Originally Posted: July 21, 2016
WASHINGTON (SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP) — The unity that leaders in the Republican party were struggling to present to voters in this election cycle took a major blow Wednesday at the hands of the man who had once pledged to be the candidate they could coalesce around.
Ted Cruz stuck to his guns on Thursday, remaining adamant in his refusal to endorse Donald Trump, regardless of how damaging it may be to himself, or the party he is a part of.
In reacting to Cruz’s speech, Matthew Wilson, an associate professor of Political Science at Southern Methodist University, noted it brings back certain perceptions people have had about the Republican Party.
“It certainly reinforces the sense that the party is divided, that there are still significant doubts about [Trump’s] commitment to conservative principals and that’s not the message of unity that the party would ideally hope to project coming out of Cleveland,” Wilson said. READ MORE