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win for the real estate giant and first time politician, which you have to step back and look at that. This guy has been in this business for less than a year right now. Donald trump crushed his opponents by winning 61 of the vote. John kasich beats ted cruz by 10 points for second place. That means trump walks away with overwhelming majority of the states 95 delegates and steps even closer to the 1237 needed to clinch the nomination. Look at this. Willie geist. The post endorsed, a long way from don voyage. Im sure its framed in trumps office. A gold frame. Exactly. The polls seemed possible, clear average was 34 points. He said its not doing to be 34 points. It was 36 points actually. He won across demographics. As he has so often with whites, no College Degree but also with a College Degree of the demographics when you go through were staggering. You went from Congressional District by Congressional District, mika, you look at a fact a guy two weeks ago many pundits declaring his death, making the stupid conclusion as they have every week for nine months now. This is when donald trump loses. I think another conclusion that was made and my i think extinct that it was wrong that he would do terribly for women, hes bad for women. He certainly didnt do terribly for women here. On the other side, well get to all of the results, on the other side, Hillary Clinton, your suspicions yesterday i think
actually were true, Bernie Sanders coming on too strong against Hillary Clinton in new york may have had a negative impact. Hillary clinton also scoring a massive victory. 61 , 39 among women for secretary clinton over Bernie Sanders. Trump, one of the remarkable things to me, watching him last night, the new additions to his team made an impact to donald trump. He was a saiin sync to the poin taking 15 minutes to say hello, succinct on the stage. Called senator cruz. No steak sold, no vodka sold, no Home Shopping channel, very traditional. Very traditional. A guy who said the thing hes learned about donald trump through the years, hes a really, really quick learner, fasters learner he knows. A guy rudy gilani endorsed him yesterday. The two of them, you think what happened, both of them lost significant losses. Talking about hillary. What happened over the course of the last two weeks. They both came out of wisconsin, both suffered real and significant losses there. They were lucky in the scene they were both coming home. They both campaigned over the course of this two weeks. They both were really, really great new york candidates. They understood media dynamics. They were in the street, all over the state. They took advantage of home field in a really impressive way. They really got this state, which is how it should be. You watch them, very, very solid. They ran new york campaigns as new yorkers. Hillary clinton has been in politics for about 40 years. Donald trump has been in politics for one year. Both of them had the best two
political weeks of their lives. They did. Not a close call. Both of them did great. As you can see we have Mike Barnicle with us, news correspondent halle jackson. In washington, columnist Washington Examiner kristen anderson. Good to have you on board. Lets put all the jelly beans back in the jar and start over again and lay thins out for people. Jelly beans. He didnt say senator he didnt say lying ted. New york was Donald Trumps first majority win for voters he says know him best. New york republican primary voters said bringing change was most important to them followed by sharing their values and telling it like it is. Trump showed strength among working class voters taking 65 of those without a college education. Look at that, 65 no College Degree. He also won a majority of
voters with a College Degree, a group he has struggled with some places or some think he does. Despite recent polling suggesting deep rooted problems, trump won resoundingly among women with 57 . Yesterdays vote gave trump a verse boost in his delegate margin adding 88 so far, making his lead over ted cruz 844559. Trump took to the podium last night to sinatras New York New York and said hes impossible to catch in the delegate race. We dont have much of a race anymore. Based on what ive seen on television, senator cruz is just about mathematically eliminated. We have won millions of more votes than senator cruz, millions and millions of more votes than governor case john k. Weve done more than senator krez. Well really, really rockin. Its really nice to win the delegates with the votes. Its really nice. Well be going into the convention, no matter what happens, and i think were going to go in so strong. Over the next number of weeks, we just saw a poll come out of california, which is an unbelievable poll. Were going to go into the convention, i think, as the winner. But nobody can take an election away with the way they are doing it in the Republican Party. I have great, great admiration and praise for the city of new york and state of new york. I can think of nowhere that i would rather have this victory. Wow. Thats a very different clearly. Clearly different. Now hes going to be able to run this type of campaign. John heilemann, again, going to a calendar that suits him. Hes been beating everybody in their own turf. Now hes home. Hes got a disciplined approach. Next week, most likely, is going to be just as strong as this week. The question will be whether he can maintain the different