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| Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Win Indiana; Ted Cruz Drops Out | |
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| Donald J. Trump became the presumptive Republican presidential nominee on Tuesday with a landslide win in Indiana that drove his principal opponent, Senator Ted Cruz, from the race and cleared the way for the polarizing, populist outsider to take control of the party. | Donald J. Trump became the presumptive Republican presidential nominee on Tuesday with a landslide win in Indiana that drove his principal opponent, Senator Ted Cruz, from the race and cleared the way for the polarizing, populist outsider to take control of the party. |
| Mr. Cruz had pinned his hopes on Indiana, which seemed to offer one of his best chances to deny Mr. Trump the delegates needed to secure the nomination before the party convention in July. | Mr. Cruz had pinned his hopes on Indiana, which seemed to offer one of his best chances to deny Mr. Trump the delegates needed to secure the nomination before the party convention in July. |
| But Mr. Trump, after obliterating his rivals in five states in the Northeast last week, held a strong polling lead in the state, which had 57 delegates up for grabs. His victory put him in a commanding position to clinch the nomination on June 7, when the last Republican contests are held. | But Mr. Trump, after obliterating his rivals in five states in the Northeast last week, held a strong polling lead in the state, which had 57 delegates up for grabs. His victory put him in a commanding position to clinch the nomination on June 7, when the last Republican contests are held. |
| On the Democratic side, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont rebounded from a string of defeats to win Indiana. The outcome will not significantly narrow Mr. Sanders’s delegate gap with Hillary Clinton, but it does provide a lift for him during a difficult period. | |
| Mrs. Clinton holds a large enough lead in delegates that she is all but certain to claim the Democratic nomination. Indiana offered a test of whether she could win over some of the white, working-class voters who have been drawn to Mr. Sanders. | Mrs. Clinton holds a large enough lead in delegates that she is all but certain to claim the Democratic nomination. Indiana offered a test of whether she could win over some of the white, working-class voters who have been drawn to Mr. Sanders. |
| Mr. Trump’s victory was an extraordinary moment in American political history: He is on course to be the first standard-bearer of a party who has not served in elected office since Dwight D. Eisenhower, a five-star general and the commander of Allied Forces in Europe during World War II. | Mr. Trump’s victory was an extraordinary moment in American political history: He is on course to be the first standard-bearer of a party who has not served in elected office since Dwight D. Eisenhower, a five-star general and the commander of Allied Forces in Europe during World War II. |
| Mr. Trump, a real estate tycoon turned reality television celebrity, was not a registered Republican until April 2012. He has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Democrats, including his likely general election opponent, Mrs. Clinton. And, at various points in his life, he has held positions antithetical to Republican orthodoxy on almost every major issue in the conservative canon, including abortion, taxes and gun control. | Mr. Trump, a real estate tycoon turned reality television celebrity, was not a registered Republican until April 2012. He has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Democrats, including his likely general election opponent, Mrs. Clinton. And, at various points in his life, he has held positions antithetical to Republican orthodoxy on almost every major issue in the conservative canon, including abortion, taxes and gun control. |
| But none of this stopped him from driving nearly every other Republican from the race for the nomination. With his ability to speak to the anxieties of voters, and his shrewd use of celebrity and memorable put-downs, he systematically undercut veteran politicians in a field of candidates that many in the party had hailed as the strongest in at least three decades. And he did so while spending far less money than most of his rivals and employing only a skeletal campaign staff. | But none of this stopped him from driving nearly every other Republican from the race for the nomination. With his ability to speak to the anxieties of voters, and his shrewd use of celebrity and memorable put-downs, he systematically undercut veteran politicians in a field of candidates that many in the party had hailed as the strongest in at least three decades. And he did so while spending far less money than most of his rivals and employing only a skeletal campaign staff. |
