Trump Blasts ‘Corrupt’ Election System

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally at JetSmart Aviation Services on Sunday, April 10, 2016, in Rochester, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Donald Trump is blasting a “corrupt” election system for complicating his path to the Republican nomination.

Trump tells a crowd of thousands of enthusiastic supporters gathered in a frigid airport hangar in Rochester, New York on Sunday afternoon that “it’s not right” that the person who wins the most votes may not be the nominee.

He says he’s doing fine, but if he’s denied the nomination, “you’re going to have a big problem, folks.”

While Trump has won more states than any of his Republican rivals, it’s possible that he won’t secure the 1,237 delegates needed to win the nomination before the summer convention.

Rival Ted Cruz has been out-maneuvering him at local and state gatherings where delegates are being chosen. Trump recently hired Paul Manafort to craft a strategy to win more delegates.

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  1. another whining tantrum from a candidate of the party for personal responsibility…

    you picked the rules when you picked the party Chump… get over it!!!

    ‘never smarten up a chump… never give a sucker an even break’
    WC Fields

  2. Hah. Drumpf blasts a corrupt election system…unlike the corrupt high-end real estate market and practices he’s actually familiar with, huh?

    Hey Donnie, you’re a doer. Try making “The Election System Great”. See how that works for ya. It is part of that America you’re gonna make great. Show us how you get things done, you moron. Or are some things not in your control after all? Luuuuuuuzer!!! I’m so sick of this prick.

  3. For some reason, Trump apparently doesn’t understand there is a crucial difference between “more than” and “most.”

    While it is true Trump has won more delegates than any other GOP candidate, he has by no stretch of the imagination won “most” of them. In fact, he only has about 47% of the total delegates and about 42% of the actual vote.

  4. Oh boy! The big crybaby is back on the block. Truly sad he didn’t bother to study the GoP rules for earning delegates to win the party’s nominee.

    Now that he’s partially educated, he’s going to whine until he gets his way! So start your kettle call, Trump!!

  5. So, you never bothered to figure out how the process actually works and now that your ignorance is catching up with you it’s “corrupt”? Sure, OK.

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