tone. Theres a level of discipline hes shown over the last weeks. We dont know whether he will or not but this is no reason why he shouldnt. Whats great for him coming out of this huge victory here, he now a week from now, rhode island, connecticut, pennsylvania, all states hes leading by substantial margin in the polls. He should be able to get a big bump out of those races tuesday. Things get trickier down the line. As we talked yesterday on afternoon joe to get there he has to perform extraordinarily well from now until june 7th. Last night was the beginning of what could end up getting him theres a path to get to 1237. If he has that big week next tuesday and continues to perform in a strong way. Willie, always great night for him because ted cruz, his superhero nemesis. Well get to that. Halle is here. Was done in by new yorkers. Third place. It really undercuts his argument that hes the only guy that can beat donald trump. He cant even by john kasich. Whats ted cruz doing in the race. Were the ones competing. Ted cruz would say new york is not his kind of state. Back to the exit polls. Nbc exit polls shows New York Primary voters say the party should nominate the candidate with the most votes in the primaries if no one wins a majority in the convention. 68 say even if he doesnt get the majority trump should be the guy. Supporters split on the question
of whether trump is energizing or dividing the party. That number tied at 48. Among republicans that did not vote for trump in new york, 75 say he is dividing the party. You mentioned senator ted cruz. He finished a dismal third, tormented everywhere he went about comments about new york values. His campaign hoped to pick up a couple delegates. As of this moment he has been blanked. A whopping 47 of Republican Voters say they would not vote for him at all if he were to eventually become the nominee. Did no one see this coming . Im just curious. Ted cruz took a cheap shot in a debate. I guess he didnt think new york, the second biggest state in the union, was going to be relevant. It ended up costing him badly. It came at a horrible time. Bad timing. It really undercuts his narrative. Its going to most likely impact
him going into states next week. Cruz hadnt campaigned for days. Last night he spoke in philadelphia choosing an interesting comparison as he addressed a small crowd. Im so excited to share with you what america has learned over the past few months. It has nothing to do with a politician winning his home state tonight. We have learned that america is as a point of choosing. The people in state after state have made it clear. They cry out for a new path. This is the year of the outsider. Im an outsider. Bernie sanders is an outsider. Both with the same diagnosis but both with very different paths to healing. Millions of americans have chosen one of these outsiders. Our campaigns dont find our fuel in bundlers and special interests but rather directly
from the people. I was that was rehearsal. I dont know if anybody was there. He was just prepping. He did say he had a lot in common with Bernie Sanders. One thing he didnt mention they were both trounced last night but campaigns that are unlikely. People like Bernie Sanders. I do like Bernie Sanders. I was going say quickly, its a parallel universe where donald trump is not the outsider, reality host and businessman. Ted cruz and Bernie Sanders are sitting senator and its not reality, its what hes saying. This is a guy who went to princeton, harvard. Harvard law. His wife works at goldman sachs. He worked at the Bush Administration of he was in the solicitor generals office. He worked on the bush campaign. Wasnt he the Texas Attorney general . He was a Texas United States senator. Hes now president ial candidate. And the only one on the republican side that holds office in washington, d. C. , and hes the outsider . With that resume, hes obviously a renegade. Hallie jackson can he paint himself as an outsider. Here is his strategy. He wants to say hes an outsider but hes working the rules of insider, delegate strategy, delegate hunting to go into a contested convention. What hes doing is trying to combat Donald Trumps message that the system is messed up, rigged. Thats an easy message for people to understand. Cruz has to explain, well, the rules are the rules. If you get x amount, et cetera, that can be a more difficult or complicated message to understand. People may sometimes hear that, thats the establishment message, insider message. I got appear note about that speech. Brandnew. We havent heard any of that before. Basic le he used barack obama, talk about interesting comparisons, used president obamas yes, we can and switched it and said, yes, we will. Thats become his rallying cry moving forward. This speech was inspirational, tried to hit notes of optimism, very different from the world on fire message he had been putting out maybe a month ago. Hes clearly trying to pivot towards more of a general election message. Well see if it resonates with voters. Let me ask you, what was the mood like around the cruz camp when they knew this thrashing was coming. Admitting they were going to get shut out essentially. I spoke with a campaign aide, results came in. They said, hey, we get it. Youve got to take the this is not an exact quote but the butt whooping that was to come. They are bracing for a rough seven days, eight days narrative wise, momentum wise. They understand they are biding their time, as one aide told me, until they get to western states they think are more favorable. Look where were headed to tuesday. Connecticut, long island, delaware, these are not places seen as a natural fit for ted
