Donald Trump went on a Twitter tear over a Wall Street Journal's editorial criticizing his claim that a plurality of delegates is enough to assure him the GOP nomination — and for reporting Hillary Clinton's primary votes exceed his own.
The GOP front-runner took to his favorite social media platform Thursday to deride the editorial board as "dummies," and to demand an apology.
In its
Wednesday night post, the Journal scolded Trump for suggesting he's entitled to the Republican nomination even if he doesn't reach a delegate majority,
warning there'd be "riots" if he were denied the nod in that case.
"A GOP convention can't steal something Mr. Trump doesn't own," the Journal editorial states. "Since 1860 the rules have required a candidate to have a delegate majority to win on the first ballot — not a mere plurality. If a candidate fails, the rules allow delegates to support someone else. If Mr. Trump can't win a majority of Republicans, he can't win a majority of Americans in November."
The editorial added: "By the way, Hillary Clinton's primary vote total so far is 8,646,551, according to the Real Clear Politics count. Mr. Trump's is 7,533,692."
The assertion provoked a pair of furious replies.
Trump then added for good measure:
Politico notes Trump has taken on the Journal editorial board before, including in November when
the newspaper critiqued Trump's trade positions during a debate.
Trump quickly responded with a tweet-blast calling the opinion piece "totally incorrect," and calling for them to review his remarks and "apologize."
He also slammed the newspaper in February for its
cosponsored poll that showed him slipping behind rival Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, telling
Breitbart News Daily the survey was a "Rupert Murdoch hit," and "a fix."
The Journal is owned by Murdoch.
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