EXCLUSIVE: Cruz Camp: Trump Campaign Approved Speech, 'Orchestrated' RNC Blowback To 'Make Cruz a Pariah'

[Timber Rattler]

http://www.dailywire.com/news/7665/exclusive-cruz-camp-trump-campaign-approved-speech-ben-shapiro

Late Wednesday night, a source within the Cruz team informed Daily Wire exclusively that the Trump campaign had sandbagged Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) over his speech at the Republican National Convention. Cruz spoke at the RNC, where he congratulated Trump on his campaign victory, then spoke about the necessity for freedom and finally stated that Americans should “vote your conscience.” He was met with resounding boos on the floor of the convention; his wife Heidi had to be rushed from the room; according to reports, one Republican delegate physically accosted Cruz, and Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson refused to meet with Cruz.

According to the source, the entire Cruz speech was cleared by the Trump campaign. Paul Manafort, Trump’s campaign manager, expressly approved the speech at 4:30 PM ET. The source, who was standing on the convention floor at the time of the speech, said that Trump operatives were present, urging the crowd to boo. “This was orchestrated by the Trump campaign to make Senator Cruz a pariah within the party,” said the source.

“We made this arrangement weeks ago regarding the speech," the source continued. "We said we wouldn’t cause trouble with the delegates, that Senator Cruz would give a speech, that Senator Cruz would not endorse. They agreed to that. That was always the deal. They saw the speech beforehand and knew what Senator Cruz would be saying. They offered no pushback on the speech whatsoever.”

In fact, the source added, a few hours before the speech, the Trump campaign had been in negotiations with Cruz for Cruz to play a larger role in the campaign, including advising on Israel policy. Minutes after the speech ended, the source noted, the Trump campaign instantly informed them that the offer had been withdrawn.

“Senator Cruz was a little surprised by the depth of the boos,” the source said. “Donors have been emailing, declaring that he’s dead, that it’s the end of his political career.

"But I don't think this is all going to play out the way Donald Trump thinks it will.”

[SirLinksALot]

The anti-Cruz camp can always deny this and repeat the "Lyin' Ted" Mantra.

There's evidence to show that the speech was cleared before hand though --- Trump himself tweeted that he saw the speech hours before Ted took the stage.

[SirLinksALot]

Here's the Trump tweet after the speech (as broadcast by CNN):

      Twitter @REALDONALDTRUMP

        WOW! Ted Cruz got booed off the stage, didn't honor the pledge! I saw his speech two hours early but let him speak anyway, No Big Deal!

[ConstitutionRose]

Typical Trump crap.  God forbid there should be ANY discussion about the issues in this   campaign.  Especially NOT from Trump.  Wall to wall reality show faux drama and Trump  constantly extracting vengeance for any little thing he sees as a slight.  The only person running for President is Hillary.  Trump is running an extended, out of the studio episode of his TV show.

[SirLinksALot]

Typical Trump crap.  God forbid there should be ANY discussion about the issues in this   campaign.  Especially NOT from Trump.  Wall to wall reality show faux drama and Trump  constantly extracting vengeance for any little thing he sees as a slight.  The only person running for President is Hillary.  Trump is running an extended, out of the studio episode of his TV show.

This observation from Tyler O'Neil of P J Media ( who was on the floor ) captures it:

To be fair, Cruz congratulated Trump on winning the Republican nomination early in his speech, and he emphasized that Republicans cannot afford to stay home in November. But the telling moment came when the Texas senator declared those three fateful words, "vote your conscience!"

At that moment, the crowd burst into applause, angry yelling, and eventually chants for Trump. Many delegates rose to applaud Cruz, as the New York delegation (which I was right in front of) rose with angry fists.

The indiscernible noises eventually took shape as delegates yelled, "Trump! Trump!" then "We want Trump! We want Trump!" and finally "Endorse Trump! Endorse Trump!"

Cruz, remaining cool throughout, merely declared, "I appreciate the enthusiasm of the New York delegation." Rather than addressing the elephant in the room, the Texas senator returned to the theme of his speech: freedom.

It really makes me wonder if the entire orchestrated booing from the New York delegation was necessary. And then a few seconds later, we had Trump himself appearing deflecting attention away from Cruz as the cameras panned to the Donald himself.

PJ Media's own Roger Simon argued that "it was Pence, not Cruz, who put himself on the map for the presidency Wednesday night."

If so, Twitter has been late to respond. "Ted Cruz" remained the top trend nationally well into Thursday morning. "Mike Pence" was nowhere to be found.

Pence did give a fantastic speech, and he did not mention Cruz once in it. (Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich attempted to redefine Cruz's remarks, only giving them more notoriety, while New Jersey Governor Chris Christie attacked them as "selfish.")

The Indiana governor deserves credit for legitimizing Trump in the eyes of many conservatives, and for dubbing Clinton "secretary of the status quo." But at the end of the night, and into the end of this week, the talk will be about Cruz. It isn't just because Cruz has a huge Twitter following, but also because it feeds the media the story they want -- a divided Republican convention.

