Cruz Punts Again On Supporting Trump: ‘I Trust The People’

Back on Capitol Hill for the first time since dropping out of the GOP 2016 race, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) again refused to say Tuesday whether he would support Donald Trump, after dodging the question earlier in the day in a radio interview.

“We suspended our campaign one week ago today. There are two and half months until the Republican convention, six and half months until the general election,” Cruz said to reporters outside his Senate office. “There will be plenty of time for voters to make the determination who they are going to support.”

He also said he would leave it up to his supporters to make up their own mind as to who they should support in the general election.

“I trust the people, the great thing about our Democratic Republic is that authority, sovereignty rests with ‘we the people’,” he said.

Asked to elaborate on comments he made on Glenn Beck’s radio show Tuesday morning hinting of getting back in the race, Cruz reiterated that his campaign had been suspended because he saw “no viable path to victory.”

“Of course if that changes we would reconsider,” Cruz said, adding that he would not win the Nebraska primary Tuesday night.

“If circumstances change we’ll always assess changed circumstances, but I appreciate the eagerness and the excitement of all the folks in the media to see me back in the ring,” Cruz said. “You may have to wait a little bit longer.”