Cruz struck a decidedly different tone from his 2016 RNC speech, when he refused to endorse Trump and told voters to “vote your conscience.”
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Cruz spoke on the second night of the convention, which was themed around national security. Cruz accused President Joe Biden of neglecting the border and allowing crime to enter the country. Cruz evoked the names of Americans allegedly killed by undocumented immigrants, including 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. With each name, he led the crowd in a chant of"Every damn day.
“We have no king or queen, we have no dictator, we the people constrain government,” Cruz said at the 2016 convention. “We deserve leaders who stand for principle, who unite us all behind shared values, who cast aside anger for love. That is the standard we should expect from everybody.” Cruz was not invited to speak at the 2020 RNC. The convention that year was drastically pared down due to the pandemic.
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who served as Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis both delivered their support to Trump. Haley was the last major candidate to drop out of the Republican primary in March. DeSantis was floated as a serious challenger to Trump and shared many of the same strategists as Cruz.Trump entered the convention floor and took his seat just before Cruz, Haley and DeSantis spoke, facing his former opponents in person.
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