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'Profoundly sad day': Top members of Never Trump movement react to Cruz's endorsement of Trump
Top members of the Never Trump movement expressed deep disappointment on Friday after Texas Sen. Ted Cruz announced he will vote for Donald Trump.
"After many months of careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience, I have decided that on Election Day, I will vote for the Republican nominee, Donald Trump," Cruz wrote in a lengthy Facebook post.
Here's how Never Trump conservatives reacted.
Glenn Beck, conservative radio host:
"Profoundly sad day for me," wrote Beck, one of the top conservative radio talk show hosts in the country. "Disappointment does not begin to describe."
"Maybe it is time to go to the mountains for a while," Beck added, later revealing that he had spoken on the phone with Cruz for 40 minutes earlier in the day.
Erick Erickson, editor-in-chief of The Resurgent:
Yes, it does become almost impossible to claim "self-interested Ted" is a caricature after this.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) September 23, 2016
Rick Tyler, former communications director for Cruz:
Cruz's former comms guy, @rickwtyler, to me just now: "It's mourning in America for conservatives. We lost our leader today."
— Hallie Jackson (@HallieJackson) September 23, 2016
John Ziegler, nationally syndicated conservative radio host:
Ted Cruz was with Trump when he could've beaten him & against him when he couldn't. Then he non-endorsed with max damage, & caved for 0 gain
— John Ziegler (@Zigmanfreud) September 23, 2016
Steve Deace, conservative radio host:
1) Politically I believe it's a disastrous decision for reasons that are too numerous to mention on Twitter. So I will in upcoming @CR piece
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 23, 2016
2) Personally, I'm disappointed. Disappointed that a lot of people are going to be disappointed.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 23, 2016
3) That being said, while I vehemently disagree morally and politically, I will view this in the context of Ted's full record.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 23, 2016
4) Ted is still one of the best senators we have. And I hope he's happy there, because odds he'll be president severely diminished.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 23, 2016
5) I'll still root for Ted though I disagree. He didn't completely abandon me when I did something dumb last fall. I'll return the grace.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 23, 2016
6) But again, I think it's the worst political miscalculation of my lifetime. I hope I am wrong. The people will decide that.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 23, 2016
7) I'm just sorry to see so many people letdown again. That's the toughest part of this for me. I grow weary of seeing people disappointed.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 23, 2016
8) I'm used to being letdown. It's a state of being in this line of work. But the people deserve better. I wish I could give it to them.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 23, 2016
Ben Shapiro, editor-in-chief of The Daily Wire
(2) Hillary is wholly unacceptable. True, but that doesn't mean a vote for Trump. (/3)
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 23, 2016
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