Quick Take: Kasich Out, Trump Apparent Nominee

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🗓️ 4 May 2016

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Donald Trump's grip on the nomination gets tighter as Ohio Governor John Kasich also suspends his campaign following a loss in the Indiana primary. Campaign reporter Scott Detrow, political editor Domenico Montanaro, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson talk it out. More coverage at nprpolitics.org. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast.
0:05.7	Didn't think we'd be back so soon, but this afternoon news broke that John Kasich is dropping
0:10.7	out of the race.
0:12.2	Ted Cruz dropped out last night, and that just leaves Donald Trump.
0:16.0	So we're going to talk about that for just a minute.
0:18.2	We'll have much more on a crazy week in politics in tomorrow's roundup.
0:22.1	I'm Scott Detro, campaign reporter.
0:23.7	I'm Dominican Montenoro, political editor.
0:25.7	And I'm Mara Laias and National Political Correspondent.
0:28.3	So Mara, this is it.
0:29.3	Donald Trump is the last man standing on the Republican side.
0:32.9	He's not just the last man standing.
0:34.5	He vanquished all of his foes.
0:36.9	He subdued the GOP establishment, and he really triumphed.
0:41.6	He won Indiana, and then Kasich and Cruz dropped out.
0:45.4	And now the Republican establishment is trying to get their minds wrapped around someone
0:49.2	they had once considered unimaginable is actually the apparent nominee of the Republican
0:53.7	party.
0:54.7	And it's apparent and literally de facto because there's no one left.
0:59.9	It's just Donald Trump still standing.
1:01.5	I mean, who would have thought that a year and a half ago?
1:03.8	There's no way.
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