The Cruz Fallout: “An Extraordinary Scene the Like of Which Has Not Been Seen in a Generation”
from Zero Hedge
In some ways, the scandal that took place last night at the Republican national convention, was not a surprise.
Reportedly those who mattered, knew in advance what was coming. As Bloomberg writes, earlier in the day, Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort said he would be personally viewing the Cruz speech in advance. “I’m comfortable that Senator Cruz is going to talk about his vision for America,” Manafort said. “He’ll give a sign of where he is on Donald Trump that will be pleasing to the Trump campaign and to Republicans.” Cruz told Trump two days ago he wouldn’t be endorsing him Wednesday night, and that the Trump folks knew what to expect in his speech, according to Cruz strategist Jason Johnson.
This goes to a question Bloomberg posed shortly after the speech: “the problem for Trump wasn’t just the lack of an endorsement from Cruz. The speech raised questions about why Trump — who has campaigned on his extraordinary negotiating skills — allowed Cruz to take stage.”
“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!” Trump said late Wednesday on Twitter.
However, for many when Ted Cruz decided to snub Donald Trump
with his refusal to officially endorse the presidentical candidate, it was a stunning surprise, and led the
crowd in Cleveland to erupt in a chorus of boos while the political media exploded.
Surprising or not, the outpouring of condemnations was fast and furious.
In Bloomberg‘s take of the night’s events, Cruz, infamous in the Senate for a reputation of looking out only for himself, proved again that he was willing to go it alone as the party rallied around Trump during an evening of speeches from Republican heavyweights and some of its most ambitious politicians.
Cruz’s speech seemed to amount to a political bet that Trump will lose the election, and that opting not to throw his lot in with the nominee will preserve his fortunes in 2020. Unclear is whether the gambit will backfire on Cruz by prompting Republicans to blame him for refusing to get in line and help unite the party when it mattered most.
The Hill’s take is even more dire: “The Republican National Convention careened off the rails here on Wednesday night as Ted Cruz refused to endorse Donald Trump from the stage and was met with deafening boos. It was an extraordinary scene of disunity, the like of which has not been seen at a party convention in a generation. The chaos on the convention floor — which included angry words of recrimination from prominent Republicans in the immediate aftermath — totally overshadowed Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s acceptance of the GOP’s vice presidential nomination.”
It also dealt a shattering blow to hopes on the part of the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee that the GOP would unite here after a long and bitter primary season.
Roger Stone, a former advisor and longtime friend of Trump, called Cruz a “dumb son of a bitch” in a convention center interview with The Hill just after the Texan’s speech ended. Stone added that Cruz was “a despicable human being” and insisted that “no voter gives a crap about what Ted Cruz does — the only person this hurts is Ted Cruz.”
As we reported last night, in another sign of the dark tone of the night, security guards had to escort Ted Cruz’s wife out of the Quicken Loans Arena for her own safety. Former Virginia attorney general Ken Cuccinelli, a close Cruz confidant who was sitting with Heidi Cruz as her husband spoke, told reporters he saw Trump supporters threatening her. “People behind her were getting very ugly and physically approaching her and [Cruz's father] Rafael,” he said. “It was not a pretty situation, and the decision was instantly made to not talk to media and get immediately out of the arena.”
The key moments of Cruz’s speech, particularly his urging of attendees to “vote your conscience,” will be replayed endlessly on cable news for at least the next 24 hours. So too will the scenes that followed.
Continue Reading at ZeroHedge.com…
Source: http://financialsurvivalnetwork.com/2016/07/the-cruz-fallout-an-extraordinary-scene-the-like-of-which-has-not-been-seen-in-a-generation/
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#2. Cruz.. this ‘not-very-smart-move’ was an embarrassment to all your supporters and the state of TEXAS. We know what he said about your wife and father were not right and I’m sure he regretted it. Sh’t happens..get over it and move on to the other criminal ( Barry’s replacement ) that wants destroy this nation.
Don’t let a personal grudge destroy your integrity and the respect the we had as followers … and (you know this very well ) don’t give Our ‘race-baiting’ ‘cop-hating’ (AP)+ ‘left-stream’ any more bait to cruz-ify you and Our Party.
They are having a field-day with this.. They jump at any little thing ( nit-pick ) they can to try to make the Party look bad.
Go to rightscoop.com to read the THOUSANDS…Not hundreds…but THOUSANDS of GOOD comments about Ted Cruz and his speech. For Cruz to endorse the narcissistic pathological liar it would force Cruz to give up his self respect, his class, and his dignity. He would have then been mocked til doomsday. There was no safe haven for Cruz. HE was damned if he did and damned if he didn’t!!!!! Thanks to the rotten nominee lying and trying to destroy such a good man by even attacking his wife and father…..despicable of Trump, the low life. Cruz was there because of the numerous delegates still wanting him. I loved his outstanding speech until the very RUDE Trump interrupted Cruz. That was WRONG to do. But of course to the cult followers just like Obama Trump can do no wrong. You will find out as the luciferian script plays out. Only Cruz deserves to be president. Deplorable how Cruz, a brilliant fine statesman has been treated and abused by the criminal gang. Cruz would fix things and they hate him for that. Cruz would stop the NWO. Very reason why they hate him….Cruz stands WITH the people not against them. You need to wake up and see what is really occurring. No truth to the hogwash Trump said about Cruz.
