Cruz: ‘If Donald Trump Is the Nominee, Republicans Get Clobbered’ in November

JACKSON: “But where do you go from here a after Super Tuesday? How do you actually get the Republican nomination?”
CRUZ: “At this point there have been 15 states that have voted, and only one candidate has beaten Donald Trump. That’s been us. Our campaign has beaten him not once, not twice, but three different times.”
JACKSON: “Should somebody drop out?”
CRUZ: “I think the people who are running, all of them love this country, they’re putting this country first. And if it becomes clear to a candidate, that that candidate does not have a path to the nomination, hasn’t been able to win a state in 15 contests, has not been able to rack up considerable delegates, I thimk there comes a point where you have to ask do you want Donald Trump to be the nominee? If Donald Trump is the nominee, I think Republicans get clobbered. And so, I’m confident in the days that go ahead people are going to look at the numbers, look at the results and consider what to do. And it’s my hope that as a party we come together and say ‘Stop this madness! Do not nominate a candidate who will drive the party off a cliff.’”
JACKSON: “How do you beat Donald Trump when he has performed as well as he has performed tonight?”
CRUZ: “We’ve got to get one on one. One on one, head to head. I don’t just beat Donald Trump, I beat him resoundingly. What he benefits right now is everyone else being fractured and divided. And it’s my hope that the party will say it is reckless. At a time when the stakes have never been higher, it’s reckless to roll the dice and nominate Donald Trump. And — and — Donald Trump may be the one candidate on the face of the planet that Hillary Clinton can beat. The Democrats are celebrating. We can’t let that happen. I don’t think Republicans want the general election to consist of two rich New York liberals, one Republican and one Democrat, running against each other. We should nominate a real conservative and I hope and believe that’s what we’re going to do.”