– ‘Take a risk’ with Trump –
In South Carolina, Trump – a onetime reality TV star who has upended the political landscape with his take-no-prisoners style and tough talk on everything from Muslims to Mexico to waterboarding – showed he could compete for the long haul.
“We just think we want to take a risk with Trump. We think he’s had success with everything he’s touched,” Lynn Derrick, a first-time primary voter, told AFP at a high school in the state capital Columbia.
Trump and Cruz, who won the Iowa caucuses, duked it out in the week leading up to Saturday’s primary, with the campaign growing increasingly nasty.
Trump ended up in a spat with Pope Francis, who hinted the tycoon was “not a Christian” for wanting to build a wall on the border with Mexico. He also called for a boycott of Apple over its refusal to unlock the phone of a suspect in the San Bernardino attacks.
The results were not good news for Bush, Ohio Governor John Kasich and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who were relegated to the second tier of candidates.
Bush did not wait long to throw in the towel.
“In this campaign, I have stood my ground, refusing to bend to the political winds,” he said.
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