Terrific Trump Tuesday and Shaky Saturday: Stumping the Competition

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Eric Carr (11th), Reporter

Call him racist. Call him a bigot. Call him an islamophobe. You can even call him Drumpf. But, call him a winner.

 

Despite all the media posts, and the John Oliver segment about Trump making their rounds on Facebook, The Donald still managed to gain the majority of the delegates on Super Tuesday, and further his lead on Super Saturday.

 

1,237 delegates are needed for the Republican nomination. After Super Tuesday and Super Saturday, the totals show that Trump has 384 delegates, Ted Cruz has 300, Marco Rubio has 151, and John Kasich trails with thirty-seven.

 

Out of the eleven states that voted on Super Tuesday, Trump won seven. Cruz won three states, most notably his home state of Texas. Rubio won only Minnesota.

 

However, his wins don’t come without controversy. Before the primaries, Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke threw his support to Donald Trump. Trump did not refute Duke’s support during an interview, but later, blamed a bad earpiece.

 

On Reddit, a social media and blogging platform, a section named “The_Donald” has sprung up, with 50,000 supporters active on the blog. Anything from memes, to destroying opposition to Trump, the subreddit is packed with full pledged supporters. One user even attacked and tore apart every part of John Oliver’s segment.

 

Although a minor role in Trump’s support, The_Donald shows how Trump manages to gain massive support, even from Reddit, a liberal website. Most users write that they support Trump because he isn’t a politician, which Trump acknowledges in numerous tweets.

 

“For all of today’s voters please remember that I am the only candidate that is self-funding my campaign, I am not bought and paid for!” Trump said on his twitter page.

 

Trump got another endorsement for his Super Tuesday win from New Jersey governor and former presidential candidate, Chris Christie.

 

“Donald Trump is the person on that stage now who is best suited, best prepared to make America the kind of leader around the world” Christie said to in an interview with Fox News.

 

Trump’s candidacy has also showed a split in the Republican Party. 2012 Republican candidate Mitt Romney targeted Donald Trump in a press conference, which Trump later called Romney a “failure”, despite Trump endorsing Romney in his candidacy.

 

The controversies finally caught up with Trump, as he saw dwindling support for the Super Saturday Primary. Despite winning 2 of the 4 states, he only won Kentucky by a margin of three percent.

 

Could Trump finally be losing his control? Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz hope so, since Cruz is slowly catching up to Trump. Could a Trump/Cruz showdown happen? Could Rubio or even Kasich rise to challenge

Trump? Possibly, but unlikely, only if Trump sees a catastrophic loss.