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“He didn’t ask me to endorse and, indeed, three days ago I talked on the phone with him and told him, ‘I’m not going to endorse you, ‘” Cruz said, defending his non-endorsement speech.
“Wow, Ted Cruz got booed off the stage, didn’t honor the pledge!”
Trump’s roller-coaster campaign defeated 16 rivals and steamrolled stubborn party opposition after being written off as a joke, the real estate tycoon having never held elected office. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who not only refused to endorse the Republican nominee during his speech, but also encouraged attendees to vote their conscience. Ted Cruz’s home state, looked shellshocked in the concourse of the Quicken Loans Arena Wednesday night.
Indeed there wasn’t-and the crowd could sense it, with reports claiming that officials had to be physically prevented from going after Cruz following his speech.
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Mr Trump’s son, Eric Trump, told the audience his father won a record almost 15 million votes in the Republican primary, to make history and defy the predictions of political pundits. Make no mistake, we can’t wait four more years and get ’em next time.
In an interview with the New York Times Wednesday, he raised anew questions about whether, as president, he would come to a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ally’s defense if it were attacked, saying it would depend “if they fulfill their commitments to us”.
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“I was very disappointed that he did not endorse Trump”, Gary Inmon, who lives near San Antonio, said.
Still, Trump’s campaign invited Cruz to speak – as a headliner, no less.
And when Donald Trump does his talking, he doesn’t tiptoe around 1,000 new rules of political correctness. “I’m a Ted Cruz delegate, but I was really glad to see that Donald Trump was trying to unify the party by reaching out and finding someone from the conservative wing of the party”. A lot of people are wondering.
Manafort: Because we had to move him there in time for Eric, and Eric was the next speaker so the logistics would have been hard to do. “People understand this. That’s why they came out in unprecedented numbers all across America and voted for Mr. Trump”.
“I asked to put out this statement because I did not like seeing the way this was distracting from Mr. Trump’s historic campaign for president and Melania’s attractive message and presentation, ” McIver said.
Reporter: Do you think Sen.
Cruz’s hedging could provide a reminder of how Trump’s polarizing, unpredictable bid for the nomination has alienated Republicans both on the right and in the center.
Senator Ted Cruz embraces his father, Rafael Cruz and wife Heidi Cruz after speaking at a campaign event in Indianapolis in May. In her statement taking responsibility for the mistake, Ms McIver said she had tendered her resignation to the Republican presidential nominee and his family, but that they had rejected it.
And then Trump, 70, himself appeared, making his entrance to the convention hall near the end of Cruz’s speech, applauding Cruz’s remarks but, by his appearance, drawing attention away from his former rival.
Reporter: Did you all do anything to foster that booing?
“I don’t think he has the temperament to be the president of the United States”, said North Carolina delegate William Gillis, referring to a major talking point now adopted by Democrats.
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Reporter: That’s a pretty big smile, sir.
