Donald Trump Gave Ted Cruz the Rope to Hang Himself
by JOEL B. POLLAK
BreitBart.com
21 Jul 2016
After Ted Cruz’s stunning refusal to back Donald Trump in his address to the Republican National Convention on Wednesday evening, Trump emerged from the wings, smiling and applauding as he waved to the crowd. Later, he tweeted that he had seen the speech beforehand, and let Cruz deliver it anyway.
Whether that is true or not, Trump clearly gave Cruz the rope to hang himself. Rather than rising above politics, and rising to the occasion, Cruz proved Trump right about his character.
As I noted yesterday, there were three possibilities for Cruz’s address.
1. He could give a full-throated endorsement to Trump, which would be regarded as expedient and insincere, and which his own supporters would reject.
2. He could use the national stage to trash Trump, which would satisfy the #NeverTrump faction but end his own career in the GOP.
3. He could make a limited, pragmatic case for Trump, noting that for all his flaws, Trump is the only means to conservative victory, for now.
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