Trump compares Kasich to ‘spoiled brat’

Donald Trump on Monday evening likened Republican presidential rival John Kasich to a “spoiled brat” for staying in the GOP race on the eve of voting in five states.

“Here’s a guy that just says, ‘I’m going to stay.’ Like if you have a child who’s a spoiled brat, where they go, ‘I don’t care daddy! Get out of the room, daddy. I don’t care.’ This is like a spoiled guy,” Trump said during a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 

Trump said former GOP rivals Ben Carson, Chris Christie and Marco Rubio all “did better” than Kasich but dropped out of the Republican race after realizing they couldn’t win the nomination.

Kasich and fellow candidate Ted Cruz are working together to keep Trump below the 1,237 delegate threshold needed to lock up the nomination before the Republican National Convention in July, where would then attempt to wrestle the nomination away on subsequent balloting.

Kasich and Cruz’s campaigns announced Sunday a coordinated effort to deny Trump delegates in several upcoming states that will hold voting, a plan Trump has dismissed as “collusion” and “sad.”

Trump on Monday evening suggested that “both drop out of the race” in order to “unify the Republican Party.”

“I’m going to win on the first ballot,” Trump insisted, referring to the convention.

Trump also continued to mock the eating habits of Kasich after his campaign fired back earlier in the day by sharing an unflattering image of Trump eating, referencing his failed Trump Steaks business venture.

“This is not a presidential person,” Trump said, mimicking the Ohio governor attempting to put too much food in his mouth. He also jabbed at Ted Cruz, calling him a “choker.”

Pennsylvania is the top delegate prize among the five states holding contests on Tuesday. Trump urged high turnout from his supporters in the Keystone State, while referencing polls showing him ahead there, adding, “Don’t let it fool you.”

Voters in Maryland, Connecticut, Delaware and will also head to the polls Tuesday.

Trump is attempting to defend his path to the GOP nomination while eyeing a potential shift toward the general election, contrasting his proposals on immigration from Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and portraying himself as tougher on foreign affairs than President Obama.

“We have a tremendously divided country. Everybody is at odds,” Trump said during a riff against Obama while attempting to brandish his own popularity among voting groups.

“Youth — African-American youth — has a 59 percent rate of unemployment. You look at African-American people, it’s substantially higher,” Trump said. 

“There is tremendous division because Obama is a tremendous divider. He divides. And he’s done nothing for African-American people, I will tell you that,” Trump said, adding, “I’m going to win the African-America vote”

“We’ve got Lyin’ Ted and Crooked Hillary,” Trump said, using his monikers for Cruz and for the Democratic front-runner, Hillary Clinton. “There’s no way we don’t win this whole thing and turn this country around.”