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U.S. NEWSFriday 1 April 2016
Trump stumbling in Wisconsin as forces coalesce against him
SCOTT BAUER Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves as he gets into his vehicle in Washington, Tuesday, just hours before
JULIE PACE Thursday, March 31, 2016, following a meeting at the Republican National Committee. his first campaign stop,
Associated Press two-term Gov. Scott Walk-
MADISON, Wisconsin (AP) (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) er threw his support behind
— Next Tuesday’s Wiscon- Cruz, of Texas.
sin presidential primary is going to have repercus- own campaign: “If we win primary spotlight. Much of the trouble that
is emerging as a crucial sions for a long time to Wisconsin, it’s pretty much Even before he arrived, followed was of the Trump
lifeline for Republicans come,” Cruz said Thursday over.” Trump was skewered in in- campaign’s own mak-
desperate to stop Don- in an interview with Milwau- But almost nothing has terviews with a trio of Wis- ing. Corey Lewandowski,
ald Trump’s march to their kee radio station WTMJ. gone right for him since consin’s influential conser- Trump’s campaign man-
party’s nomination. One of Trump’s view is rosier for his Wisconsin stepped into the vative talk radio hosts. On ager, got slapped with a
his worst weeks of the 2016 charge of simple battery
campaign is colliding with for an altercation with a re-
a state already skeptical of porter.
his brash brand of politics. Then Trump was forced to
A big loss for Trump in Wis- walk back his assertion that
consin would greatly re- women should be pun-
duce his chances of secur- ished for getting abortions,
ing the delegates he needs a comment that managed
to clinch the Republican to unite both sides of the
nomination before next Ju- abortion debate in fierce
ly’s national convention. It opposition to his state-
could also offer new hope ment.
to rival Ted Cruz and out- “As soon as he stepped
side groups that see Trump foot in Wisconsin the mask
as a threat to the future of finally came off,” said state
the Republican Party. Rep. Jim Steineke, the Re-
“I think the whole country publican majority leader
is looking to Wisconsin right in the Wisconsin Assembly.
now to make a choice in “Part of it is just the Wiscon-
this race, and I think the sin nice.
choice Wisconsin makes We don’t take too kindly to
people who act the way
More CEOs seek repeal of state transgender law Donald Trump acts.”
A week before the prima-
RALEIGH, North Carolina ination measures; prevents delivering the letter and lotte, the state’s largest ry, a poll run by Marquette
(AP) — More than 100 cor- workers from suing in state meeting privately with Mc- city. University Law School
porate executives added court alleging discrimina- Crory. Banking and finance ex- showed Trump lagging
their names to a letter de- tion on the basis of race, They declined to discuss his ecutives include the lead- Cruz by about 10 points
livered to North Carolina’s sex and other factors; and response. ers of Bank of America, — a dramatic fall for the
governor on Thursday call- prevents cities and coun- The list now includes lead- Citibank, TD Bank, PayPal, candidate who led in the
ing for the repeal of the na- ties from requiring busi- ers of many sectors of the and others. same poll last month.
tion’s first state law limiting nesses to provide minimum economy. Tourism is rep- Restaurateurs and retail- If Cruz sweeps all the del-
bathroom options for trans- wages or paid sick leave. resented by Hilton, Mar- ers include leaders of Star- egates in Wisconsin, Trump
gender people. Human Rights Campaign riott and Starwood hotels; bucks, Barnes & Noble and will need to win 57 percent
The law signed by Republi- and Equality North Carolina AirBnB, Uber and Lyft; and Levi Strauss. Technology of the remaining dele-
can Gov. Pat McCrory also announced the growing list American Airlines, which leaders joined in force, in- gates in other states to col-
prohibits local anti-discrim- of corporate leaders after has a major hub in Char- cluding the leaders of IBM, lect the 1,237 he needs to
Apple, Intel, Google, Face- clinch the nomination. So
book, Yahoo, eBay, Twitter, far, he has won 48 percent
YouTube and many others. of all delegates awarded.
The new law “will make Wisconsin offers 42, putting
it far more challenging it in the middle of the pack
for businesses across the of primary prizes. But the
state to recruit and re- state’s stature in Repub-
tain the nation’s best and lican politics and its posi-
brightest workers and at- tion on the calendar — no
tract the most talented other state votes until April
students from across the 19 — have elevated its
nation. q importance.q