Cruz is a lousy American and a lousy Texan. Ted puts Monsanto and GMOs ahead of public concerns about real issues. If were just the GMO controversy that might not be too bad, but he calls citizens who want to have a choice in eating GMO food or not “anti-science zealots”. Ted supports corporations before people and that’s enough to send the SOB to the doghouse, not the Whitehouse. Why don’t you read up on his voting record and performance as a US Senator before you support him or condemn his competition. Why do you think Trump was able to call him “Lyin’ Ted”? Besides, Teddy is not now nor will he ever be a “natural born citizen of the US”. Just for you I’ll let you know a secret. He is therefore unqualified to be a President. Cruz is a slimey greaseball of a politician that’s after his own agenda. He lied again to get an opportunity to speak at the RNC. I’ll be happy when Texans are done with this rubbish and take out the trash. By the way, I make up my own mind about politicians. I don’t need rightscoop or Fox poop to tell me what to think.
Cruz is a pretender. His rhetoric and his gesticulation are well rehearsed, and he is yet incapable of following up with the unexpected. To make things worse, he does not pursue conservative American virtues, but refers to them in an opportunistic manner only. Make no mistake, wise lady, the world has changed over time and become more complicated, and any simplification of complex matters by an savvy individual would not bring our good old days back
Its nice to see the good people of the world reject this satanic peice of chit who claims to be a Christian……BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
Boy have you fallen off your rocker.
Wake up oldlady Cruz who is supposed o be a man of his word pledged to support whomever won the primary as did all the candidates but it was the rinos’s led by Cruz, Kasich and Bush who showed their word means nothing.
So why did Cruz accept a ride on Air Force One with Obama and Nancy Pelosi on their way to the police funerals? Obama invited him along…something fishy there for sure! This was before he made a fool out of himself at the RNC.
He did nothing but embarrass the state of Texas.
NO he DIDNT!!!!!
Wow! He let Ted Cruz speak anyway knowing what he was going to say?? Amazing. TRULY a man of the people and let the people decide.
No way a Democrap would allow that of the opposition. You are to be kept in CHAINS!
Oh no, Trump asked him to speak and had approved of his speech. This was all about trying to ruin things permanently for Cruz in 2020. THOSE PEOPLE WERE PAID TO BOO….!!!!!! The dummies fell for it. This was scripted by the RNC and the media. So now we have two Illuminati democrat cousins running against each other. What a stinking choice!!!! They are still trying to find a way to activate a third party. Cruz is the good guy. You people have been played.
Wiseoldlady, the thing here is that, Ted Cruz put such a fear into them all
during the whole campaign, that they could not just leave “well enough”
alone. He strikes terror into their hearts by wanting to do away with lots
of powerful three letter agencies. He would shake up the entire power
structure of the whole enchilada. Most people go for the status pro,
and don’t want changes that would actually really make positive changes.
We have a power structure running this country that he would bring to
it’s knees, and that is his platform. Nobody wants that. They want things
to stay corrupt just like they are. So let them have the status quo,
and see where it leads. I think we already know where that leads don’t we?
Let the insulting bully boy lead for a while. I don’t really believe that we
“wise” ones will be surprised when their brash bully boy who insults
family members of the other candidate, will pan out quite like they think
he will. Call me wrong, but I rarely am! I can see things within things,
and usually project outcomes way out in the future. I just think
Donald has a great heart, but the package is not going to be able
to do the dramatic things, everyone thinks he says he will do.
We have major problems that will soon compound, and I doubt he
can do anything about. There are so many things collapsing so fast
that, no one can stop the fall. It would take someone that does a
radical revamp of the current situation, and DT is not that man.
Too much status quo, and instead of addressing the main problems,
he keys on attacking others and ignores many key factors, that are
most serious. Pay lip service to things that bug people, but ignore
the real underlying causes that create them! Oh well, good luck!
If Mr. Trump had said the same about my wife and Father he would be the very last person I’d vote for… Have you all forgotten how Mr Trump was also about to renig on his commitment to support another candidate when it looked as though he was going to loose..
He said he wasn’t going to, so why are so may idiots shocked?
Because its some kind of weird tradition for someone who lost to support some other idiot running?
Trump is a moron. Cruz probably isn’t any better, but he probably can still see an idiot when he sees an idiot. That’s more than most Americans can say right now.