Cruz’s speech was well written and delivered but intentionally lacking two major components of any gracious concession speech.
Obviously, Ted never played sports. A loser is expected to acknowledge and congratulate the winner. It shows good sportsmanship and a positive approach to life’s trials. Ted has not learned how to be a gracious winner or a gracious loser. Plus, we missed his rallying pitch for unity.
Earlier, Ted had become unhinged over his father and his ‘real life story’ beginning to unravel. So many unanswered questions with this guy and too many people are researching for the truth.
IMO, Cruz had no plans of exiting until the exposure of his father’s past went viral. In addition to that damage, the shaky Canadian (NBC) timeline was ripe for exploration. All of this untimely news pulled Cruz out of the race. The combination of all that combined with negative polling were too much for any one man to fight.
"They fight like hell for six months, and they're saying horrible things, the worst things you can imagine...And then one of them loses, one of them wins. And the one who loses says, 'I just want to congratulate my opponent. He is a brilliant man, he'll be a great governor or president or whatever. I'm not sure you're ever going to see me there. I don't think I'm going to lose, but if I do, I don't think you're ever going to see me again, folks. I think I'll go to Turnberry and play golf or something." - Donald Trump, April 24, 2016 Link
Sounds like Cruz delivered a very Trump-like concession speech.
Earlier, Ted had become unhinged over his father and his ‘real life story’ beginning to unravel. So many unanswered questions with this guy and too many people are researching for the truth.
Trump had said he believed Cruz's father helped kill Kennedy. If someone said that about by fathers "real life story" then I expect I'd react badly as well.
IMO, Cruz had no plans of exiting until the exposure of his father’s past went viral. In addition to that damage, the shaky Canadian (NBC) timeline was ripe for exploration. All of this untimely news pulled Cruz out of the race. The combination of all that combined with negative polling were too much for any one man to fight.
In my opinion, Trumps bullsh*t about his father was just another reason for Cruz to detest Trump but wasn't the reason for leaving. It was the numbers, pure and simple.