Donald Trump called The Wall Street Journal/NBC poll placing Ted Cruz in the Republican lead with 28 percent support to Trump’s 26 percent “a total joke,” reveling instead in a CBS News poll released Thursday showing Trump leading Cruz with 35 percent support to Cruz’s 17 percent, reports The Hill. The new poll also notes that John Kasich’s support shot up to 11 percent, challenging Marco Rubio’s third-place position at 12 percent, according to CBS.

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