Before he dropped out of the GOP presidential race last week, clearing the way for Trump to become the presumptive nominee, the Texas senator suggested that executives at Fox News gave Trump wall-to-wall coverage to support his candidacy.
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GOP leaders such as McConnell of Kentucky and Sen.
Yeah, there were more than a few “elephants” in the room at the Kay Bailey where the Texas GOP Convention got underway Thursday morning.
Robert Stovall, the chairman of the Bexar County Republican Party, is a delegate who originally supported Cruz for president.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is vowing to help defend North Carolina’s law on transgender restrooms – and hinting that a similar measure could be coming soon to his state. That could be because the freshman senator has frustrated and angered many of his colleagues by forcing weekend votes, overnight sessions and a high-profile shutdown of the government that many Republicans believe hurt their party. Fiorina was selected as the speaker before she was tapped as Cruz’s vice presidential candidate, but her comments have not been vetted yet.
He also denounced democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, saying, “No seat should be filled by Hillary”.
Paul Ryan wants some assurances for himself when he meets Donald Trump on Thursday. He focused most of his attention on his biggest rivals: “low energy” Jeb Bush, “Lyin’ Ted” Cruz and “Lil Marco” Rubio. “Cruz has tremendous support in the state, so they’re not there to rub anybody’s noses in it”. He never mentioned Trump or his father, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a frequent target of Trump during the Republican primary season.
Clinton backs D.C. statehood: Hillary Clinton says she’ll be a “vocal champion” for statehood for the District of Columbia if elected president.
The polling in the upcoming in primary showed Trump leading Cruz by over 15 percentage points in spite of Cruz’s so-called appeal to Indiana’s Christian right.
“Thank you for the outpouring of love we have received this week”, he told the delegates. “The conservative movement is strong and thriving”.
Trump is reportedly also sending representatives to the eight state conventions, which include, in addition to Texas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Nevada, Arkansas, Florida, Wisconsin and Mississippi.
“I am ready to make a big announcement tonight”.
Sen. Ted Cruz says he wants another term in the Senate.
More than 10,000 people, passionate Republicans, were expected to attend the three-day event to discuss how to shape the future of the party. “But they typically understand the importance of going to the ballot”, De Vara said. “We are united in who we are against, but I think we need to be united by who we are and what we stand for”.
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“I am, if I’m so fortunate enough to be the nominee, looking forward to debating Donald Trump come the fall”. “I’d rather have a conversation in person than through the media”.
