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AP Photo Trump: Cruz and Kasich should get out

Donald Trump ratcheted up the pressure on Ted Cruz to drop out of the running for the Republican nomination on Thursday, firing off a tweet suggesting that the Texas senator heed his own advice.

"Senator Ted Cruz has been MATHEMATICALLY ELIMINATED from race. He said [John] Kasich should get out for same reason. I think both should get out!" Trump tweeted Thursday morning, minutes before taking to NBC's "Today" show for an interview with his family and a town hall event.

Trump referred to Cruz as "senator" in this tweet, as he called him during his Tuesday night speech following his blowout victory in the New York primary. But on Wednesday afternoon, Trump returned to using his "Lyin' Ted" moniker.

Trump's attorney and surrogate Michael Cohen pressed the candidate's case on CNN's "New Day," remarking that for Cruz, "it's not a bad thing" that he finished as "first runner-up" in a field that began with 17 candidates.

"That's great. Now it's time to get out, coalesce, stop the nonsense, let the people's will be the people's will, not the delegates' will, the people's and let Mr. Trump end up being the nominee," Cohen said. "Let him be the nominee, because when he's the president they're all going to have to work together and stop all the nonsense."

Cruz has indeed been mathematically eliminated from securing the necessary 1,237 delegates before the Republican National Convention, according to an analysis published by The Associated Press on Wednesday. When Kasich was eliminated in the same way following the March 15 primaries, Cruz suggested that the Ohio governor drop out so that the primary could become a two-man race.

“Every day John Kasich stays in the race benefits Donald Trump," Cruz said on March 16.