After Texas Sen.Ted Cruz failed to endorse Trump during his convention speech Wednesday night, chaos ensued on the convention floor, with backlash coming hard against the senator from the Lone Star State.
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A former U.S. Senator inside the Adelson’s luxury box at the Quicken Loans arena told Independent Journal Review that Cruz approached the suite after he finished his speech that fell short of endorsing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
During his speech, Cruz briefly congratulated Trump on obtaining the party’s nomination, but avoided mentioning his name any further.
“The Adelsons are friendly with Senator Cruz, and whatever their feelings about his speech tonight, that friendship remains intact”, said Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, a friend of Sheldon and Miriam Adelson who was in the suite at the time.
Throngs erupted in loud boos and interrupted Cruz with chants demanding that he back Trump, but Cruz, who engaged in a bare-knuckles primary war with Trump, refused to cave.
“Turns out Ted Cruz’s partner, Carly Fiorina, had a more graceful exit from the political stage than he had”.
According to BuzzfeedNews, Cruz told Trump directly there would be no endorsement and when Cruz adviser Jason Johnson was asked how Trump took the news, he said, “Not going there”.
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“Today is the Ted Cruz I’ve know, unfortunately”.
