Trump concluded his speech with the promise he has made the slogan of his campaign: “We will make America great again”. The Texas senator left the stage amidst loud boos that filled the Quicken Loans Arena. Voters are overwhelmingly rejecting the political establishment, and overwhelmingly rejecting big government.
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“We’re writing his political obituary – he’s dead”, Stephen Bannon, executive chairman of Breitbart News, the influential right-wing website that was an early fan of Cruz, said about the Texas senator.
This speech was only a surprise for those who haven’t paid attention to Cruz’s track record.
Where the elder Trump is impulsive and unpredictable, Ivanka exudes composure and deliberateness. That’s a hard thing to come to grips with. Mr Cruz did congratulate Mr Trump but urged delegates to “vote your conscience”, a slogan that has been associated with the Never Trump movement within the party. “He uses very colorful language, I’ll let him speak for himself”, said Spicer.
She quickly became a go-to key surrogate for the campaign, widely seen as poised and polished – with the unique ability to smooth out some of her father’s rough edges, vouching for him in personal ways.
But in a nod to a broader swath of Americans, he vowed to protect gays and lesbians from violence and oppression, and said he would ensure that young people in predominantly black cities “have as much of a right to live out their dreams as any other child in America”. “He’ll give a sign of where he is on Donald Trump that will be pleasing to the Trump campaign and to Republicans”. Ted Cruz (R-TX) today after his speech to the RNC in which he did not endorse Donald Trump.
Trump said he’ll negotiate deals with individual countries, rather than complex agreements involving many nations.
On Wednesday, leading Republicans filling out the primetime lineup sent mixed messages to delegates and television viewers alike.
Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for president, d eclaring America in crisis and promising its people they will be safer and richer if he is elected in November. Others, such as Florida Sen.
He refused to say whether he would vote for Mr Trump, who dubbed him a liar and attacked his family during the primary campaign, although he did say he would not vote for the Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton.
But instead of endorsing Trump by name, Cruz called on voters to not stay home in November.
“What does it say when you stand up and say, “Vote your conscience, ‘ and rabid supporters of our nominee begin screaming, ‘What a awful thing to say”?” Of Cruz, he said, “in a backhanded way” the Texas senator helped show how unified the convention hall was. The Indiana governor delivered a disciplined speech that tried to bridge gaps in the party and appeal directly to conservatives, some of whom are wary of Trump. Trump accepts the Republican nomination The 70-year-old celebrity businessman’s acceptance of the Republican nomination caps his improbable takeover of the GOP, a party that plunges into the general election united in opposition to Clinton but still divided over Trump.
Speaking at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ivanka Trump said her father had made great sacrifices to enter the race as a political outsider up against 16 competitors.
There are valid criticisms of Cruz’s behavior with respect to Trump. As Gov. Scott Walker said, “Even though Donald Trump wasn’t my first pick, as I said, anyone is better than Hillary”.
This, a Trump top aide remarked, is now the “party of Trump”. Just as the Melania plagiarism controversy fades out, Cruz’s non-endorsement takes its place.
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It fell to Gingrich, who Trump considered naming as his running mate, to try to disarm the tension in the crowd. Nor did he ask his supporters, hundreds of whom encouraged him to run for president in four years at an event on Wednesday afternoon, to vote for the newly minted Republican nominee. “Don’t come out on stage if you don’t want to be supportive”, Trump’s son, Eric Trump, told NBC News Thursday morning.
