John Kasich announced today that he is suspending his presidential nomination campaign. This follows Ted Cruz’s announcement yesterday that he too was suspending his campaign leaving Donald Trump as the only contender for the Republican Party’s shot at the White House.
John Kasich calls himself “the only hope,” in a Tweet announcing the suspension of his campaign for president.
Cruz, widely known for his anti-LGBT stances, told supporters in Indianapolis that he was dropping out “with a heavy heart, but with boundless optimism for the long-term future,” reported The Advocate.
“From the beginning, I’ve said that I would continue on as long as there was a viable path to victory,” Ted Cruz told the crowd. “Tonight, I am sorry to say, it appears that path has been foreclosed.”
“Together, we left it all on the field in Indiana,” he continued. “We gave it everything we got. But the voters chose another path.”
Despite suspending his presidential campaign Cruz vowed he woiuld continue his campaign for conservative causes in the Senate. “I am not suspending our fight for liberty,” he told supporters. “I am not suspending our fight to defend the Constitution, to defend the Judeo-Christian values that built America. … I give you my word that I will continue this fight with all of my strength and all of my ability.”
Trump is now the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party.
