Ted Cruz, with his wife Heidi, announced the suspension of his campaign in May.
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Meanwhile, Cruz on Thursday spoke to the Texas delegation, where he was repeatedly pressed and declined to endorse – or even commit to voting for – Trump.
“There are a lot of people wondering – what am I doing?” Cruz directly called Trump a “pathological liar”, a “narcissist at a level I don’t think this country’s ever seen”, “a serial philanderer”, a “sniveling coward”, and “utterly amoral”. “I am watching, I am listening”, Cruz said. That including tweeting an unflattering photo of Cruz’s wife and alleging without any firm basis that Cruz’s father, Rafael, was involved in the plot to assassinate President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
He defended his choice amid backlash, saying he’s “not in the habit of supporting people” who attack his wife and father.
Vanquished Republican presidential hopefuls, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Florida Sen.
Ty Turner, an alternate delegate from North Carolina and an early backer of Marco Rubio for president, said he was moved by “Trump reaching out so many people – LGBTQs, the steelworkers, workers in general. I think it’s the best thing he’s got going, and his kids, if you want to know the truth”, Trump said.
Cruz last night urged viewers to “vote your conscience” in November in the presidential race as well as down-ballot races, in what has become a mantra for the Never Trump camp as they vow to fight to keep the House and Senate Republican.
The Trump campaign spent two days denying there was any plagiarism, calling the criticism absurd.
Clinton also poked at the Republican Party’s lack of unity, highlighted by a speech in which Texas Sen. “I am not encouraging anyone to write my name in”.
Adelson is an important figure behind the scenes for the Republican Party.
Put another way: Trump consistently saw bigger average margins relative to the victor or the second-place finisher (depending on whether or not he won) in states in which only registered Republicans could vote than in open-primary states. ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos naturally was curious how Trump planned to top Monday’s smoky rock-star entrance at the convention – or even Wednesday’s Trump Helicopter entrance (on Tuesday, he’d shown up as a large disembodied head on a screen, from Trump Tower, Wizard-of-Oz style).
After her introduction, Trump was suddenly back in the position in which he has far more successful TV experience-as the adjudicator in a position of power, not the aspirant trying to break things. Sure, more Republicans voted for non-Trumps than Trump, but by the time the non-Trumps had all stopped running, Trump started winning majorities in primary contests.
Tyler said that he hopes to hear some personal stories from Ivanka in her speech on Thursday night.
“This is the legacy of Hillary Clinton”, he said in Thurday’s primetime speech.
Kasich has refused to endorse Trump and the governor has refused to go to the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland where the convention was taking place, although he has made public appearances in the area.
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation chief Jens Stoltenberg told the AFP wire service that, while “I will not interfere in the USA election campaign”, he would say that “solidarity among allies is a key value for North Atlantic Treaty Organisation”.
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He said that he had “nothing to do with it” and added that the National Enquirer is “in some ways well respected” and deserved a Pulitzer Prize for exposing former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards’ love affair.
