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发信人: brihand (brihand), 信区: USANews
标 题: rubio v5: trump underperformed
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Feb 24 14:11:25 2016, 美东)
Marco Rubio argued Wednesday that his Republican presidential rival Donald
Trump had "underperformed" in the Nevada caucuses the previous night, which
Trump took handily for his third consecutive win.
"Last time, Mitt Romney got over 50 percent, so Donald Trump actually
underperformed [what] Mitt Romney did, not once but twice in this state,"
Rubio said on "Fox and Friends," referring to voting in 2008 and 2012.
Mitt Romney won the state in 2012 in a four-person race with Newt Gingrich,
Ron Paul and Rick Santorum, compared to the five-person race currently
playing out in the GOP. Romney also took more than 50 percent over six
candidates in 2008.
Trump took 45.9 percent of the vote in the caucuses late Tuesday, followed
by Rubio in second place, at 23.9 percent; Ted Cruz, at 21.4 percent; Ben
Carson, at 4.8 percent; and John Kasich, at 3.6 percent.
"I've been saying this for a long time now: This is an unusual election.
Throw out everything you know about presidential politics," Rubio continued.
"Right now we have a situation where the majority of the Republican
electorate, the majority of Republican voters in this country, do not want
Donald Trump to be the nominee," Rubio said.
"Until there's some consolidation here, you're not going to have an
alternative to Donald Trump," Rubio said, reiterating the point on NBC's "
Today" show during a later interview. But Rubio on Fox ruled out uniting
with Cruz, with whom he is battling behind Trump, to take out the front-
runner. |
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