Rubio, Cruz, Kasich pledge to back GOP nominee, 'even if the nominee is Donald J. Trump'

All the GOP candidates pledge to back Donald Trump if he's the nominee
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The final question at the Fox News debate on Thursday night was whether Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and John Kasich would pledge to support the eventual Republican presidential nominee, "even if the nominee is Donald J. Trump." None of the three was willing to join the #NeverTrump movement, each saying he would support Trump, for slightly different reasons. Rubio said Trump would be preferable to Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, Cruz said that he is a man of his word and he'd already pledged to support the nominee, and Kasich started out with a joke: "I sort of think, when all is said and done, I will be the nominee." But he would back Trump, even though "sometimes he makes it a little bit hard."

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.