He has returned to Washington after suspending his campaign for president.
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Political Reporter Julie Fine asked him how he can work with the senate after branding himself an outsider for the campaign. I believe the American people are fed up with the disasters of the Obama-Clinton economy.
Sen. Ted Cruz told supporters on a conference call on Monday night that he will not contest Donald Trump’s nomination at the Republican convention, but will seek to use his delegates to influence the party platform.
“With Nebraskans voting the week after he exited the campaign, Cruz says he isn’t holding his breath about winning the primary, with his name still on the ballot”. If circumstances change, we’ll always assess changed circumstances, but I appreciate the eagerness and excitement of all the folks in the media to see me back in the ring. But Tuesday, he didn’t complete shut the door on 2016. But if Nebraska ever was a Cruz state, it stopped being one the moment he dropped out as GOP voters instead flocked to the party’s presumptive nominee. “Of course, if that changed, we would reconsider”. “You may have to wait a little bit longer”.
In an email over the weekend to convention delegates backing Cruz, Ken Cuccinelli – a top adviser in the Texas senator’s campaign – urged delegates to fight in Cleveland for “the conservative values that Ted Cruz embodies”.
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“There are probably some who hope Trump will stick his foot in his mouth or some scandal will come out and that they’ll be able to rally everybody at that point, but at this point there’s really nothing they can do” to block his nomination, said Jason Osborne, a GOP consultant.
