Posted on 03/23/2016 7:59:02 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate Ted Cruz won the backing of former rival Jeb Bush on Wednesday as prominent Republicans overcome their aversion to the conservative senator to try to force a standoff with insurgent Donald Trump at their party's convention in July.
The endorsement by Bush, part of a Republican dynasty, is the latest sign of how keen the party's establishment is to stop Trump, fearing that his rhetoric on illegal immigration and national security will cost the party votes at the Nov. 8 presidential election.
Cruz, a U.S. senator from Texas, is a staunch social conservative and a divisive figure in the party due to his willingness to criticize the leadership and his prominent role in bringing about a 2013 government shutdown.
But he is still seen by party grandees and many Republicans in Congress as preferable to Trump, a real-es
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Lately, you can really tell who the Establishment really fears the most.
Cruz gave Obama everything Obama wanted nukes for Iran(corker bill ), Obamatrade etc.
It's the uni-party vs Trump. The gig is up .Trump exposed the uni-party.
The amnesty crowd including Jeb, ghramnesty , McCain, Club for Growth are all out endorsing and supporting your Canandian Rafael Cruz who seems to me to be pure evil.
He polled well in AZ, and was supposedly going to pull off an upset there.
How’d that work out for you?
Your FOX poll is BS and you know it.
That it WILD!
If Trump isn't allowed to build the wall no one will as no one has and the USA is done. I guess that's what you cruz bots want
Good luck trying to win with Cruz after they steal it from Trump ..I’ll write Trump in , and i’m definitely not the only one ...You Ready for Hillary ?
The only one I will ever vote for again is Trump, no more professional politicians
[Cruz gets Jeb Bush backing as Republican elites try to stop Trump]
Gee. Color me surprised.
yep
Bush’s endorsement carries all the weight of a Peewee Herman endorsement.
Consider how these endorsements would be viewed if Trump was not in the race.
If Trump was not in the race we wouldn’t be talking about border security or refuges or TPP/TPA.
Yeah, this is embarrassing... pathetic actually.
They sandbagged Palin and got Trump. They sandbag Trump and get...do they really want to know how bad it could get??
Cruz, you had two months to stop Trump and you failed
You’re Fired!
President Trump 2016
Tone deaf.
I see what you did there. ;-)
Thanks Mensius. EXCELLENT.
To anyone who hasn't viewed it.. DON'T MISS IT!
Trump starring in The Trumpinator.
I’m not sure the gopE won’t give the nomination to Cruz. He has shown them that he can be controlled.
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