Ted Cruz says he’s voting for
Donald Trump for president — a shocking about-face after he rocked the
Republican convention by dramatically refusing to do so.
The Texas senator says on
Facebook that he made the decision for two reasons. First, his promise to
support the Republican nominee. And second, his belief that Democrat Hillary
Clinton is “wholly unacceptable.”
The flip-flop was a stunner
since the Texan was booed lustily during a floor speech at his party’s
convention for urging Republicans to “vote your conscience” without naming
Trump.
Cruz finished second to Trump
in a bitter primary and for months balked in offering support, despite his
previous pledge to endorse the eventual Republican nominee.
Polls have since suggested
that Cruz’s popularity was slipping nationally and back home in Texas, where he
could face a primary challenger for re-election in 2018.
Ted Cruz
This election is unlike any
other in our nation’s history. Like many other voters, I have struggled to
determine the right course of action in this general election.
In Cleveland, I urged voters,
“please, don’t stay home in November. Stand, and speak, and vote your
conscience, vote for candidates up and down the ticket whom you trust to defend
our freedom and to be faithful to the Constitution.”
After many months of careful
consideration, of prayer and searching my own consci...
Associated Press,
GOPUSA, September 24,
2016
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