Ted Cruz’s refusal to endorse Donald Trump was a “career-ending read my lips” moment, according to Sarah Palin, that exemplifies why Americans “don’t much like typical politicians.”
“I guarantee American voters took notice and felt more unsettling confirmation as to why we don’t much like typical politicians because they campaign one way, but act out another way,” Palin said in a statement to Breitbart News. “That kind of political status quo has got to go because it got us into the mess we’re in with America’s bankrupt budgets and ramped up security threats.
“It’s commonplace for politicians to disbelieve their word is their bond, as evidenced by Cruz breaking his promise to endorse his party’s nominee, evidently thinking whilst on the convention stage, ‘At this point, what difference does it make?’ We’ve been burned so horribly by that attitude that voters won’t reward politicians pulling that ‘what difference does it make’ stunt again. Politicians will see — it makes all the difference in the world to us,” she added.
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Palin made the statement following Cruz’s Wednesday evening speech at the Republican National Convention. Convention delegates booed Cruz for refusing to endorse Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.
The comments from Palin, who endorsed Cruz in his 2012 Senate primary campaign against Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, is the latest illustration of how significantly party alliances have shifted. Pence similarly endorsed Cruz in April, before Indiana’s presidential primary.
