UPDATING: Ted Cruz Says ‘Prayer’ and His ‘Own Conscience’ Have Led Him to Vote for Donald Trump
‘I Will Vote for the Republican Nominee, Donald Trump’
Despite nearly a year of increasingly bad blood between Ted Cruz and Donald Trump, the Texas Tea Party Republican Senator has just announced he will vote for the GOP nominee.
Wait. You’re telling me Cruz endorsed Trump? Who saw that coming? pic.twitter.com/hnnCbyMZKs
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) September 23, 2016
“After many months of careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience, I have decided that on Election Day, I will vote for the Republican nominee, Donald Trump,” Cruz said in a statement, which the Texas Tribune reported.
“I’m not in the habit of supporting people who attack my wife and attack my father,” Cruz in July. https://t.co/NfVvkoGBSn
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) September 23, 2016
Cruz goes on to mention “six vital issues” where Trump’s “positions present a clear choice for the American people.”
Among them, the Supreme Court, Obamacare, energy, immigration, national security, and Internet freedom.
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“If Clinton wins, we know — with 100% certainty — that she would deliver on her left-wing promises, with devastating results for our country.”
Cruz’s endorsement of Trump is a huge flip-flop. As The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza tweeted, 143 days ago, Cruz let loose on Trump, calling him a “pathological liar,” “utterly amoral,” “a narcissist at a level I don’t think this country’s ever seen” and “a serial philanderer.”
Remember this? It happened on earth in the year 2016.https://t.co/VYHDj9FjsX
— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) September 23, 2016
This happened 143 days ago https://t.co/y6Gi0JecPS
— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) September 23, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2NxbG2HbMU
In July, Trump said he neither wanted nor would accept Cruz’s endorsement:
Trump in July re: a Cruz endorsement: “If he gives it, I will not accept it… I don’t want his endorsement.†https://t.co/g88jSFP1Rs
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) September 23, 2016
UPDATE:
Hillary Clinton just retweeted this tweet from April:
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