Trump supporters will declare this moment of Ted Cruz's downfall, while conservatives who struggle with supporting Trump will continue to see it as a moment of political heroism. Either way, they will keep talking about it, as Pence's speech fades into the first of many as Donald Trump's running mate.

[Just_Victor]

Typical Trump crap.  God forbid there should be ANY discussion about the issues in this   campaign.  Especially NOT from Trump.  Wall to wall reality show faux drama and Trump  constantly extracting vengeance for any little thing he sees as a slight.  The only person running for President is Hillary.  Trump is running an extended, out of the studio episode of his TV show.

It's very telling of Trump and his supporters that they keep telling us that we have to support their candidate because defeating Hillary is the ultimate goal.  And yet their focus is completely on Ted Cruz and other Republicans who aren't particularly enthusiastic about Trump.  I think I can see who their real enemy is.

[sinkspur]

When Trump loses, Ted Cruz will be viewed as the guy who took the keys away from a drunk driver.

Have you read Trump's remarks on NATO and Erdogan?  I'm posting an article.

Trump is lucky the Cruz brouhaha is drowning out his ridiculous comments.  Trump is turning into Putin.

[Leto]

At this point I would vote for Clinton over tRump, f him.

 I have the Constitution party and Libertarians to vote for over Clinton,

[Gov Bean Counter]

I am convinced that Trump cut a deal with McConnell whereby Mitch would grease the insider skills for Trump in exchange for Trump attempting to personally and professionally destroy Cruz.

[SirLinksALot]

When Trump loses, Ted Cruz will be viewed as the guy who took the keys away from a drunk driver.

Have you read Trump's remarks on NATO and Erdogan?  I'm posting an article.

Trump is lucky the Cruz brouhaha is drowning out his ridiculous comments.  Trump is turning into Putin.

Let's think about it for a moment -- What was the most important thing on the third night of the convention? Was it Ted Cruz's endorsement or non-endorsement of Trump, or the introduction of Mike Pence as Trump's VP to the national stage?

Of course it has to be Mike Pence. Whether Ted Cruz would endorse or not should not even be a consideration.

The success of Mike Pence as he takes the national stage is of UTMOST importance, heck -- he IS the Vice Presidential nominee and not many people know him nationally.

Yet, as Leon Wolf observes,  if you check social media and in the news, the Trump supporters might as well have not even seen Mike Pence's speech. None of them are talking about it. None of them are the slightest bit interested in what Pence brings to the ticket or his vision for America. On the other hand, they are hopping mad and incessantly bitching about Ted Cruz not endorsing Trump - in spite of the fact that the first words out of Cruz's mouth were congratulating Donald Trump for his victory, and in spite of the fact that he did not say a single negative word about Trump, and additionally in spite of the fact that he encouraged people not to stay home in November.

And here's another piece of information for those who don't know -- TRUMP KNEW ABOUT TED CRUZ's SPEECH. He tweeted so. READ HIS TWEET HERE:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/755972015249645568


So, THE CONTENT OF THE SPEECH WAS NOT EVEN A SURPRISE. It was PRE-CLEARED by both Trump and the RNC.

Leon Wolf said this in his article:

 I began to hear reports in the afternoon that Cruz told the RNC that he would not endorse Trump, and that the RNC was exerting a lot of pressure on him to change his mind, but that he firmly told them that he would not. He said he would congratulate Donald Trump, would avoid saying anything negative about Trump, and talk about the principles he stood for. The RNC and Trump both agreed to let him proceed with the speech as is. So the idea that Cruz sprung this on them as some sort of surprise is absolute BS.



People KNEW about Ted Cruz's speech BEFORE he made them.

See here:

https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/755957089143549952

Wow. We've looked at advance remarks sent by RNC at 8:21. Contains exactly what Ted said. He didn't change anything! http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ted-turns-the-tables-on-trump-hard …

So, is this not a case where Trump supporters ( and Trump himself, when he made his grand entrance towards the end of Cruz's speech causing the cameras to pan to him ) INTENTIONALLY chose to create a ruckus to derail Ted Cruz?

It's hard not to think that.

One cannot help but wonder and ask what if the crowd ( especially the New York delegation) had simply remained silent or applauded at Cruz's exhortation to vote their conscience?

If they did that, people would be talking about Mike Pence today and not Ted Cruz.

Just look at our forum, there's NOT ONE thread about Mike Pence.

The law of unintended consequences strikes again ( or was it INTENDED? )

[XenaLee]

http://www.dailywire.com/news/7665/exclusive-cruz-camp-trump-campaign-approved-speech-ben-shapiro

Late Wednesday night, a source within the Cruz team informed Daily Wire exclusively that the Trump campaign had sandbagged Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) over his speech at the Republican National Convention. Cruz spoke at the RNC, where he congratulated Trump on his campaign victory, then spoke about the necessity for freedom and finally stated that Americans should “vote your conscience.” He was met with resounding boos on the floor of the convention; his wife Heidi had to be rushed from the room; according to reports, one Republican delegate physically accosted Cruz, and Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson refused to meet with Cruz.

