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GOP Civil War Gets More Uncivil
Ted Cruz’s refusal to endorse Donald Trump in his speech Wednesday night is hijacking the final day of the Republican National Convention and causing a war of words between Republicans.
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Ted Cruz’s refusal to endorse Donald Trump in his speech Wednesday night is hijacking the final day of the Republican National Convention and causing a war of words between Republicans.
Ted Cruz, but their distaste for the Texas Republican was validated Wednesday night as Cruz refused to endorse Trump and told the delegates in Cleveland to vote their conscience in November.
In fact, he told the GOP to show up to the polls in November and vote their conscience. He never once mentioned Trump, except when he congratulated him before formally beginning the speech.
“That’s the choice in front of us, and that’s why I’m supporting Donald Trump.”
Many down-ballot Republicans keep their distance from Donald Trump with blunt criticism , a refusal to campaign next to him , and — in extreme cases — an outright declaration they don’t support his presidential
“Look, anti-Semitic images have got no place in a presidential campaign. Candidates should know that,” Ryan said. “The tweet has been deleted.
The Miami developer’s surprising refusal to leave the primary — he was the only one of five major Republican candidates who stayed in the race — has complicated Rubio’s re-election bid.
John Lewis of Georgia, who led House Democrats in a chamber sit-in that lasted more than 25 hours.
Much has been made of the refusal of Maryland’s Republican governor, Larry Hogan, to endorse or vote for the presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.
House Democrats are criticizing congressional Republicans for their response to the weekend’s mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, saying their refusal to call the massacre an anti-LGBT hate crime
Warren has become increasingly vocal in her criticism of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump. In a speech Thursday night she called Trump a “loud, nasty, thin-skinned fraud.”
Collyer entered a judgment in favor of the House in the lawsuit that stops the use of certain funds to reimburse insurers under a section of the law.
Ryan and Donald Trump are highly unlikely to become instant allies after they meet in Washington on Thursday.
. — In the days leading up to the 2008 Democratic presidential primary, most polls showed Barack Obama leading Hillary Clinton by five to 15 points in South Carolina.
Schumer of New York were confident they had a better hand to play with Republicans squeezed between their refusal to weigh an Obama court pick and the disruptive nature of Trump’s growing front-running
If there’s a face besides Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s behind Republicans’ refusal to hold hearings on a President Barack Obama Supreme Court nominee, it’s Iowa Sen.
Kelly Ayotte, linking her refusal to consider a new Supreme Court justice with the front-runner of the GOP presidential primary.
Reid called on Republicans to consider the president’s Supreme Court pick, calling their refusal to take up the nominee “unprecedented.”
This might reflect the flap over Trump’s refusal to disavow the Ku Klux Klan and its former leader, David Duke, who endorsed the businessman late last week.
He had the key moments in the debate where he stood up to Trump. Went toe to toe with him and got the better of him in several occasions" "Cruz some good moments but he got lost at times.