“Wow, Ted Cruz got booed off the stage, didn’t honor the pledge!” It could pay off with Republicans winning the White House, or the IN governor could be so badly bruised that his political career would falter.
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Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s campaign chair, claimed that the wife of the Republican nominee “never cribbed from another speech”, while the chief strategist for the Republican National Committee, Sean Spicer, argued that the phrases in question were “common”.
Eric Trump was speaking to the convention, but Huizenga and Coppa weren’t paying attention. “But this week, with this united party, he’s got back up and on November 8 I know we will elect Trump to be the 45th president of the United States”. Over the phone, she read me some passages from Mrs. Obama’s speech as examples.
The drama did not prevent Trump’s vice presidential running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, from receiving a raucous welcome inside the convention hall.
Pence delivered a warm, but low-key, acceptance speech suggesting he is the boring half of the Trump-Pence ticket.
Conspiring with the Republican National Committee on rules, crushing any dissent and generally being so petty that a state delegation refused to accept the roll call vote, causing an hour delay in proceedings? The businessman has called the senator “Lyin’ Ted” and the senator branded Trump a “pathological liar” and “serial philanderer”.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich spoke after Cruz and tried to give him some cover.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio spoke via video and spent most of his speech slamming Clinton, but he did say that unlike the presumptive Democratic nominee, Trump would enact conservative policy reforms and appoint conservative judges.
But making a joint appearance at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland Ohio this week, Trump took the awkwardness to a whole new level with an air kiss. No harm was meant.
Cruz finished second to Trump in the delegate count and the two were bitter rivals during the primary campaign.
Eileen Collins, a former astronaut and the first female commander of a space shuttle flight, was supposed to end her speech with, “We need leadership that will make America first again”.
“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”, she said.
As president, Trump said he would defend an ally against Russian aggression only after first ensuring that the allies had met their obligations to the U.S. “Let’s resolve Hillary Clinton will never become President of the United States of America”, he said, later branding her the “Secretary of the Status Quo”. Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey told CNN that Cruz was “selfish”.
The choreography said it would be the climax of a night of swelling and harmonious praise of Donald Trump. “There are still a lot of people at the convention and within the party who are not sure where he’s going to stand”. It was the most turbulent protest since the four-day convention began Monday.
The episode was tough to watch for Vanila Singh, a Woodside resident who had been a Cruz delegate before joining Trump’s slate.
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A few speeches earlier in the night, Texas Senator Ted Cruz had upstaged Mr Pence by pointedly refusing to endorse Mr Trump for president, enraging many delegates by telling them to “vote their conscience” instead.
