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Newt: It's a 'Betrayal' If Cruz Doesn't Endorse Trump During Convention Speech
Townhall.com (The publisher of the article) ^ | July 18, 2016 | Cortney O'Brien (The author who wrote the piece)

Posted on 07/18/2016 5:12:04 PM PDT by Kaslin

Newt Gingrich spoke with Fox News’s Greta Van Susteren live from Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena on Day One of the RNC convention Monday night. At the beginning of their conversation, they addressed the controversy around who is and who isn’t present at the convention as the Republican Party gets ready to crown Donald Trump their 2016 nominee.

At least one speaker, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), has yet to endorse the GOP nominee. Susteren asked Gingrich if he believed Trump’s former presidential opponent would finally announce his support for Trump during his speech Wednesday night.

“Well I hope he does” endorse him, Gingrich said.

If he doesn’t?

“I think it’ll be sad,” Gingrich said. “It’ll be a betrayal.”

Considering Cruz is getting ready to head back to the Senate, Gingrich argued it would be in Cruz’s best interests to be on Trump’s good side.

“He knows it’s helpful to Trump that he’s here,” he said. “At the same time, he’s going back to the Senate. This is a significant step in this direction."

As for Ohio Gov. John Kasich and his staff, who have refused to attend this week’s convention, Gingrich said they “seem to be in their own world.”


TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2016endorsements; 2016rncconvention; betrayal; convention; cruz; donaldtrump; endorse; endorsement; gingrich; gop; johnkasich; kasich; newtgingrich; republican; republicans; rnc; rncconvention; speech; tedcruz; trump
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To: Vision Thing
I refuse to watch dead cruz’s speech. I will just read about it here.

Same here. He makes me sick with his lies and hypocrisy.

81 posted on 07/18/2016 6:27:10 PM PDT by montag813
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To: wny

82 posted on 07/18/2016 6:32:31 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

That’s funny!!


83 posted on 07/18/2016 6:34:11 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: ASA Vet

I’m thinking that’s true, if we’re both thinking cubanadian heritage. Or at least the opposition will make sure it’s true. He would be buried in a prez campaign.


84 posted on 07/18/2016 6:37:52 PM PDT by Chaguito
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Don’t be silly. Trump is better than a conservative. He’s a nationalist.

Yep. Most so-called "conservatives" are Free Traitors. They can go to hell.

85 posted on 07/18/2016 6:38:01 PM PDT by montag813
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To: lexington minuteman 1775

I mentioned this in phase one of the primary. My husband’s cousin and I were stuck in traffic together. She is well-to-do, retired and active in her church. Her family goes back over five generations in Houston area. She said in speaking abt candidates that three different acquaintances and friends had said that their respective family members had worked in the legal arena with Cruz. All three had fiercely rejected Cruz over his personality, arrogance, likability. She is a reliable source and I trusted her word on this. Seeing his behavior it seems what she was told was 100% correct.


86 posted on 07/18/2016 6:39:03 PM PDT by magna carta
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To: Kaslin
Fixed grammar:

Grammar not fixed:


87 posted on 07/18/2016 6:41:13 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Boardwalk

I’m sure Caliph Baraq was a minority preference admission at Harvard.

But the only data more closely held than his LSAT scores are his golf scores....

Maybe it will come out 30 yrs later like Hillary flunking the DC bar exam.


88 posted on 07/18/2016 6:45:45 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Candor7

This crew should be called the Republican Totalitarians


89 posted on 07/18/2016 6:51:11 PM PDT by magna carta
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To: wny

Cruz is not a conservative. He is a victim of MKUltra as is his father. Are you, too?


90 posted on 07/18/2016 6:53:33 PM PDT by spyone (ridiculum)
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To: wny

I am still miffed that Calgary Ted failed to mention the fact that he was a Canadian citizen when he ran for the Senate in Texas in 2012. I keep hearing that Cruz is trying to set himself up for 2020 but I think maybe he should think more about 2018. I don’t foresee myself voting for the Canadian again in 2018. I wonder if that is just me?


91 posted on 07/18/2016 6:53:40 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: ColdSteelTalon

No, you are wrong. Conservatives are not liars and back-stabbers. Therefore, Cruz is not a conservative.


92 posted on 07/18/2016 6:55:57 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Kaslin
If Cruz doesn't want to endorse Trump, but does so only because he is being embarrassed into doing it, then Cruz shouldn't do it. If he does, he's only proving he can't take a stand.

I would hate to be in Cruz's shoes right now.

93 posted on 07/18/2016 7:15:32 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Kaslin

WGAF?


94 posted on 07/18/2016 7:33:05 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: odawg
If Hillary gets elected, the country is over FOREVER.

People do not seem to understand that we are on the precipice. And Donald Trump cannot save this country alone. We need major reversals in policy. We need major reversals in government programs and spending. We need major reversals in public attitudes. And we need major reversals in our support for the military. Even then we are going to need Gods help if our nation is to survive.

But you are absolutely correct that “If Hillary gets elected, the country is over FOREVER.” She will absolutely destroy whatever chance that we have to survive.

95 posted on 07/18/2016 7:35:13 PM PDT by fireman15 (The USA will be toast if the Democrats are able to take the Presidency in 2016)
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To: wny

**** “It’s never a betrayal when a true conservative refuses to endorse a life long democrat” ****

That some kinda Canadian Motto?


96 posted on 07/18/2016 7:37:34 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Never Cruz!


97 posted on 07/18/2016 7:44:05 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: wny

Another “Principled Conservative”. The DNCs secret weapon.


98 posted on 07/18/2016 8:06:58 PM PDT by Redleg Duke (Remember...after the primaries, we better still be on the same team!)
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To: wny

“It’s never a betrayal when a true conservative refuses to endorse a life long democrat.”

Another butthurt Cruzlim, daring the lightning to strike.

Man, you guys are just coming out of the woodwork tonight.

Zap!


99 posted on 07/18/2016 8:38:22 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: wny

Stuck on Stupid, huh.


100 posted on 07/18/2016 8:40:27 PM PDT by Chgogal (A woman who votes for Hillary is voting with her vagina and not her brain.)
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