The Texan senator finished a distant second to Mr Trump in the race for the nomination after a bitter and personal campaign, and mentioned the nominee only once in his speech, at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland – and that was to congratulate him on winning the nomination. That wasn’t the Trump who showed up in Cleveland. The candidate’s son called the performance “silly” and inappropriate.
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Utah’s 40 delegates – committed to Texas Sen.
Delegate Rey Gonzalez of San Benito said that before the speech, he wanted Trump to convince him that he would unify the party and reach out to people that didn’t support him, especially those who backed Cruz.
“And that pledge was not a blanket commitment that, if you go and slander and attack Heidi, that I’m going to nonetheless come like a servile puppy dog and say thank you very much for maligning my wife and my father”, he added.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has officially accepted his party’s backing to take on presumptive rival Hillary Clinton.
The question for her now is whether to fight for a party she feels might be lost. His stand, however, could prove prescient depending on the outcome of the November election and the reaction of grass-roots GOP voters. “He’s politically dead”, said B.J. Van Gundy, a longtime GOP activist in Georgia.
Cruz was then put on the hot seat at a Texas delegation breakfast Thursday morning where some of his constituents angrily pressed him over his refusal to back Trump. “They were already in the process of distracting from Cruz”.
“I know that many things were said during the campaign, ugly things”, Zamora said. “This woman I’ve been saying for some time is the greatest asset Donald trump has”. It’s not even about Hillary Clinton.
He notably vowed to protect the Lesbian, Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer community following an attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando that was the worst terror attack on American soil since September 11, 2001.
The speechwriter, Meredith McIver, said Mrs. Trump had read excerpts of Mrs. Obama’s speech to her as examples of things she liked.
He also criticized the angry reaction from the convention floor.
But now that Donald Trump has the nomination, Ehlen is upset that Cruz is opting against an endorsement.
Reaction to Cruz was swift.
During their contentious primary campaign, Cruz said Trump is not a true conservative, and he repeatedly stressed the NY businessman’s long-time association with Democrats.
Herbert, a close friend of Trump’s running mate, the governor of IN, told the New York Times he supports the ticket.
“Senator Cruz, a strict constitutionalist, chose not to accept the strict terms of the pledge that he signed”, Manafort told reporters. “So as far as the contract was concerned, he was the one in violation, not anybody else”.
“It’s going to be a really important speech because it’s part of the reintroduction of Donald Trump”, said Lanhee Chen, a Hoover Institution scholar and former aide to 2012 nominee Mitt Romney.
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“And to those listening, please, don’t stay home in November”, Cruz said. “The standard that I apply is, which candidate do I trust to defend the Constitution?” said Cruz.
