By Michele Dargan | Daily News Staff Writer
Palm Beacher Toni Holt Kramer doesn’t believe that Donald Trump’s recent comments about abortion was a key factor of his loss in Wisconsin’s Republican primary Tuesday to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
“I think the issue in Wisconsin was unequivocally and without a doubt the endorsement by the governor, not the abortion issue,” Kramer said.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker endorsed Cruz over Trump.
“When the governor of Wisconsin endorses a candidate — and he has a lot of backing, the people really like him — when they have that much faith in their governor, I think they do whatever he recommends,” said Kramer, president of the Trumpettes, a nationwide women’s group that supports Trump.
Cruz beat Trump 48 to 35 percent with Ohio Gov. John Kasich receiving 14 percent of the vote.
On the Democratic side, socialist Bernie Sanders beat front-runner Hillary Clinton 56.5 to 43 percent.
Trump initially said that if abortion was outlawed there should be “some form of punishment” for the woman has drawn scrutiny from women, abortion-rights advocates and even some Republicans.