election faux pax or deliberate attempt to throw the us into the dark ages
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
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Sen. Ted Cruz walked on stage to extraordinary cheers, and walked off to deafening boos after the Texas senator and former Donald Trump rival failed to endorse the party's nominee at his own convention.
Cruz had signaled in advance he wouldn't be endorsing Trump. But the delegate derision for his refusal was hearty, heated, and unexpected, particularly after Cruz had earned hundreds of delegates and spent months ensuring his own supporters would fill the delegate seats on the floor of tonight's convention.
Cruz's speech was heartfelt and somber and captivated the audience, but when he launched into the policy prescriptions common at his own campaign events and his own immigrant family story, the crowd grew frustrated. "Endorse Trump!" they cried. "Trump! Trump! Trump!"
"I appreciate the enthusiasm of the New York delegation," Cruz said dismissively. This infuriated them more, and the Texas senator left the stage to deafening boos with a forced smile.
Before Cruz's speech was over, however, Trump himself appeared in the audience and gave a small wave, even as the boos were raining down on the Texas senator, who gestured back.
Afterward, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich came out and cleaned up a bit for Cruz, departing from his prepared remarks to say:
"I just want to point out what Ted Cruz said — you can vote to uphold the Constitution — there is only one candidate who will uphold the Constitution. So to paraphrase Sen. Cruz, if want to protect the Constitution, the only possi
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