| “It is extremely extraordinary that Trump will be the nominee for the G.O.P. this year — who saw this coming?” said Dewey M. Clayton, a professor of political science at the University of Louisville. “He has tapped into the mood of many disaffected voters who like his business success and straight talk. He is unapologetic, and many voters like this.” | “It is extremely extraordinary that Trump will be the nominee for the G.O.P. this year — who saw this coming?” said Dewey M. Clayton, a professor of political science at the University of Louisville. “He has tapped into the mood of many disaffected voters who like his business success and straight talk. He is unapologetic, and many voters like this.” |
| As remarkable as Mr. Trump’s achievement is, his expected nomination also poses undeniable peril to the party he is poised to lead. Republican leaders, few of whom have fully embraced his candidacy, are watching him with great trepidation, for good reason. | As remarkable as Mr. Trump’s achievement is, his expected nomination also poses undeniable peril to the party he is poised to lead. Republican leaders, few of whom have fully embraced his candidacy, are watching him with great trepidation, for good reason. |
| Mr. Trump starts the general election campaign with a still-unfurling roll of incendiary proposals and provocations that are the stuff of dreams for opposition researchers. He made his name in the last presidential campaign as the country’s most prominent birther, fueling debunked conspiracy theories that President Obama was not born in America; he has used hostile language about Hispanics, suggesting that Mexican migrants are rapists and murderers; and he has not backed off his proposal to ban all foreign Muslims from entering the United States, effectively creating a religious test for immigrants. | Mr. Trump starts the general election campaign with a still-unfurling roll of incendiary proposals and provocations that are the stuff of dreams for opposition researchers. He made his name in the last presidential campaign as the country’s most prominent birther, fueling debunked conspiracy theories that President Obama was not born in America; he has used hostile language about Hispanics, suggesting that Mexican migrants are rapists and murderers; and he has not backed off his proposal to ban all foreign Muslims from entering the United States, effectively creating a religious test for immigrants. |
| No one is more eager to talk about those positions than Mrs. Clinton, who made clear on Tuesday that she wanted to sharpen her focus on Mr. Trump as soon as possible because the fight against him was likely to be bruising. | No one is more eager to talk about those positions than Mrs. Clinton, who made clear on Tuesday that she wanted to sharpen her focus on Mr. Trump as soon as possible because the fight against him was likely to be bruising. |
| “I’m really focused on moving into the general election,” Mrs. Clinton said during an interview on MSNBC. “And I think that’s where we have to be, because we’re going to have a tough campaign against a candidate who will literally say or do anything. And we’re going to take him on at every turn on what’s really important to the people of our country.” | “I’m really focused on moving into the general election,” Mrs. Clinton said during an interview on MSNBC. “And I think that’s where we have to be, because we’re going to have a tough campaign against a candidate who will literally say or do anything. And we’re going to take him on at every turn on what’s really important to the people of our country.” |
| She said little about Mr. Sanders: her pattern over the last week as she held events in West Virginia, which has its primary next Tuesday, and in media markets in swing states like Michigan and Ohio. While Mr. Sanders devoted three days to campaigning in Indiana and spent more than $1 million on television advertisements, Mrs. Clinton did not run any ads and spent only a day campaigning in the state, visiting the Indianapolis area. She did send her husband, former President Bill Clinton, to speak for her in Kokomo, Fort Wayne and Gary, and their daughter, Chelsea Clinton, also held an event in Indianapolis. | She said little about Mr. Sanders: her pattern over the last week as she held events in West Virginia, which has its primary next Tuesday, and in media markets in swing states like Michigan and Ohio. While Mr. Sanders devoted three days to campaigning in Indiana and spent more than $1 million on television advertisements, Mrs. Clinton did not run any ads and spent only a day campaigning in the state, visiting the Indianapolis area. She did send her husband, former President Bill Clinton, to speak for her in Kokomo, Fort Wayne and Gary, and their daughter, Chelsea Clinton, also held an event in Indianapolis. |
| Tad Devine, a senior adviser on the Sanders campaign, said the Indiana results would not reshape the Democratic race markedly, given Mrs. Clinton’s sizable delegate lead. Rather, after his recent major defeats in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and other states, Mr. Sanders was looking to prove that his campaign message remained strong and that voters thought he was more likely to overhaul the campaign finance system and force tough regulations on Wall Street banks. | Tad Devine, a senior adviser on the Sanders campaign, said the Indiana results would not reshape the Democratic race markedly, given Mrs. Clinton’s sizable delegate lead. Rather, after his recent major defeats in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and other states, Mr. Sanders was looking to prove that his campaign message remained strong and that voters thought he was more likely to overhaul the campaign finance system and force tough regulations on Wall Street banks. |