cruz and not an expectation they will pick up delegates. In pennsylvania even if he comes in third, they are thinking hell get a couple dozen there, maybe 6 out of maryland. So they are hoping to fix up a handful on tuesday but really focusing on indiana may 3rd. Its where hes headed to adventure a stop in hershey this morning. The stop trump organization, loosely obvious lyre patched together, obviously had a bad night, whats next for them . Do they throw up the white flag or are there till people that think they have a shot at stopping donald trump. I dont think so. I dont think last night fundamentally changes a lot. If you were already looking at the polls you were expecting a donald trump blowout, the same way ted cruz knows next tuesday will be ugly for them as well. That stuff is priced into expectations. What youll probably see is some
of these never trump folks figure out, a, how do you help cruz pickoff delegates in places like pennsylvania or move onto next states, places like indiana tham be much more favorable turf for ted cruz. At this point while its still possible for donald trump to get to 1237, i dont believe its possible to get there before june 7th. Even though last night was a really big victory for donald trump, i dont know that it changes anything. I dont know that it means ted cruz i think somebody said on life support. This is what we always knew would happen. Its come to fruition. Im hearing totally two different stories. He came in third place in important states. Ted cruz has been in third place in the polls in new york for a while. I guess what im trying to say, weve known this was going to be ugly for cruz. Weve known that the northeast is going to be really tough for him. In terms of the delegate math, thats priced into the expectations of can donald trump make it to 1237 or not. Certainly good night for donald trump, cant take that away for him. But in terms of changing momentum or hurting Cruz Campaigns momentum, i dont think his strategy intended for him to get a bunch of delegates out of this week or next week either. Hes mostly going to get pounded next week as well. Is ted cruzs strategy im going to do well in indiana and nebraska but lose states like california, pennsylvania, new york, et cetera. The strategy isnt to lose but pick up some delegates there. California is where it practically gets interesting. You have Congressional District by Congressional District allocation. In new york cruz toyed with the strategy as well. South bronx, let me see if i can pick up delegates in places there arent republicans. A ground game can help me money ball the situation. It didnt work. That comes into question. Can he on june 7th in california use that strategy to try to pick
up delegates if trump does wind up being further ahead. The game is pretty clear here. Kristen is right, to get there it has to go to june 7th. No way before then. Cruz has states like indiana. Particularly three winner take all states in the mountain west, montana, south dakota, nebraska, he can win all those states. Thats a problem. Cruz could win all those. Could win indiana. Unclear what happens there. Dont know what the dynamic will be over the next weeks. If cruz does those things after trump has a good tuesday, you end up getting to california, where we talked about yesterday theres 53 separate elections. There are districts there very strong for kasich. Some districts in Orange County good cruz districts. Is there a way to cobble together just enough delegates to keep trump just short of 1237. Yeah, theres a way for that to
happen. Theres no way for cruz to overtake trump. Theres a way cruz puts it all together, strategically wins the states he can win, wins the Congressional Districts he can win, picks up a few delegates here and there, they might be able to keep trump below 1237. Thats the drama of the next month and a half. Hallie, is that the drama . Reporter the new number for them is 1200. Theres a sense if they can keep donald trump under 1200, the further below the better, they will have a shot at contested convention. They want cruz count if they keep it within several hundred, make the argument headed into contested convention pointing to historical precedent people should after a first ballot, if they can stop trump on first ballot, pledge allegiance to cruz on second ballot. Thats the crux of the argument. Hinges, pinning hopes on going to cleveland, thats why they are focused on delegate hunting strategy now. Hallie jackson, thank you very much. Still ahead on morning joe, much more on results from New York Primary. Nbc political director chuck todd at the table. Plus former governor granholm on Hillary Clintons night. Eugene robinson and tom brock haw join the conversation. Well be right back. If you have allergy congestion muddling through your morning is nothing new. Introducing rhinocort® allergy spray from the makers of zyrtec®. Powerful relief from nasal allergy symptoms, all day and all night. Try new rhinocort® allergy spray. All day and all night. Wrely on the Us Postal Service . Because when they ship with us, their business becomes our business. Thats why we make more ecommerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. Here, there, everywhere. United states Postal Service priority you shoshow me more like this. E. Show me previousl