Ken Cuccinelli was on with ABC yesterday to discuss Trumpertantrum’s fraud claims after losing in Wyoming:
The key part:
STEPHANOPOULOS: If you look at where this is going right now, it seems like even if Mr. Trump doesn’t get to 1,237, he’s going to go into Cleveland with the most votes, having won the most states, having the most delegates and most Republicans think whoever meets those three criteria should be the nominee.
Why are they wrong?
CUCCINELLI: Well, first of all, you have to get a majority to be the nominee, period. That’s a bottom-line rule; it’s been the rule from the beginning. That’s the measuring stick and Donald Trump hasn’t won a majority anywhere, not in a single state anywhere in the country.
Ted Cruz has. But Donald Trump has not.
So when we get to Cleveland, if no one has the 1,237, which appears most likely at this point, then you still have to get to 1,237. That’s the benchmark.
You know, football teams don’t get to get in the red zone and then demand a touchdown and then cry about it when you don’t give them one. But that’s what we’re dealing with the Trump campaign. Lots of football teams get in the red zone and lose.
STEPHANOPOULOS: You also just heard —
CUCCINELLI: And we’re aiming to win this by building — by building up the number of folks who support Ted. And he’s growing the coalition he needs to win.
STEPHANOPOULOS: You just heard Mr. Manafort say you’re doing — you guys are doing with the help of breaking the rules.
CUCCINELLI: Right. And you asked the key follow-up question: tell me one example. And he couldn’t give you a single example.
I mean, they keep using this hyperbolic rhetoric that they can’t back up and you said, well, you know, the lawsuits are coming.
He can’t answer the question because we’re playing within the — within the rules established a long time ago and motivating voters based on Ted’s vision. That’s why we’re winning now. That’s why we’re rolling through so many of these states.
That’s why he didn’t even bother to compete. Trump didn’t just lose in Wyoming; he got stomped. And the same was true in Colorado: 65,000 people participated in Colorado. And Ted Cruz swept those — that election. And he did it with his vision for economic growth, to make this country secure finally and also to expand freedom.
I love the football example of how the endzone is the same as a majority. It’s something that most everyone understands and is a great way to show how Trump is just a big whining Trumpertantrum. And it’s true, you can’t just get into the redzone (20 yards before the endzone). A lot of teams do and never score. You gotta get into the endzone to score!
And the point about Trump’s henchman Paul Manafort not being able to substantiate his fraud claims was also very strong. They’ve yet to be able to do that when asked and it’s a sign they’ve got nothing.
This is how all Cruz’s people should fight back against Trumpertantrum baseless lies. I think it’s very effective.
(h/t: WaPo)