Cruz courts Rubio supporters in primary night speech

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz courted Marco Rubio’s supporters in a late-night speech in Houston.

Cruz did not earn a victory in any state voting on Tuesday before taking the stage, but he described the primary results as a “good night” because of the delegates he gained.”To those who supported Marco, who worked so hard, we welcome you with open arms, with gratitude, and with hope and with a positive vision together for our great nation,” Cruz said. “Starting tomorrow morning every Republican has a clear choice. Only two campaigns have a plausible path to the nomination, ours and Donald Trump’s. Nobody else has any mathematical possibility whatsoever… And going forward, the choice is straightforward: Do you want a candidate who shares your values or a candidate who has spent decades opposing your values?”Cruz blasted Donald Trump as potentially the one person who would lose to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in November. Trump, however, earned several statewide victories on Tuesday and ran neck-and-neck with Cruz in a too-close-to-call contest in Missouri.