After complaining in general terms about talk of a “revolt” against him, Trump later suggested that Bush was involved in an opposing “movement” and that another well-known Republican was also plotting against him.
“By the way, Jeb is working on the movement, just so you understand. I love competition like that. I love it,” said Trump. He added: “And the other one should be obvious to you, but we’ll figure that out very easily.”…
“There’s a little movement. And I just heard today where it’s coming from. It’s coming from people that have been badly defeated,” said Trump. At another point, he cited “a couple of guys who were badly defeated” who are “trying to organize maybe like a little bit of a delegate revolt.”
While he did not spell out who was the second person he was talking about, Trump at one point appeared to take an indirect swipe at Cruz, who was effectively the runner-up to the real estate mogul in the primary race. He attacked Republicans who said he could not clinch the necessary delegates to win the nomination, adding: “One of the people, who probably hasn’t quite given up yet … was trying to buy up all of the second ballot people.” As a candidate, Cruz made an effort to woo convention delegates to support him in a scenario in which the convention was not decided on the first ballot.
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