Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, but that doesn’t mean he’s stopped taking issue with those candidates who ran against him.
During a speech in New York recently, Trump said former presidential candidates Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio "had it set so that the winner takes everything, because they wanted to make sure that I didn’t get anything" in the Florida primary.
PolitiFact Florida heard the statement and gave it a FALSE rating.
PolitiFact writer Josh Gillin said that’s because there’s nothing to support his claim. However, his claim is related to a move by the Florida Legislature to change the date of the primary.
“Go back to February 2015 when the bill to set this for March 15, 2016 actually came in and it was passed. It was signed into law in March of 2015,” Gillin said. “And the thing about that is Trump didn’t even say that he was going to run until July.”
For that reason, Trump’s claim received a FALSE rating.
SOURCES: Trump says Bush, Rubio tried to withhold delgates
- YouTube, Donald Trump speech in Rome, New York, April 12, 2016
- Florida Senate, SB7036, Signed by Gov. Rick Scott on March 19, 2015
- Republican Party of Florida, Press release, May 16, 2015
- Real Clear Politics, 2016 Republican presidential nomination, Polls between 2015-16
- Politico, "Florida quietly sets up an epic 2016 primary clash," May 18, 2016
- Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times, "GOP ready to set March 15, 2016, as Fla.'s presidential primary," Feb. 19, 2015
- Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times, "In Marco Rubio vs. Jeb Bush fight, will other GOP candidates compete in Florida's March 15 primary?" May 31, 2015
- Interview, Kristy Campbell, Jeb Bush spokeswoman, April 13, 2016
- Interview, Sen. Garrett Richter, R-Naples, April 13, 3016
- Interview, Wadi Gaitan, spokesman for Republican Party of Florida, April 14, 2016
- Interview, Joe Gruters, Donald Trump Florida co-chair, April 14, 2016