Cruz struck a decidedly different tone from his 2016 RNC speech, when he refused to endorse Trump and told voters to “vote your conscience.”
Jump into summer fun with this week’s amazing Insider DealsU.S. Sen. Ted Cruz , R-Texas, speaks to delegates at the 2024 Texas GOP Convention in San Antonio on May 25, 2024.to receive twice-monthly updates on our year-long initiative dedicated to boosting civic engagement and chronicling how democracy is experienced in Texas.MILWAUKEE — The last time U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz took the stage of the Republican National Convention, he was booed for not endorsing then-candidate Donald Trump .
Cruz’s 2016 speech came shortly after he lost the Republican primary in a bitter fight against Trump where Trumpagainst Cruz and his family. Trump insulted the appearance of his wife, Heidi, and suggested his father, Raphael Cruz, was involved in the John F. Kennedy assassination. Cruz in response called Trump a “sniveling coward.”
Other Republicans at the convention that year loudly booed Cruz, including many Texas Republicans, who had rallied behind Trump. Cruz was not invited to speak at the 2020 RNC. The convention that year was drastically pared down due to the pandemic.
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