Ask yourself this. Would anyone on Trump’s side have approved a nearly twenty-five minute ramble from a guy who refused to endorse the candidate? Who else, outside of keynote speakers, was approved to talk so long? (For that matter, what other speaker was approved who didn’t support Trump? Cruz supporters seem to think that special rules apply to Cruz. Obots think the same thing about Obama.)
Then ask yourself where Newt got the idea Cruz’ speech in fact included an endorsement? Here is the line Newt was supposed to deliver, from his prepared remarks:
“Senator Ted Cruz in particular made the key point that we need to elect the Trump-Pence Republican ticket.”
Cruz is not a man of his word. To this day he’s lying nonstop about what Trump “said,” about Heidi. He’s simply a deceitful person.
I heard Trump himself say that he knew Cruz wasn’t going to endorse him in his speech and he said let him go on anyway.
Once he said he wasn’t going to endorse him he shouldn’t have let him speak. Primetime airtime is very valuable during the convention. Trump could have used that 30 minutes for someone who did business with him, or charities he helped, or middle class workers who worked for him, etc.