By Anthony Ogbo | Guardian News, Houston TX/
Most conservative Republicans passionate about a new political era celebrated across the country yesterday as New York delivered big wins to a favorite son, Donald Trump who clinched nearly all the 95 delegates at stake in Tuesday’s primary election.
“I think that at this time, we have to respect the will of the voters and conjoin with Donald Trump to prepare for the general election in November,” said Dr. Elizabeth Young, Secretary of Florida Conservative Republican Network. Dr. Young was not alone. It may be recalled that in March, 2016, Florida Gov. Rick Scott handed down an endorsement to Trump, and called on party members across the country to come together and support him. “The voters are speaking clearly — they want a businessman outsider who will dramatically shake up the status quo in Washington,” he wrote
Gov. Rick Scott was the keynote speaker yesterday at the Reagan Day Dinner at the Spartan Manor, New Port Richey in Florida, where 400 party members of the Florida Conservative Republican Network gathered for a fundraiser. Dr. Young and Carol Jones, President, of Florida Conservative Republican Network also attended the event.
According to Governor Scott, “If we spend another four months tearing each other apart, we will damage our ability to win in November.” Dr. Young said that the Republican Party should start rallying around each other rather than the current in-house partisan fights. “We just have to face the ‘Trump reality’ and move on as a family, that is what democracy is all about,” she said.
Trump had held huge rallies across New York, focusing his campaign mainly upstate. He held big rallies in all the major upstate cities, including Long Island and Plattsburgh in northern New York. It was a big loss for Ted Cruz who came into New York facing an uphill battle after he said in a January debate that Trump represented “New York values.” Cruz’s comment was viewed as a slight on New York City and the state, and Trump has seized on this comments to provoke his chances.
“We don’t have much of a race anymore based on what I’m seeing on television. Senator Cruz is just about mathematically eliminated,” Trump said as he addressed his supporters after his victory. As of 12 a.m. ET, yesterday, Trump held 847 delegates, while Ted Cruz had 553 and John Kasich had 148, according to Guardian News approximation. A Republican candidate needs 1,237 delegates to take the nomination.
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