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Cruz supporters alarmed by possible Trump endorsement
Posted on: September 22, 2016 at 12:23:46 CT
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By David M. Drucker (@DavidMDrucker) • 9/22/16
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/cruz-supporters-alarmed-by-possible-trump-endorsement/article/2602531
Ted Cruz supporters were alarmed Wednesday at suggestions that he was on the verge of endorsing Donald Trump.
They worry that the Texas senator could squander his brand as a fighter — and goodwill earned among many through his stubborn refusal to back his party's nominee — if he caves with nothing to show for it.
Cruz has held out on the grounds that Trump is insufficiently conservative, and because Trump attacked his wife and father down the stretch of their heated battle for the Republican nomination.
The senator even took the extraordinary step of declining to endorse Trump during a televised, prime time speech delivered from the stage of the New York businessman's own nominating convention.
Cruz instead urged Republicans to vote their conscience in November.
After taking such a public stand against Trump, reversing himself this close to Election Day without explaining how he reconciled their ideological and personal differences could damage his future presidential prospects.
"If Cruz were to ever do this, it would be imperative that he describe what changed in regard to Trump's actions that allowed Cruz to finally 'vote his conscience.' And, that's a hard case to make," said Amanda Carpenter, a former Cruz aide who now works as a political analyst for CNN.
Steve Deace, an influential conservative talk radio host in Iowa who endorsed Cruz in the primary, said on Twitter that Cruz risks losing voters' respet.
"...things that kill political brands...Stand tall on principle when it matters most, and then walk away from it for no good reason," Deace said.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/cruz-supporters-alarmed-by-possible-trump-endorsement/article/2602531
Ted Cruz supporters were alarmed Wednesday at suggestions that he was on the verge of endorsing Donald Trump.
They worry that the Texas senator could squander his brand as a fighter — and goodwill earned among many through his stubborn refusal to back his party's nominee — if he caves with nothing to show for it.
Cruz has held out on the grounds that Trump is insufficiently conservative, and because Trump attacked his wife and father down the stretch of their heated battle for the Republican nomination.
The senator even took the extraordinary step of declining to endorse Trump during a televised, prime time speech delivered from the stage of the New York businessman's own nominating convention.
Cruz instead urged Republicans to vote their conscience in November.
After taking such a public stand against Trump, reversing himself this close to Election Day without explaining how he reconciled their ideological and personal differences could damage his future presidential prospects.
"If Cruz were to ever do this, it would be imperative that he describe what changed in regard to Trump's actions that allowed Cruz to finally 'vote his conscience.' And, that's a hard case to make," said Amanda Carpenter, a former Cruz aide who now works as a political analyst for CNN.
Steve Deace, an influential conservative talk radio host in Iowa who endorsed Cruz in the primary, said on Twitter that Cruz risks losing voters' respet.
"...things that kill political brands...Stand tall on principle when it matters most, and then walk away from it for no good reason," Deace said.
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Cruz supporters alarmed by possible Trump endorsement - JeffB MU - 9/22 12:23:46