1. Cruz v the sonsabitches
Ted Cruz told delegates he shed tears after losing the Indiana primary, then hid them: “I wasn’t gonna let those SOBs turn ‘Lyin’ Ted’ into ‘Cryin’ Ted.’” SOB might be seen as rough language, but to be fair, Trump has suggested Cruz’s father helped kill JFK.
Summary
Cruz, who won 475 delegates Tuesday, will take the stage in Cleveland Wednesday. Cruz has not endorsed Trump: will he play nice? Also on deck: Newt Gingrich, Eric Trump, Mike Pence and Marco Rubio (via video).
2. Woman in Trump sex assault case speaks
3. Melania speech snafu snowballs
Trump staffer Meredith McIver said she wrote Melania Trump’s speech, including lines borrowed from Michelle Obama, and she offered to resign but Trump turned her down. Melania Trump did not accompany her husband to Cleveland Wednesday.
Summary
McIver explained that Melania Trump “always liked” Michelle Obama and the verbatim borrowing was a misunderstanding. The words seemed to contradict what Mrs Trump said Tuesday: “I wrote it with as little help as possible.”
Trump’s copycat keynote, imagined
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Good news is Melania's speech got more publicity than any in the history of politics especially if you believe that all press is good press!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 20, 2016
4. Kasich approached for veep slot
Donald Trump Jr reached out to the John Kasich camp in May and offered to make Kasich veep in charge of “foreign and domestic policy”, the New York Times reported. Asked what would be left for Donald to do, Jr replied: “Make America great again.”
Trump offered to make Kasich king
5. Carson brings the Lucifer
Retired surgeon Ben Carson stood by associating Hillary Clinton with Beelzebub. “You look at what she advocates – the killing of babies, the dissolution of the traditional family … those are pretty consistent, quite frankly,” he said.
6. Trump aide calls for Clinton to be shot
“Anyone that commits treason should be shot,” Al Baldasaro, a Trump veterans’ affairs adviser, told the Daily Beast. “I believe Hillary Clinton committed treason. She put people in danger.”
Trump aide calls for Clinton’s death
7. Caitlyn Jenner attends GOP breakfast
“It was easy to come out as trans – it was hard to come out as Republican,” Jenner said. But she admitted “the Democratic Party does a better job when it comes to the LGBT community, the trans community”.
… and another thing:
.@LauraBenanti as @MelaniaTrump on the Late Show is the best thing you will see today!! https://t.co/PrA7dVBTq7https://t.co/7UzRWQPBdB
— Perez (@ThePerezHilton) July 20, 2016
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