Ted Cruz was booed off the Republican National Convention stage after not endorsing Donald Trump. On Monday, chaos erupted when Trump opponents inside his party stormed out of the room and others chanted to vent frustration over a failed attempt to force a vote in opposition to Trump.
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Undercutting calls for Republican unity, Texas Sen. Cruz said Trump was a “pathological liar”. The decision was sure to spark a new round of second guessing about the campaign’s management of the convention and preparedness for a bruising general election against Democrat Hillary Clinton.
“I apologise for the confusion and hysteria my mistake has caused”, said McIver, who was identified as an in-house staff writer from the Trump Organisation.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told the crowd scandal follows Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton “like flies”.
Cruz vowed not to say anything negative against Trump going forward.
Trump, the real estate mogul and reality television star, secured the GOP mantle Tuesday night in a roll call vote that officially brought the outsider into the heart of American politics. “And when Donald Trump does his talking, he doesn’t tiptoe around the thousand new rules of political correctness”.
Trump received 1,725 delegates to 475 for Cruz, 120 for Ohio Gov. John Kasich, 113 for Florida Sen.
The Trump-Pence ticket was off to an awkward start, with some Republicans whispering that the businessman was gripped by last-minute doubts about his pick. A person she has always liked is Michelle Obama.
Some in the crowd jeered the officers, yelling, “Blue lives murder!”
The stunning political theater between the top two contenders in the Republican primary race blew open divisions in the party that the convention is created to heal, and suggested Cruz believes Trump will lose in November.
Two of Trump’s children testified to his character.
“I would have bet you $10,000 that no way Trump would have been the nominee a year ago”, Kyle Kilgore, a 22-year-old delegate from Virginia said on the convention floor.
Clinton said the first day of the Republican gathering had been “surreal”, comparing it to the classic fantasy film “Wizard of Oz”.
A convention source had told NPR’s Domenico Montanaro before Cruz’s speech that the campaign expected “severe blowback” when the Texas senator withheld a Trump endorsement, and the whole drama that ensued seemed to be orchestrated to embarrass Cruz, who sounded for most of his speech like he was kicking off his 2020 presidential campaign. “Donald Trump is the man for that job”. “Chip in now to make sure he never steps foot in the Oval Office”. She also made reference to Melania Trump’s “beautiful message”. The boos stopped, however, once Trump entered the convention hall and joined members of his family in the VIP section of the convention hall for the night’s remaining speeches.
The Trump campaign has denied accusations of plagiarism, saying the similarities were coincidence.
Police took about a dozen people into custody today evening as scuffles broke out during a flag-burning protest in the streets outside the Republican National Convention.
The Indiana governor will give a prime-time address Wednesday that will allow him to reintroduce himself to the nation after a somewhat awkward event Saturday when he was presented as Trump’s running mate.
“Trump, for his part, thanked Walker for his speech Wednesday night in a tweet, mentioning “@ScottWalker” in the social media post.
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Trump, who will address the convention Thursday night, cheered on the night’s proceedings via Twitter.
