Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) might’ve failed in his presidential bid against Donald Trump, but he has accepted the businessman’s offer to speak at the Republican National Convention.
Cruz told reporters that he had a “positive and productive” meeting with Trump on Thursday morning.
“Donald asked me to speak at the Republican convention and I told him I’d be happy to do so,” Cruz said.
Cruz has so far dodged saying whether he’d endorsed Trump and when asked Thursday what else was talked about at the meeting, Cruz said “there was no discussion of any endorsement.”
Watch his comments:
Cruz says Trump invited him to speak at the convention and he accepted pic.twitter.com/vhbTsFjJ65
— Katherine Faulders (@KFaulders) July 7, 2016
What are you gonna speak about Ted? “Green Eggs and Ham” or “Go Dog Go”?
A veep wouldn’t endorse…
“Uh, Mr. Trump, sir, we have a bit of a problem with the scheduling for Wednesday night–a three-hour hole. Ted Cruz says he’ll give a speech, but only if it’s open mike. He might sing.”
Cruz will play the good soldier, slather on the compliments and endorse Trump, all with an eye on 2020. As prickly as he is he places a bit more value than Trump on cultivating at least a few allies in the party, especially when it serves his own purposes. Well, only if it serves his own purposes.
He wants to be sitting close to the podium when the Orange Wedding happens.