Warning! Cruz planning RNC ambush
Ted Cruz and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump started the 2016 presidential primary fast friends — but their political alliance quickly descended into a fierce rivalry.Cruz’s supporters have spent the Republican National Convention attempting a coup designed to give Cruz the nomination, and trying to force through rules changes for Cruz’s long-term benefit. Nothing like attempting to impose your will upon all the others.
Now, with Cruz set to deliver a speech today, some are left wondering — will Cruz put aside his own political ambitions, heed calls for party unity, and formally endorse Trump on the big stage?
Not likely, according to political experts, who have hinted that Cruz may instead have a last-minute ambush planned to embarrass Trump in front of a national audience.
The conservative senator repeatedly clashed with Trump during a bitter primary fight, with the New York billionaire repeatedly mocking the lawmaker as “Lyin’ Ted.”
If rumors are true, Cruz has his own mockery planned.
With an eye toward 2020, early reports indicate that Cruz’s team drafted his convention speech to focus on adherence to the Constitution, with some political backhands at Trump thrown in.
Cruz has not endorsed Trump despite pleas for party unity from the campaign and party officials. Nor is he expected to in his speech, the senator’s aides admit.
And Cruz’s refusal to endorse Trump will be the biggest story line to come out of Cruz’s speech, no matter what else he says.
Cruz only seems interested in setting himself up for another future run at president.
Paul Manafort, Trump’s top campaign adviser, said Wednesday that he expects Cruz to address “the same kind of issues he talked about in the primaries,” adding that his message will be “consistent with what Mr. Trump is talking about.”
Manafort’s words, however, suggested that relations between the two camps remain chilly.
Before Trump even accepts the nomination, Cruz’s supporters as well as critics say undercurrents in Cleveland are emboldening the senator’s band of believers and stoking his 2020 prospects, should Trump lose in November.
So what Cruz says Wednesday during his prime-time convention speech will be closely watched for clues about his presidential aspirations.
Cruz halted his campaign two months ago, having outlasted all but Trump in a field that once numbered 17 candidates. He finished a distant second in the delegate accumulation during the Republican nominating campaign.
His supporters clung to hope that that the convention would adopt rules that would free delegates to disregard the results of state contests and swing behind Cruz at the 11th hour. That hope was quickly dashed in opening-day proceedings.
Easily spotted in their cowboy hats and Lone Star flag shirts, dozens of Texas delegates shouted their objection when the push to change the rules was declared defeated in a voice vote that sounded close to those in the hall. An effort to have the vote recorded also failed, leaving anti-Trump Republicans feeling mistreated.
“There isn’t a Band-Aid big enough” to heal the hurt that erupted Monday, said Cruz supporter Ivette Lozano of Dallas. But she seemingly admitted she and other Cruz supporters were looking ahead to a Trump defeat.
“The plan is 2020, and we have an opportunity to do that,” said Lozano, a family practice physician.
Besides his prime-time speech, Cruz plans to hold a delegate appreciation event Wednesday, and address the Texas delegation Thursday.
Ron Kaufman, a Republican national committeeman from Massachusetts, said the flare-up over rules was choreographed to demonstrate public support for Cruz and preserve his future. “These votes had nothing to do with Trump,” he said. “This is all about Ted Cruz trying to make the party smaller.”
By smaller, he meant that Cruz supporters were pushing for primaries where only registered Republicans can participate. Cruz was more successful in such contests than in ones also open to voters who aren’t registered Republicans.
Cruz’s closest aides appear to be anticipating another run, considering how they are staying in his immediate orbit.
Former campaign manager Jeff Roe and data guru Chris Wilson formed a firm in part to provide a home for the expansive Republican database the campaign built over the last year. Senior campaign strategist David Polyasnky has been named chief of staff to Cruz’s Senate office.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
https://thehornnews.com/cruz-plots-trump-rnc-ambush/
5 comments:
ALRIGHT FOLKS IF YOU DON'T EAT YOUR SPINACH YOU WILL WIND UP LOOKING LIKE THIS CABAL IDIOT...
TEDDY YOU DEFINITELY NEED FACIAL PEEL... USE THE ONE CALLED ROSE-BUD!!! ALSO USE SOME DEODERANT WE CAN TELL YOU ARE COMING!!!
Cruz will wind up in a jail cell next to good ol' Rubio at this rate.
Nobody takes him serious and a father who...covered up JFK..
Lyin' Ted is the right term for this evil monster. When all of the candidates were still in the race and they were having debates, one of the news mediators asked each candidate if he would support the winner and they all said YES. So that's why Lyin' Ted has the name Lyin' Ted....he lies!
Please Texans, when Cruz comes up for reelection to the US Senate send him home from Washington D.C., and bring him back to Texas.
Cruz is a lying poor me baby sleaze. His dad appears to possibly be close to those who could have been involved the the JFK assassination, his wife works for Goldman Sachs.
He is just another member of a criminal cartel operating in Washington D.C..
He is exactly the kind of person liberty loving Americans don't want making decisions in the US Congress.
Sarah 2:02 AM - agree with you completely. Cruz has been well researched. He is one of those that needs to be relieved of duty permanently along with most of the rest of the criminals and traitors in Wash DC - and in most of the states - as we continue in our attempt to restore our true rightful Republic.
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