Since Donald Trump became the presumptive GOP presidential nominee on May 3, Ted Cruz has declined to say whether or not he will support his former rival in the November election. "I am watching and listening and like millions of voters assessing the candidates. And I expect voters will continue to do that right up until Election Day," Cruz told THE WEEKLY STANDARD on Thursday.
Trump's vicious attacks on Cruz's wife and father would seem to make a Trump endorsement particularly difficult for Cruz. Trump threatened Heidi Cruz and insulted her looks on Twitter; he later promoted a baseless conspiracy theory that Cruz's father was involved in the assassination of President Kennedy.
So would Trump need to apologize to Cruz's wife and father to earn the Texas senator's support? "At the end of the day, what matters is not the personal insults," Cruz said Thursday afternoon after casting a vote in the Senate. "What matters is who we can trust to defend the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, to get Washington off the backs of small businesses, and bring back jobs, and to keep America safe."