I’m not sure I understand the huge dismay at the “vote your conscience” statement by Cruz. Also his statements on vote for who will stand for freedom and defend the Constitution. It sure as heck isn’t Hillary.
It would be nice if EVERYONE voted their conscience, taking into account that the only two people that have a chance at becoming president are Clinton and Trump. Of course the democrats don’t need to vote their conscience - they can just vote for who offers them the most freebies. (Or in the worst case - two packs of cigarettes to get on the bus to go to the voting station.)
>I’m not sure I understand the huge dismay at the “vote your conscience” statement by Cruz. Also his statements on vote for who will stand for freedom and defend the Constitution. It sure as heck isn’t Hillary.
He broke his word about endorsing Trump. That’s all that mattered here.
It was a reference to his attempt to entice the RNC Delegates to dishonor their obligation to vote Trump.
It was correctly perceived as an insult and code for the ‘Never Trump’ retards out there.
It’s called “Damning with faint praise.”
He is like the in-law who will never kindly acknowlege the grandchildren by a son or daughter who married out of the race or the faith. He just turns his face the other way and is terse and civli, but there’s no love, forgiveness or compromise for the sake of the extended family.
We’re not expecting Cruz to love Donald Trump; but he has no excuse for not loving his country enough to put his personal situation aside for the good of the nation.
Cruz is still a young man with decades ahead of him in which to make his mark; but he just sabotaged his own self badly. No one likes to see someone turn a knife when they should show mercy, even towards themselves. He dared the audience to join him in demonstrating indignance towards Trump, and he failed miserably, like that Alaska delegate who threw a hissy fit about the counting of AK’s votes, because he didn’t understand his own state’s electoral rules. So he made a fool of himself on national television.
The worst that can come of this is that Cruz will become a permanent agent provacateur like Al Gore or Bishop Romney. This kind of willfull arrogance is dangerous.