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CAMPAIGN 2016: Ted Cruz says he'll vote for Trump

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Sen. Ted Cruz announces he will vote for Donald Trump, coming around to back the Republican nominee months after their bitter primary contest.

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Cruz says he will vote for Trump

Published September 23, 2016 FoxNews.com

Sen. Ted Cruz announced Friday that he will vote for ex-primary foe Donald Trump and urged others to do the same, reversing course to back the Republican nominee two months after he stunned the party brass by withholding his endorsement at the Cleveland convention.

Cruz and Trump were bitter rivals in the final stretch of the primary campaign. The Texas senator’s announcement of support, made on Facebook, comes just days before the first debate between Trump and Hillary Clinton.

“Like many other voters, I have struggled to determine the right course of action in this general election,” Cruz said in his statement.
Noting that he urged voters in Cleveland to vote their “conscience,” he said: “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.”

The outspoken Republican, still thought to be planning another presidential run sometime in the future, said he made the decision because he wants to keep his word to support the Republican nominee – and he finds Hillary Clinton “wholly unacceptable.”

“Our country is in crisis. Hillary Clinton is manifestly unfit to be president, and her policies would harm millions of Americans. And Donald Trump is the only thing standing in her way,” he said. “A year ago, I pledged to endorse the Republican nominee, and I am honoring that commitment. And if you don’t want to see a Hillary Clinton presidency, I encourage you to vote for him.”

The outspoken Republican, still thought to be planning another presidential run sometime in the future, snubbed Trump at the Republican convention by declining to outright endorse him during his remarks.

Trump blasted Cruz on the way out, saying he didn’t even want his endorsement.

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