Trump Tweaks Kasich: He Can’t Make Deal With Cruz ‘Work’

Republican presidential candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, left, speaks to Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump during a commercial break during the CBS News Republican presidential debate at t... Republican presidential candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, left, speaks to Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump during a commercial break during the CBS News Republican presidential debate at the Peace Center, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016, in Greenville, S.C. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) MORE LESS
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Donald Trump on Monday dismissed Ohio Gov. John Kasich as a “typical politician” for appearing to go off-message on his newly forged alliance with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).

Trump, who accused the pair of colluding against him, took to Twitter to knock the botched rollout of their new divide-and-conquer strategy:

After news broke that Cruz would focus on Indiana and Kasich on New Mexico and Oregon in order to stop Trump’s advance toward the GOP nomination, the Ohio governor said that Indiana voters should still feel free to give him their support.

“I’ve never told them not to vote for me, they ought to vote for me,” Kasich said during a campaign stop in Philadelphia. “But I’m not over there campaigning and spending resources. We have limited resources.”

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  1. No, Kasich can’t. Even with all the untraceable money in RobsOhio, er I mean, JobsOhio, he could only bribe companies to a middling position to other states for job growth.

  2. Trump: This is just an example of how I break the alliance of my enemies. Terrorists will scramble when they hear I am POTUS.

  3. Keep the faith John

    Cruz has no reason to lie to ya.

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