Posted on 07/07/2016 11:27:05 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Donald Trump met Thursday with former GOP presidential rival Sen. Ted Cruz and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus in Washington, a source told CNN.
The meeting is the first time Cruz and Trump have met in person since the Texas senator dropped out of the presidential race after losing the Indiana primary more than two months ago.
The source could not say what the men discussed as they conferred at the National Republican Senatorial Committee headquarters where Trump also met with several dozen Republican senators on Thursday.
The Texas senator has so far refused to endorse Trump, but has not ruled it out.
While Cruz resisted criticizing Trump in the initial months of the GOP primary campaign, Cruz would eventually become one of Trump's fiercest rivals -- and the last remaining legitimate challenge to Trump's campaign to win the Republican presidential nomination.
And the final weeks of Cruz's campaign were dominated by Trump's personal attacks against the Texas senator and his family as the fight between the two men grew increasingly bitter and personal.
In late March, Trump threatened to "spill the beans" on Cruz's wife after an anti-Trump super PAC unaffiliated with Cruz's campaign pushed out a series of digital ads aimed at portraying Trump's wife in a negative light. And Trump would later also retweet an unflattering picture of the Texans' wife alongside a glamorous shot of his own wife with the caption "the images are worth a thousand words."
And as Indiana's Republican voters headed to the polls, Trump again turned to the personal, accusing Cruz's father of being involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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My guess is this is about a speech at the convention.
It is very doubtful there will be a Trump-Cruz ticket.
FYI,
Earlier thread with about 150 comments so far.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3447152/posts
Unlike TCruz for whom I voted on March 1, I had no trouble at all switching to Trump for Nov. 8. Too bad northerners won’t make the switch as easily as I did
Trump-Cruz, no: Trump-Santorum, who agree more with the Trump platform than does Cruz.
Is Lyn’ Ted stirring up this news? Seems to hurt him more than anyone else. He’s lost all credibility and things like this just remind people of this. I look forward to supporting anyone running against his re-election to the Senate. He needs to be retired, sent home to Canada.
Probably Cruz selling out for campaign cash from Priebus.
Goldman Sachs recognizes a failed investment.
I do agree that Santorum is a possibility.
I wrote this on another thread. Santorum fits as one who has no career to harm.
As far as veeps, it is hard to say. They have to not have a career anymore or be obsequious (e.g. Christie, Perry).
Possibilities:
Newt
Scott Brown
Christie
Giuliani
Rick Perry
Trump is trying to unify the party. It’s part of his job as the nominee and essential if he wants to win.
The pants-wetting crowd should congratulate him for the effort and get off of his back about being a renegade loner.
> It is very doubtful there will be a Trump-Cruz ticket.
I doubt it too. But Cruz could make good impeachment insurance. Unlikely that Ds or Rs in congress would want to get rid of Trump if that means President Cruz.
Impeachment insurance.
Yes, I hadn’t been thinking of that. They can impeach Trump in Feb 2017 if they want.
It’s all too weird.
Being a renegade loner is the only thing in Trump’s favor, that put him where he is.
I want him to be a renegade loner.
Reading this I’m reminded of the personal attacks Trump made on Mrs. Cruz. That was below the belt and very “middle school”.
This election is about stopping the total implosion of the country and it's going to take drastic measures to save it.
There are far too many sore winners on this site. They want to punish the defeated and rub salt in the wounds as long as possible. They don’t want to unify anything, they want to march into battle with only those who have been loyal since the beginning and to hell with anyone who didn’t support Trump by last August.
Trump is doing what needs to be done, and I am glad for it. I will gladly vote for Trump in November, but many of his supporters have lost my respect completely.
Agree. Passing out commie literature is not necessarily being part of a conspiracy.
Trump is trying to unify the party. Its part of his job as the nominee and essential if he wants to win.
The pants-wetting crowd should congratulate him for the effort and get off of his back about being a renegade loner.
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Agreed.
I also voted for Cruz in the Pennsylvania primary.
I will gladly be voting for Trump in the general election.
I understand that primaries can be very very nasty. I remember when Rick Perry (who I liked and would have voted for) called Trump a cancer to the Republican Party. The same with Scott Walker of Wisconsin (who I also like a lot).
We need to get over all the animosity and now do everything possible to elect the great American patriot Donald Trump for President of the USA.
Trump & Cruz are both adults, who, I would hope, care more about saving the Republic than destroying each other. If ever there were two that could get past the primaries and work together for the good of the Country, it would be these two.
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