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Stubbornly undercutting calls for Republican unity, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz refused to endorse Donald Trump Wednesday night as he addressed the GOP convention, ignoring thunderous boos from furious delegates as he encouraged Americans to simply "vote your conscience" in November. In a surreal moment, Trump unexpectedly walked into the arena just as Cruz was wrapping up his remarks.
Wow, Ted Cruz got booed off the stage, didn't honor the pledge! I saw his speech two hours early but let him speak anyway. No big deal! Cruz was booed roundly during his speech, during which he congratulated, but failed to endorse Trump, who appeared briefly at the convention Wednesday.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, left, arrives with his wife Karen at the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum on Tuesday, July 19, 2016, in Cleveland, during the second day of the Republican convention. Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, give his running mate Republican Vice Presidential Nominee Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana a kiss after Pence's acceptance speech during the third day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Wednesday, July 20, 2016.
Ted Cruz sensationally withheld an endorsement of Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention Wednesday, earning a chorus of boos from the floor before he was upstaged in a power play by the GOP nominee himself. In a dramatic development, as Cruz wrapped up his speech, Trump suddenly appeared in the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
Republican Vice Presidential Nominee Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana speaks during the third day session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Wednesday, July 20, 2016. WASHINGTON>> Donald Trump's new running mate and other Republicans are wrongly accusing Hillary Clinton of speaking with indifference about the death of Americans in Benghazi, Libya - twisting her comments out of context to make their indictment.
As Benjy Sarlin of MSNBC observed on Twitter, Wednesday night's Republican convention fiasco, in which Sen. Ted Cruz was booed off the stage for urging Americans to "vote your conscience," was the result of a deal that Donald Trump negotiated. The man who claims to be the world's leading authority on deals made a really stupid deal in front of the entire country he hopes to lead.
The primetime program of speakers was going relatively smoothly until Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who came in second place to Donald Trump in the primaries, took the stage. Cruz declined to endorse Trump , who is now the party's nominee for president, and told people to "vote their conscience" in November.
Republicans from all corners of the party scorned Ted Cruz Wednesday night after the Texas senator delivered a speech before the Republican National Convention that not only failed to endorse nominee Donald Trump, but encouraged audience members to not do so if it would violate their "conscience." "Cruz condemned to Republican hell," conservative-news mogul Matt Drudge tweeted, before placing a "HELL'S A-BURNIN'" banner on his popular website.
As the Republicans met for the third day of their national convention, it was Eric Trump's turn to take the stage - following appearances by his brother and sister, Donald Trump Jr. and Tiffany Trump. Donald Trump's vice presidential pick, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, introduced himself to the gathering, and one of Trump's harshest critics in the bitterly fought primaries, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, got booed.
Cleveland: Great hopes for Republicans uniting behind the contentious presidential nomination of Donald Trump fractured on Wednesday evening when Texas Senator Ted Cruz pointedly refused to endorse Trump - causing extraordinary scenes on the floor of the GOP convention, and backstage - in the usually decorous donor suites. US Senator Ted Cruz, a former rival of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, was booed after he held back on offering Trump an endorsement during his speech at the RNC.
Donald Trump just walked into #RNCinCLE convention hall as Sen. Ted Cruz ended speech, stealing crowd's attention pic.twitter.com/vdXSnmmpgY In a tense few minutes here, the crowd turned on Cruz as he urged convention attendees to "vote your conscience." But the rebukes steadily grew louder, and the Texas senator was shouted off the stage.
Radio host Laura Ingraham brought the house down Wednesday night with an attack on the Donald Trump hold-outs during her speech at the Republican National Convention, but it her wave that got attention on Twitter. Ingraham gave the awkward salute after a speech that had the crowd on it's feet as she called for support for Trump.
Melania Trump, wife of Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump waves as she speaks during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016.
Once and perhaps future presidential candidate Ted Cruz attacked Hillary Clinton, hammered President Obama, and whacked the political establishment in remarks Wednesday to the Republican convention - but he did not explicitly endorse rival and GOP nominee Donald Trump. Trump delegates booed and pointed fingers at the Texas senator as he told the delegates to "vote your conscience" - but did not mention Trump.
Undercutting calls for Republican unity, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz stubbornly withheld his endorsement from Donald Trump on Wednesday night as he addressed the GOP convention, instead encouraging Americans to "vote your conscience" in November.
JULY 20: Sen. Ted Cruz delivers a speech on the third day of the Republican National Convention on July 20, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. CLEVELAND - Ted Cruz, in a highly anticipated speech at the Republican National Convention, offered no direct support for presidential nominee Donald Trump, setting off a furious reaction as he told delegates to vote their conscience in November.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz spoke at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night without endorsing the party's nominee, Donald Trump, and exited the stage to loud boos from the crowd. Most of Cruz's speech seemed well-received by the crowd at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, but once it became clear that the former 2016 presidential candidate would not endorse Trump, the crowd started booing.
Supporters of one of Donald Trump's challengers made clear where their loyalty lay Wednesday as Trump's plane touched down at the party convention. Staunch Republicans were booing Trump's nomination at a thank you rally for Sen. Ted Cruz just as Trump's plane flew overhead.
Nomination in hand, Donald Trump's campaign charged ahead Wednesday with a convention-week mission to redefine the party's celebrity leader as a serious-minded family man. It's a project proving harder than uniting skeptical Republicans behind their distaste for another brand they know well: The Clintons.
Sen. Ted Cruz's Texas-size political ambitions will be on full display Wednesday as the primary runner-up delivers a prime-time convention speech, but holds off on a full-throated endorsement of Republican nominee Donald Trump. The conservative senator repeatedly clashed with Trump during a bitter primary fight, with the New York businessman mocking the lawmaker as "Lyin' Ted."