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Republican presidential candidate Ohio Gov. John Kasich is asking Donald Trump’s supporters to jump ship and join his campaign.
In a New York press conference on Thursday, Kasich argued that Trump’s bias against Muslims, views on torture, and remarks on abortion (among other reasons) effectively disqualify him as a suitable candidate for the presidency.
He acknowledged Trump supporters’ frustrations as real and valid, and encouraged them to consider supporting him instead.
“For those people who have been fervent Trump supporters, their frustration, their expressions do not fall on deaf ears for me,” said Kasich.
He went on to say that he does not believe Trump will be the GOP presidential nominee.
“I don’t believe that Donald Trump will be the nominee,” said Kasich. “This will go to a convention.”
He explained, “Senator Cruz needs almost 90 percent of the delegates going forward to win the required number and avoid a convention. There’s a greater chance that you will fly out of this building and land in Midtown… than it is for Ted Cruz to have enough delegates. Donald Trump is going to need about 60 percent of the delegates, and after New York and Pennsylvania and New Jersey and Connecticut, places where I believe you’ll begin to see him decline; I don’t believe he’ll have the delegates, either.”
Listen to his remarks in the video clips below.