Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said he would have won the Illinois Republican primary over Donald Trump, if not for Ohio Gov. John Kasich.
Cruz told Fox News that Kasich’s presidential bid has functionally served to deliver delegates to Trump.
“What he’s doing doesn’t make any sense unless he’s auditioning to be Trump’s vice president because he can only be a spoiler,” Cruz said. “I’ll give you an example: Illinois. We would have won Illinois without John Kasich. Trump had 38 percent in Illinois, I had 30 percent, Kasich had 19.”
“But you’re assuming all the Kasich voters would have gone to you,” interrupted Fox News personality Bill O’Reilly.
“No, I’m assuming the majority of them would, and that’s what the polling shows consistently,” Cruz replied.
The Texas senator discussed his plans to succeed in California and New York, where he said he thought he would do very well.
Cruz will campaign in New York on Wednesday. Republicans voted in Arizona and Utah’s presidential nominating contests on Tuesday.
