Ted Cruz was wrapping up his GOP convention speech without endorsing Donald Trump for president, the boos in the hall grew so loud they virtually blew the Texan off the stage.
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A Trump organization staffer has come forward to say she was responsible for the undeniable similarities between Melania Trump’s speech at the 2016 Republican National Convention and first lady Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech at the Democratic National Convention, calling the plagiarism an innocent mistake. The Texas Republican congratulated Trump on the honor of winning the nomination and urged all listening, “please don’t stay home in November”. “Stand up and speak, and vote your conscience, vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom”.
The incident, as well as an earlier unsuccessful effort by Cruz supporters, including former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan, and others to unbind the delegates was evidence that Trump has yet to unify the party behind his candidacy.
Richard Morgan of Dallas said he’s unsure whether he will vote for Trump in November, in large part due to how his supporters have treated Cruz allies this week in Cleveland. Melania Trump had selected some of Michelle Obama’s speech as an example.
“I think you misunderstood one paragraph that Ted Cruz, who is a superb orator, said”.
Cruz has been accused of “snubbing” Trump during his speech, after finishing in second place in the primaries.
“If you want to protect Constitution”, Gingrich said as the crowd caught on quickly to what the former presidential candidate was trying to do.
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The speech from the ex-model, watched by millions on television on Monday night, amounted to a nightmarish start for the convention and subjected her husband’s presidential campaign to withering scrutiny.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, exchanged personal insults with Trump before suspending his campaign, and skipped the convention to remain in Florida, where he’s running for reelection.
Then, he said only about 50 or so words were suspicious, according to the New York Times, “And that includes “ands” and “thes” and things like that”, Manafort said.
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Pence was introduced by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, who was the vice presidential candidate at the 2012 Republican National Convention. Up until the end, Cruz’s speech was well-received and even seemed borderline magnanimous.
