Cruz Running on the ‘Anti-Roadkill’ Platform

When we started, there were 17 candidates in this race. It was a wonderfully diverse, talented, dynamic, young field. It had really incredible talent. If you look at a number of the candidates that took on Donald Trump early on, they ended up as roadkill. … Our objective was simple from the beginning, it is to win this race, to win the nomination and then beat Hillary Clinton and turn this country around. And not be roadkill. I am very strongly committed on the anti-roadkill approach.

— Sen. Ted Cruz, explaining to WTMJ why he didn’t attack Donald Trump for many months.

Most GOP Insiders Favor Denying Trump the Nomination

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Republican insiders said “the party should nominate another candidate if Trump finishes with a plurality, rather than the required 1,237-delegate majority necessary to claim the party nomination,” Politico reports. “A majority of Republican insiders say Donald Trump should not get the GOP presidential nomination if he falls short of winning a majority of delegates – even if Trump amasses more than any of his opponents.”

Florida GOP Congressman May Vote for Clinton

I think both Donald Trump and Mrs. Clinton are flawed candidates, if you look at the polls the majority of Americans have negative views on both of them. So I am going to wait and see what happens on our side, but I have already said I will not support Mr. Trump, that is not a political decision that is a moral decision.

— Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), who “has been telling some Democrats in his district he would vote for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump if those were his two choices,” CBS Miami reports.