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pnwmom

(108,978 posts)
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 10:52 PM Jul 2016

CNN: "Stunning Political Theater" between Cruz and Trump, when Cruz fails to endorse.

Did Cruz renew on a promise to endorse?

Ted Cruz doesn't endorse Trump, then upstaged by him

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/20/politics/ted-cruz-republican-convention-moment/


Cleveland (CNN)Ted Cruz sensationally withheld an endorsement of Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, earning a chorus of boos from the floor before he was upstaged in a power play by the GOP nominee himself.

In a dramatic development, as Cruz wrapped up his speech, Trump suddenly appeared in the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. He walked to join his family in a VIP area and flashed a thumbs-up -- a gesture that transmitted clear anger at the Texas senator's behavior.

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The stunning political theater between the top two contenders in the Republican primary race blew open divisions in the party that the convention is designed to heal, and suggested Cruz believes Trump will lose in November.

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Cruz's rebuke ignited a hot scene around the senator as soon as he left the stage. People averted their eyes from Cruz and his wife as they walked with their security detail on the skybox level of boisterous Republicans.



AND FROM ABC:
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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ted-cruz-booed-failing-endorse-donald-trump-vote/story?id=40755265

Cruz's wife, Heidi, was seen leaving the arena when the booing started getting very loud. Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli told ABC News that he escorted Heidi Cruz out of the convention hall because “it was volatile and the Trump folks were physically approaching and confrontationally yelling,” he said via text.

"People behind her were getting very ugly, and physically approaching her and Raphael, and it was not a pretty situation," Cuccinelli told ABC. "The decision was instantly made to not talk to media and get immediately out of the arena."

"People from my own delegation were physically approaching her while yelling at her. So, I physically moved media out of her way, and got in the way of my own delegation so she could clear by and get out of the arena," he said.

The fact that Cruz spoke at all came as a surprise to some considering how bitter the primary campaign became towards the end.

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CNN: "Stunning Political Theater" between Cruz and Trump, when Cruz fails to endorse. (Original Post) pnwmom Jul 2016 OP
Too bad conventions SCantiGOP Jul 2016 #1
Damn that Trump dflprincess Jul 2016 #2
No Kidding! jcgoldie Jul 2016 #5
lol kestrel91316 Jul 2016 #7
I believe CNN... LenaBaby61 Jul 2016 #3
Oh for fuck's sake! The WWE is now our "reality". nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2016 #4
Good work Cruz Doctor Jack Jul 2016 #6

SCantiGOP

(13,870 posts)
1. Too bad conventions
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 10:59 PM
Jul 2016

don't have a "three strikes you're out" rule. We would be watching reruns tomorrow night.

dflprincess

(28,078 posts)
2. Damn that Trump
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 11:02 PM
Jul 2016

first he puts me in a position where I have to root for a Fox reporter; then Barbara Bush says she doesn't know why any woman would support him and I have agree with her (though I know Babs is still miffed about how mean Trump was to Jebbers) and now he puts me in a spot where I have to applaud Ted Cruz.

I just can't stand it.

jcgoldie

(11,631 posts)
5. No Kidding!
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 11:05 PM
Jul 2016

If you'd told me a few months ago I'd be cheering on Ted fucking Cruz at the RNC I'd have just slit my wrists.

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