2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumCNN: "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.
SCantiGOP
(13,870 posts)don't have a "three strikes you're out" rule. We would be watching reruns tomorrow night.
dflprincess
(28,078 posts)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)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.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)LenaBaby61
(6,974 posts)Cruz was told to leave the suite he was in
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)What a vicious motherfucker. Glad he is on the anti-Trump side