Comment: Great news for Trump supporters: The Mormons have abandoned Cruz.
This is huge because they make up a big share of Cruz delegates. He swept greater Mormania completely, while losing badly in most of the rest of the USA. They will not be on board now with his crazy plans to change convention rules and mass-disqualify Trump delegates, even if Trump comes in with a majority. It’s over now.
This will also be big in California, where Mormons represent a fair percentage of registered Republicans voters. He still won’t win these voters next month, but the message from Huntsman is clear: mass bloc voting for Cruz is no longer mandatory. Vote how you want, but really it is past time to rally around the winner.
More good news is that John Boehner is also now aboard the Trump train.
The mass-immigration right craps all over him at every chance. But he was the key figure stopping Marco Rubio’s amnesty. It passed the Senate by a huge margin. There were more than enough voters to get it past the House. It was entirely up to Boehner if he was going to let the House vote on it. The corporate lobby pressure on him was absolutely massive. As someone getting ready to retire and cash in, there would have been millions waiting for him if he let it pass. Eric Cantor was paid $4 million for a no-show job after he was booted from the House.
It died because he refused to give it a vote. And he soon lost his job, replaced by Open Boarders Paul Ryan, a man who led amnesty efforts as a congressional staffer people he ran for Congress.
Boehner said some wonderful things:
When specifically asked his opinions on Ted Cruz, Boehner made a face, drawing laughter from the crowd. “Lucifer in the flesh,” the former Speaker said. “I have Democrat friends and Republican friends. I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.”
Boehner described other Republican candidates as friends. In particular, he said he has played golf with Donald Trump for years and that they were “texting buddies.”
His friendship with Ohio Governor John Kasich, however, was a little more ambiguous.
“[Kasich] requires more effort on my behalf than all my other friends … but he’s still my friend, and I love him,” Boehner said.
Boehner for the most part accepted Trump as the presumptive Republican nominee, though he did express his surprise at the candidate’s success. While he did not praise Trump’s policies, the former Speaker did say he would vote for Trump in the general election if he becomes the Republican nominee. He said he would not, however, vote for Cruz.
