Ted Cruz to announce who he's voting for, likely Trump

[Coolface Sock #42069]

Why this? Why now?

[Coolface Sock #42069]

Cruz is finished. Holy, I didn't like Cruz before but  man this makes me HATE him even more. He would have surely rebound for 2020 but this quick of a reversal? Did Trump at least apologize to Cruz privately? Anyway, Republicans look like they will have a sane choice for 2020 since Cruz is out for the running.

Don't count on it.

[Coolface Sock #42069]

Really great news!  I commend Cruz for getting over their personal differences.  I probably agree with him much more than I agree with Trump on policy, but Trump's our nominee, and he is so much better than Crooked Hillary.  We need all Republicans to reunite to make sure Hillary Clinton never becomes President of the United States.

"Personal differences"? Dude, seeing someone co-opt your political movement and remold it in their image goes far beyond "personal differences". As much as I hate the Tea Party, I honestly don't think that Cruz meant for it to become so blatantly white supremacist, and seeing Trump push it in this direction has probably, in his mind, relegated it even farther to the fringe than it had been before. This isn't a matter of "personal differences"- this is a matter of Trump taking advantage of all of the work that the Tea Party had done (as deplorable as that work was), and I think that Cruz legitimately hates him for that.

I don't feel sorry for them anymore. Jenny Beth Martin (founder of the original Tea Party group, Tea Party Patriots) also recently endorsed Trump. They might as well be fully on board with the white supremacist crap now. Martin and Cruz (and 95% of the people who were originally on board with the Tea Party when it was created as a group concerned about shrinking the size and scope of government) have totally abandoned their principles. Nobody forced them to do that.