| “We think if the campaign is about policy and message, we will win and keep on winning,” Mr. Devine said. “But no matter what, Bernie wants to compete in the rest of the primaries and take his message to the Democratic convention.” | “We think if the campaign is about policy and message, we will win and keep on winning,” Mr. Devine said. “But no matter what, Bernie wants to compete in the rest of the primaries and take his message to the Democratic convention.” |
| If the Democratic contest has become more civil, the Republican fight has shown no signs of quieting down. The Indiana race ended Tuesday on an explosive note, with Mr. Trump suggesting — with no evidence — that Mr. Cruz’s father was an associate of Lee Harvey Oswald and Mr. Cruz responding with his harshest assault to date against Mr. Trump. | If the Democratic contest has become more civil, the Republican fight has shown no signs of quieting down. The Indiana race ended Tuesday on an explosive note, with Mr. Trump suggesting — with no evidence — that Mr. Cruz’s father was an associate of Lee Harvey Oswald and Mr. Cruz responding with his harshest assault to date against Mr. Trump. |
| Appearing on Fox News in the morning, Mr. Trump echoed a tabloid story claiming that Mr. Cruz’s Cuban exile father, Rafael, had been pictured with Oswald, passing out pro-Fidel Castro pamphlets in New Orleans, shortly before Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy. | Appearing on Fox News in the morning, Mr. Trump echoed a tabloid story claiming that Mr. Cruz’s Cuban exile father, Rafael, had been pictured with Oswald, passing out pro-Fidel Castro pamphlets in New Orleans, shortly before Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy. |
| “His father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald’s being — you know, shot,” Mr. Trump said. “What was he doing with Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before the death? Before the shooting?” | “His father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald’s being — you know, shot,” Mr. Trump said. “What was he doing with Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before the death? Before the shooting?” |
| Mr. Cruz, unburdening himself after a campaign in which Mr. Trump also mocked his wife’s appearance, responded with a flourish. “I’m going to do something I haven’t done for the entire campaign,” he told reporters in Evansville, Ind. “I’m going to tell you what I really think of Donald Trump.” In addition to blasting Mr. Trump as a “pathological liar,” Mr. Cruz delved into his opponent’s personal life, charging that Mr. Trump “describes his battles with venereal disease as his own personal Vietnam.” | Mr. Cruz, unburdening himself after a campaign in which Mr. Trump also mocked his wife’s appearance, responded with a flourish. “I’m going to do something I haven’t done for the entire campaign,” he told reporters in Evansville, Ind. “I’m going to tell you what I really think of Donald Trump.” In addition to blasting Mr. Trump as a “pathological liar,” Mr. Cruz delved into his opponent’s personal life, charging that Mr. Trump “describes his battles with venereal disease as his own personal Vietnam.” |
| If it all gave off a whiff of desperation — the odor of a losing candidate going down while punching wildly — it was an appropriate conclusion to the Indiana contest. | If it all gave off a whiff of desperation — the odor of a losing candidate going down while punching wildly — it was an appropriate conclusion to the Indiana contest. |
| While Mr. Trump addressed thousands of supporters at every stop across the state, winning endorsements from local college coaching legends like Bobby Knight, Gene Keady and Digger Phelps, Mr. Cruz took extraordinary measures to attract attention. He hastily introduced Carly Fiorina as his running mate at a rally in Indianapolis last week. When that did little to change the direction of the race, he confronted a group of Mr. Trump’s supporters who had gathered outside a restaurant, only to be heckled about his Canadian birthplace, a favorite topic of Mr. Trump’s. | While Mr. Trump addressed thousands of supporters at every stop across the state, winning endorsements from local college coaching legends like Bobby Knight, Gene Keady and Digger Phelps, Mr. Cruz took extraordinary measures to attract attention. He hastily introduced Carly Fiorina as his running mate at a rally in Indianapolis last week. When that did little to change the direction of the race, he confronted a group of Mr. Trump’s supporters who had gathered outside a restaurant, only to be heckled about his Canadian birthplace, a favorite topic of Mr. Trump’s. |
| Nothing worked. Indiana Republicans proved as willing to embrace their once unlikely, but now almost certain, nominee as their counterparts across the country. | Nothing worked. Indiana Republicans proved as willing to embrace their once unlikely, but now almost certain, nominee as their counterparts across the country. |