Opinion: Goodbye Donald Trump, hello Ted Cruz

Staff columnist David Figueroa gives his take on the lack of trust present in society.

Staff columnist David Figueroa gives his take on the lack of trust present in society.

David Figueroa, Staff Reporter

So, Ted Cruz has won Wisconsin, bringing him to 517 delegates, only 226 behind Trump. This may seem like a lot but it’s really not in the grand scheme of things. So, what does this mean for the election?

Cruz has won states before. Lots of them. So why should this be any different, you say? Well, it is actually very different. And that is because Cruz’s landslide victory was probably a direct result of the tension and controversy resulting from the recent climate of the Trump campaign.

Trump has begun to show his true colors by refusing to disavow a former leader of the KKK, condoning violence at his rallies, and even going as far as asking his supporters to violently remove peaceful protesters from his rallies.

People are fed up with Trump and everything he has done and said. They are finally beginning to see that all he cares about is himself. He will say, do, and support anything to get elected, even if it means changing his political views several times within the span of one week. When people speak out against his supporters, it doesn’t matter what they are accused of doing. He will support them no matter what, because all that matters to him is getting elected.

Even Trump supporters are beginning to see who their favorite candidate really is, and what he could do to our country if elected in the general election in November. As a result, many Republicans have turned from Donald Trump to Ted Cruz.

Republicans know that their most likely bet now is Ted Cruz, and as a result, they have begun to rally behind him. As time goes on, more and more people will flock to Cruz, and before you know it, Donald Trump will be just a distant memory.

Lots of Cruz supporters have been looking past the primaries and hoping for a contested convention so that their candidate could have chance. However, I think that they have been looking in the wrong place. Instead of looking ahead to the convention, all they need to do is look at what is happening right now.

Although Cruz has won several states in the past, they have all been states that he was projected to win months in advance. Wisconsin, however, was expected to go to Trump.
This unexpected turn of events may not seem all that important to many people, but to me it says one thing: People are fed up with Donald Trump, and as a result, he will not be the Republican nominee. Donald, it’s been fun, but now that people are beginning to see what you truly are, it’s over.