DREAM Act Portal Forum - Trump becomes Republican Presumptive Nominee

CRUZ DROPPED OUT:

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Donald Trump has gone from long-shot contender to the Republican party's presumptive nominee for president with a crushing win in Indiana that forced his main rival Ted Cruz out of the race.

Addressing jubilant supporters at Trump Tower in New York after romping to his seventh straight state-wide victory, the real estate mogul promised them: "We're going to win in November, and we're going to win big, and it's going to be America first."

Trump won at least 51 of 57 possible delegates awarded in Indiana, according to the Associated Press news agency delegate tracker. His victory in the state pushed him to 1,047 delegates of the 1,237 needed to clinch the nomination, compared with 153 for Kasich.

Cruz had 565 delegates before suspending his campaign.

"This phenomenon is just amazing," Peter Mathews, a political analyst, told Al Jazeera. "Trump seems to have got free television time. He got an estimated $1bn of free time during the election."

Trump's immediate challenge is to unite deep fissures within the Republican Party as many party loyalists are appalled at his bullying style, his treatment of women and his signature proposals to build a wall on the border with Mexico and deport 11 million illegal immigrants.

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus called Trump the party's presumptive nominee in a tweet and said, "We all need to unite and focus" on defeating Clinton.

The former reality TV star himself called for unity in a speech at a victory rally that was free of his usual bombast and flamboyance.

Calling Indiana a "tremendous victory", he immediately directed fire at Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton.

"We're going after Hillary Clinton," he said. "She will not be a great president, she will not be a good president, she will be a poor president. She doesn't understand trade."
Clinton upset

Clinton on Tuesday suffered an upset in Indiana as her rival Bernie Sanders mounted a come-from-behind victory, denying the former secretary of state a feather in her cap as she seeks their party's presidential nomination.

Sanders, a self-declared socialist, beat Clinton by 53.2 percent to 46.8 percent with about three quarters of precincts reporting - although Clinton remained well ahead in the overall delegate battle for the nomination.

"Bernie Sanders was behind several points just a few weeks ago. Thousands were turning to his rallies even in thunderstorms to hear what he had to say," Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher, reporting from Indianapolis, said.

"A narrow victory in Indiana is enough to re-inject his campaign with momentum and for him to say that he is going to take it all the way to Democratic convention in Philadelphia in the summer."

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus called Trump the party's presumptive nominee in a tweet and said, "We all need to unite and focus" on defeating Clinton.

The former reality TV star himself called for unity in a speech at a victory rally that was free of his usual bombast and flamboyance.

Calling Indiana a "tremendous victory", he immediately directed fire at Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton.

"We're going after Hillary Clinton," he said. "She will not be a great president, she will not be a good president, she will be a poor president. She doesn't understand trade."
Clinton upset

Clinton on Tuesday suffered an upset in Indiana as her rival Bernie Sanders mounted a come-from-behind victory, denying the former secretary of state a feather in her cap as she seeks their party's presidential nomination.

Sanders, a self-declared socialist, beat Clinton by 53.2 percent to 46.8 percent with about three quarters of precincts reporting - although Clinton remained well ahead in the overall delegate battle for the nomination.

"Bernie Sanders was behind several points just a few weeks ago. Thousands were turning to his rallies even in thunderstorms to hear what he had to say," Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher, reporting from Indianapolis, said.

"A narrow victory in Indiana is enough to re-inject his campaign with momentum and for him to say that he is going to take it all the way to Democratic convention in Philadelphia in the summer."

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EDIT: KASICH DROPPED OUT AS WELL

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Ohio Gov. John Kasich officially suspended his GOP presidential run on Wednesday, making Donald Trump the presumptive GOP nominee.

Kasich was the only candidate left against Trump after Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas suspended his run following the billionaire's resounding victory in Indiana. Trump swept all 57 of the state's GOP delegates, according to NBC.

n his Wednesday address, Kasich struck a contemplative note, reflecting on his journey through the primary season, and looking toward the future.

"As I suspend my campaign today, I have renewed faith, deeper faith that the Lord will show me the way forward and fulfill the purpose of my life," Kasich concluded.

Cruz also looked ahead in his final speech as a 2016 presidential candidate.

"From the beginning I've said that I would continue on as long as there was a viable path to victory. Tonight, I'm sorry to say, it appears that path has been foreclosed," Cruz told supporters Tuesday night. "The voters chose another path, and so with a heavy heart, but with boundless optimism for the long-term future of our nation, we are suspending our campaign."

The Kasich campaign said Tuesday evening that the Indiana results "are not going to alter" the candidate's plan.

"Our strategy has been and continues to be one that involves winning the nomination at an open convention," a campaign statement said.

Cruz and Kasich had led GOP attempts to stop Trump's roll to the nomination. But that "Never Trump" movement appeared to stall on Tuesday night after Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said the real estate magnate would be the "presumptive" nominee.

Trump, meanwhile, told The New York Times on Wednesday that he is forming his vice presidential selection committee to consider a short list — which currently doesn't include Kasich.

The stop Trump plan, according to those behind the Cruz and Kasich campaigns, was to prevent Trump from winning 1,237 delegates before the GOP convention this summer, thereby preventing him from securing a first ballot victory. After that, the Cruz and Kasich campaigns said there would have been a chance for their candidates to win over the delegates and earn the nomination.

Although that path seemed nearly impossible after Trump's Indiana victory, the Kasich campaign still seemed ready for a fight after Cruz suspended his run.

During his run, Kasich was only able to amass 154 delegates, according to NBC News. That put him under Marco Rubio's 172 delegates — and the senator from Florida had dropped out in March.

Despite Republican voters' apparent reluctance to back Kasich — he only won his home state — his campaign had billed him as the party's best bet in the general election.

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