According to the source, the entire Cruz speech was cleared by the Trump campaign. Paul Manafort, Trump’s campaign manager, expressly approved the speech at 4:30 PM ET. The source, who was standing on the convention floor at the time of the speech, said that Trump operatives were present, urging the crowd to boo. “This was orchestrated by the Trump campaign to make Senator Cruz a pariah within the party,” said the source.

“We made this arrangement weeks ago regarding the speech," the source continued. "We said we wouldn’t cause trouble with the delegates, that Senator Cruz would give a speech, that Senator Cruz would not endorse. They agreed to that. That was always the deal. They saw the speech beforehand and knew what Senator Cruz would be saying. They offered no pushback on the speech whatsoever.”

In fact, the source added, a few hours before the speech, the Trump campaign had been in negotiations with Cruz for Cruz to play a larger role in the campaign, including advising on Israel policy. Minutes after the speech ended, the source noted, the Trump campaign instantly informed them that the offer had been withdrawn.

“Senator Cruz was a little surprised by the depth of the boos,” the source said. “Donors have been emailing, declaring that he’s dead, that it’s the end of his political career.

"But I don't think this is all going to play out the way Donald Trump thinks it will.”

Just another dirty trick/stunt from Trump, who continues to display his "NY values" throughout this election year.  Rather than take Cruz's wonderful speech and choose to unite the party and applaud Ted's sentiment....Trump does what he always does.  Tries to make a chump out of Ted, when the real chump is Trump.

And just wait.  He's still got over three months in which to REALLY show his New York "values".  The 'real Donald' will come out more and more as the election day gets nearer.  Just like last nite was a setup for Cruz....this whole Trump run is yet another setup for anyone on the right of the political aisle.  There's going to be an awfully lot of surprised righties by November.  (just my two cents)

[Chosen Daughter]

At this point I would vote for Clinton over tRump, f him.

 I have the Constitution party and Libertarians to vote for over Clinton,

Everybody has a card.  Obama was race card.  Trump uses the victim card.  It was all well orchestrated.  He had read the speech.  They whipped the crowd into boo's.  Poor Trump Senator Cruz came to his party and made him cry.  Well it explains why he tweeted two separate messages.  One that Cruz was booed wouldn't endorse Trump read the speech and let him speak anyway.  Second that he loved Ted Cruz speech.

Orchestrated victimhood.  Trying to get t a boost from the media story.  But for Cruz standing on principle works for him.  He doesn't have to try because he is only doing what is natural.  Sticking to what is right.  May have seemed unpopular but he will come out the man on top.  A man, not a victim.

[Chosen Daughter]

What does America want?  A man or a victim.  I think that Trump has used victimhood all of his life.  It works for him but isn't right for America.  All of his lawsuits show how he works it.

[austingirl]

Typical Trump crap.  God forbid there should be ANY discussion about the issues in this   campaign.  Especially NOT from Trump.  Wall to wall reality show faux drama and Trump  constantly extracting vengeance for any little thing he sees as a slight.  The only person running for President is Hillary.  Trump is running an extended, out of the studio episode of his TV show.

Great post!

Trump never mentions freedom, the Constitution or the Tenth Amendment. There is a new Htlery video that is montage of Trump praising her- it will be devastating.

[austingirl]

Just another dirty trick/stunt from Trump, who continues to display his "NY values" throughout this election year.  Rather than take Cruz's wonderful speech and choose to unite the party and applaud Ted's sentiment....Trump does what he always does.  Tries to make a chump out of Ted, when the real chump is Trump.

And just wait.  He's still got over three months in which to REALLY show his New York "values".  The 'real Donald' will come out more and more as the election day gets nearer.  Just like last nite was a setup for Cruz....this whole Trump run is yet another setup for anyone on the right of the political aisle.  There's going to be an awfully lot of surprised righties by November.  (just my two cents)

Trump is a megalomaniac. He loves dirty tricks and that will not stop. The RINOs are all over TV slamming Cruz- a true statesman and man of principle.

[Free Vulcan]

Everybody has a card.  Obama was race card.  Trump uses the victim card.  It was all well orchestrated.  He had read the speech.  They whipped the crowd into boo's.  Poor Trump Senator Cruz came to his party and made him cry.  Well it explains why he tweeted two separate messages.  One that Cruz was booed wouldn't endorse Trump read the speech and let him speak anyway.  Second that he loved Ted Cruz speech.

Orchestrated victimhood.  Trying to get t a boost from the media story.  But for Cruz standing on principle works for him.  He doesn't have to try because he is only doing what is natural.  Sticking to what is right.  May have seemed unpopular but he will come out the man on top.  A man, not a victim.

The weird part is...what does he think it'll gain him? Why whip up anger at Cruz when Hillary is the enemy?

Then there's that whole stalking horse theory. He's playing his supporters for suckers.