Ted Cruz, who suspended his presidential campaign last week, said Wednesday he will definitely run for re-election when his term is up in 2018.
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Cruz suspended his campaign after losing in the in primary election, getting 36.6% of the vote, while Donald Trump got 53.3% of the vote, resulting in Trump getting all 57 delegates.
Cruz still controls a large bloc of delegates to the GOP convention and has the support of many movement conservatives, and declined to say whether they should jojn with Trump, as Republican Party leaders have been urging, or fight the presumptive nominee.
“We went 13 months criss-crossing the country and saw incredible energy and incredible passion across the country”, said Cruz.
Fortuno mentioned that he was not aware whether Rubio knew that his name was coming up as a potential running mate for Trump at the meetings.
“When conservatives are divided, we are a lot less effective”, Cruz told Beck. It was just divided in the 2016 race, leaving an opening for the celebrity nativist, Mr. Trump. The “path to victory” for Cruz, and other suspended campaigns, is unlikely.
“Listen, there’s time for recriminations, and everyone who is responsible for the rise of Donald Trump, they will bear that responsibility going forward”, Cruz told Houston radio host Michael Berry this week.
One other Trump primary challenger who does not appear ready to endorse the real estate mogul’s is Texas Sen.
“And we are about to see that same ferocious fury now turned against Donald in an effort to elect Hillary, and there’s no doubt we have to think hard about what is the role of a handful of network executives manipulating and trying to deceive the voters, because I think it is a very risky dynamic we have right now”, he said.
Now out of the race, Cruz has returned to the Senate, the place that has had no more warm feelings for him than he has had for it. Ted Cruz made a decision to throw in the towel and suspend his campaign.
The Texas Senator, however, ruled out a third-party bid for the presidency.
“I just encouraged him to understand that people have differences of opinions”, Hatch said.
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Some Republicans worry that Trump’s candidacy will hurt Republicans facing tough re-election battles, particularly in seven states Obama carried four years ago where incumbent GOP senators face re-election. “After he pretty much excoriated Trump on the final day of his campaign, it would be quite a turnabout if he were to support him now”. To become a Republican presidential nominee, Mr Trump, needs 1,237 delegates, which he is all set to achieve now that two of his last remaining presidential opponents – Mr Cruz and John Kasich – have withdrawn from the White House race.
