Trump warns Republicans against move to stop him

Math and momentum on his side, an emboldened Donald Trump offered himself as the inevitable Republican presidential nominee and called on Republican leaders to embrace the voters’ “tremendous fervour” for his candidacy. If Republican leaders try to deny him the nomination at a contested convention when he is leading the delegate count, Trump warned, “You’d have riots.”

Trump, who padded his delegate lead, predicted he’d amass enough support to snag the nomination outright before the Republican convention — without much difficulty, in fact — and added that “there’s going to be a tremendous problem” if the Republican establishment tries to oust him at the convention.

Democrat Hillary Clinton, eager for a November matchup against Trump, took direct aim at him after strengthening her position against rival Bernie Sanders with another batch of primary victories of her own.