Trump adviser says Republicans won't have contested convention WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump’s new top political strategist predicted on Friday the Republican presidential front-runner would amass the 1,237 delegates needed to clinch his party’s nomination well before the Republican National Convention in July. Veteran campaign tactician Paul Manafort was chosen by Trump on Thursday to oversee a fractious nomination process that many Republicans expect may not yield a clear winner before the convention. Manafort said on CNN’s “New Day” program that rival Ted Cruz, the U.S. senator from Texas, will not be able to dent Trump’s delegate lead before California’s June 7 primary. “The reality is: Ted Cruz has seen his best day,” Manafort said. “The reality is: this convention process will be over with sometime in June, probably June 7, and it’ll be apparent to the world that Trump is over that 1,237 number.” Trump has been uncharacteristically quiet on social media after his double-digit loss to Cruz in the Wisconsin primary on Tuesday, which followed a series of missteps on the campaign trail including his statement, later recanted, advocating punishment for women who have illegal abortions. In elevating Manafort, Trump said he would add more staff before the convention in an expansion of his campaign team beyond the close-knit group of advisers who have been at his side since he jumped into the presidential race last June. “People that I know that want to get involved and wanted to before but didn’t have a way in,” Manafort said.  The next presidential nominating contests before the Nov. 8 election include a number in East Coast states seen as more fertile ground for the real estate tycoon, including in his native New York on April 19. Manafort cited Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland as states where Trump would do well. “By the time we get to California the momentum is going be very clear and Ted Cruz’ path to victory is going to be in shambles,” he said. Cruz, appearing on the CNN program earlier, said he had a clear path to 1,237 delegates. “It’s difficult. We’ve got to win and we’ve got to win consistently,” Cruz said. “He’s right. He has to win,” Manafort said. politicsNews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Trump adviser says Republicans won't have contested convention WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump’s new top political strategist predicted on Friday the Republican presidential front-runner would amass the 1,237 delegates needed to clinch his party’s nomination well before the Republican National Convention in July. Veteran campaign tactician Paul Manafort was chosen by Trump on Thursday to oversee a fractious nomination process that many Republicans expect may not yield a clear winner before the convention. Manafort said on CNN’s “New Day” program that rival Ted Cruz, the U.S. senator from Texas, will not be able to dent Trump’s delegate lead before California’s June 7 primary. “The reality is: Ted Cruz has seen his best day,” Manafort said. “The reality is: this convention process will be over with sometime in June, probably June 7, and it’ll be apparent to the world that Trump is over that 1,237 number.” Trump has been uncharacteristically quiet on social media after his double-digit loss to Cruz in the Wisconsin primary on Tuesday, which followed a series of missteps on the campaign trail including his statement, later recanted, advocating punishment for women who have illegal abortions. In elevating Manafort, Trump said he would add more staff before the convention in an expansion of his campaign team beyond the close-knit group of advisers who have been at his side since he jumped into the presidential race last June. “People that I know that want to get involved and wanted to before but didn’t have a way in,” Manafort said.  The next presidential nominating contests before the Nov. 8 election include a number in East Coast states seen as more fertile ground for the real estate tycoon, including in his native New York on April 19. Manafort cited Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland as states where Trump would do well. “By the time we get to California the momentum is going be very clear and Ted Cruz’ path to victory is going to be in shambles,” he said. Cruz, appearing on the CNN program earlier, said he had a clear path to 1,237 delegates. “It’s difficult. We’ve got to win and we’ve got to win consistently,” Cruz said. “He’s right. He has to win,” Manafort said. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: trump adviser says republicans wo contested convention washington reuters donald trump new top political strategist predicted friday republican presidential would mass delegates needed clinch party nomination well republican national convention july veteran campaign tactical paul manafort chosen trump thursday oversee fractions nomination process many republicans expect may yield clear winner convention manafort said cnn new day program rival ted cruz senator texas able dent trump delegate lead california june primary the reality ted cruz seen best day manafort said the reality convention process sometime june probably june apparent world trump trump characteristically quiet social media loss cruz wisconsin primary tuesday followed series misses campaign trail including statement later related advocating punishment women illegal abortions in elevating manafort trump said would add staff convention expansion campaign team beyond group advisers side since jumped presidential race last june people i know want get involved wanted way manafort said the next presidential nominating contests election include number east coast states seen fertile ground real estate tycoon including native new york april manafort cited pennsylvania new jersey connecticut maryland states trump would well by time get california momentum going clear ted cruz path victory going samples said cruz appearing cnn program earlier said clear path delegates it difficult we got win got win consistently cruz said he right he win manafort said politicsnews