After Donald Trump’s sweeping victory in Nevada on Tuesday, the billionaire expressed optimism that what had been, until now, a grueling and jumbled Republican contest would be over sooner than expected.
Trump, who trounced his opposition in Nevada with 46 percent of the vote, touted the diversity of his supporters.
“We won the Evangelicals,” Trump said. “We won with young. We won with old. We won with highly educated. We won with poorly educated,” to which he added, “I love the poorly educated! They are the smartest people, the most loyal people.”
Establishment favorite Marco Rubio eked out just ahead of Ted Cruz with 24 compared with 21 percent of the vote. The win marks Trump’s third consecutive primary victory, and his largest thus far—despite Jeb Bush’s recent departure from the race, which establishment Republicans hoped would be a boon to Rubio.
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In his victory speech, Trump taunted his rivals and boasted about his growing popularity in their home states. Politico reports:
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