive nominee'
Hillary Clinton has begun fundraising off the Trump nomination:
Donald Trump is the presumptive @GOP nominee.Chip in now if you agree we can't let him become president: https://t.co/BSrJDaGSOe
2.26am BST
02:26
Trump: 'We're gonna win in November'
“We’re gonna win. We’re gonna win in November. And we’re gonna win big.”
He promises “unbelievably good relationships with other countries” – Mexico? China? – “but they’re going to have to treat us fairly.”
2.25am BST
02:25
Sanders projected to win Indiana
Bernie Sanders has defeated Hillary Clinton in Indiana, the AP projects. Awkward. But that’s not new to this race. It appears they’ll split the 83 pledged delegates closely.
“The American people understand that coming together always trumps dividing us up,” Sanders said earlier tonight.