Posted on 05/12/2016 6:51:04 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
Ted Cruz said Thursday that those who contributed to the rise of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will have to "bear that responsibility going forward."
Cruz appeared Thursday evening on the Houston-based "Michael Berry Show" and was asked whether he thought he was treated fairly in the GOP primary, with the host mentioning Fox News.
"Well listen, there's time for recriminations and you know, everyone who was responsible for the rise of Donald Trump, they will bear that responsibility going forward," Cruz responded.
"But there were more than a few players that played a disproportionate role in that rise," he added. "I'm going to focus, instead of looking backwards, I'm going to focus on looking forwards."
Cruz returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for the first time since dropping out of the GOP race but declined to endorse Trump, who is working to shore up support from establishment Republicans.
"I think we left it all on the field," Cruz said Thursday. "My one regret is that we came up short."
Cruz said he'll address the Texas GOP convention Saturday afternoon.
"The biggest message I'm going to say is simply 'thank you,'" Cruz said.
He'll rally Republicans with a message that "although the results may not have been as we wanted, that together we started a movement and this movement will continue."
Cruz said he wasn't sure if he'd address the national GOP convention in Cleveland in July, but he indicated he planned to attend out of an obligation to the some 600 delegates he won during the primary.
"I don't know if I'll have a role at the convention or not, but I'll certainly be there cheering on the delegates," he said.
I saw that “poll”. I never bothered to vote. I’m not in to making meaningless votes.
I thought FR was supposed to have become a “NeverHillary” zone, and I’ve been “NeverHIllary” for years. But it seems many here hate Ted Cruz more than Hillary, and would rather vent their hatred on Ted Cruz than try to unify the “Stop Hillary” vote. That is a shame.
“Well listen, there’s time for recriminations and you know, everyone who was responsible for the rise of Donald Trump, they will bear that responsibility going forward,”
Hmmmm, sounds like his Elmer Gantry personality showing through again. He flip-flops between Elmer Gantry and Mr. Haney.
Cruz is an ungraceful man. He ought to get wholeheartedly behind Trump but he is openly showing for all to see he cares more about himself than the nation. If he can't get on the Trump train he should just go away.
Cruz bears the responsibility for acting like an Establishment traitor.
Maybe DT loaned him a jacket for the shot. Felt sorry for him.
“.......and STOP attacking Cruz?”
I will attack him until hell freezes over or until he simply quits attacking us.
That shut him up AuntB, nice work. :)
Maybe he thinks he is leaving the impression that he has bigger shoulders than he does. Weird.
We can attack Hillary (and do).
But we can also be fed up with Cruz trying to rhetorically undermine our nominee, as well as insulting his voters:
“Those who bolstered Trump ‘will bear that responsibility going forward’
Really, what kind of patronizing BS is that?
I get it, the campaign was rough and raw on everyone’s nerves. I don’t blame him for not wanting to be supportive right away.
But he needs to stop it with the digs. It’s over.
Getting his #NeverTrump surrogates to knock it off too, would be nice.
Why doesn’t he promise to filibuster “liberal Donald Trump”?
The Don agenda on wages & NAFTA. He should promise to slow it down and hamstring “liberal” don, if Cruz in the right.
Cruz just keeps digging that hole deeper and deeper.
Attacks from Hillary are expected.
Attacks from those who are in principle supposed to be on the same side? That ticks people off.
Yep.
Not since Swaggart.
Good training for the BS that comes with being a citizen.
Now there is a perfectly great word that doesn't get used enough any longer!
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