“I know the rules very well, but I know it’s stacked against me by the establishment,” Presidential nominee Donald Trump said at a special CNN Town Hall event in New York.
Trump won the popular vote in Louisiana with 41.4% of the electorate while competitor Ted Cruz only received 37.8% of the electorate.
“I end up winning Louisiana and then when everything is done I find out I get less delegates than this guy that got his a– kicked, OK? Give me a break. Really disgust[s] me. So it’s a very sick system,” Trump said at one of his rallies.
What happened in Louisiana is not an isolated incident; Trump was swept in Colorado where Ted Cruz wound up winning all 34 delegates.
Trump turned to twitter to voice his distain, “I win a state in votes and then get non-representative delegates because they are offered all sorts of goodies by Cruz campaign. Bad system!” Trump tweeted Sunday.
Trump later tweeted, “The people of Colorado had their vote taken away from them by the phony politicians. Biggest story in politics. This will not be allowed!”
Ted Cruz responded to Trumps tweets and comments in Irvine California saying, “Donald has been yelling and screaming. A lot of whining. I’m sure some cursing. And some late-night fevered tweeting.”
Currently Donald Trump leads the Republican presidential field with 743 delegates. His competition Ted Cruz and John Kasich respectively have 545 and 143 delegates leaving 854 delegates still up for grabs, according to the Associated Press.
In order to win the Republican presidential nomination a candidate must accumulate 1237 delegates. If none of the candidates reach this number by the time of the convention, many delegates will become unbound and be able to vote how they see fit.
The next primary is New York on April 19 where 95 delegates will be awarded to the Republican Party.
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