In response to criticisms about his failure to endorse Donald Trump in his Wednesday evening speech at the Republican National Convention, Ted Cruz said “the way to unify the party is to stand behind shared principles and shared values.”
“I believe voters should ask exactly what I said last night: Who do you trust to defend freedom and be faithful to the Constitution?” Cruz said in an interview with NBC on Thursday.
“That is a case I hope to see my party make to the American people. That’s how we win. If we don’t make that case to the American people, we don’t have a path to victory.”
The former presidential candidate said his reason for giving his speech was “to address millions of Republicans, millions of Americans across the country and lay out a positive vision for how we win.”
Having asked the audience to “vote your conscience” in his primetime speech on Wednesday, Cruz did not say in the interview if he will vote for Trump. However, he made it clear he would never support Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
“Hillary Clinton will not defend freedom and will not be faithful to the Constitution. I know that. I will not be voting for Hillary Clinton.”
