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Alas, poor Ted, WE thought we knew him well.... He HAS COMMITTED political suicide...NOT from the voters, BUT from the BIG MONEY DONORS that have now shut him oiut of PROBABLY any money in the future...and ALL could have been FIXED and he could have been a...what's The Donald...A HHHHUUUUUGGGEEEE WINNNNNER. IF he had done the RIGHT THING!
NY Times ^ | 7/23/2016 | MAGGIE HABERMAN
In an extraordinary public rebuke, two influential donors who were among the biggest supporters of Senator Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign excoriated Mr. Cruz on Saturday for his decision not to endorse Donald J. Trump at the Republican National Convention. The remarks from Robert Mercer of Long Island and his daughter Rebekah Mercer suggest widening fallout over Mr. Cruz’s convention speech, in which he did not endorse his former rival and, instead, suggested that Republicans should “vote your conscience” for candidates “up and down the ticket.” “Last summer and again this year, Senator Ted Cruz pledged to support the candidacy of...
NY Times ^ | 7/23/2016 | MAGGIE HABERMAN
In an extraordinary public rebuke, two influential donors who were among the biggest supporters of Senator Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign excoriated Mr. Cruz on Saturday for his decision not to endorse Donald J. Trump at the Republican National Convention. The remarks from Robert Mercer of Long Island and his daughter Rebekah Mercer suggest widening fallout over Mr. Cruz’s convention speech, in which he did not endorse his former rival and, instead, suggested that Republicans should “vote your conscience” for candidates “up and down the ticket.” “Last summer and again this year, Senator Ted Cruz pledged to support the candidacy of...