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Persuasive Essay On Ted Cruz

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Utah Senator Mike Lee announced on Thursday to reporters that he is endorsing Ted Cruz for President, becoming the first sitting U.S. senator to back his fellow colleague.

"We have reached a point when we need to unite behind a single candidate," Lee said, addressing reporters inside the debate media spin room in University of Miami, Florida. "I'm sending the signal that it is time to unite. We as Republicans need to unite behind one leader... we need to unite behind Ted Cruz."
GOP front-runner Donald Trump has hit Cruz in the past for not being able to gain any support or endorsement from his colleagues. This endorsement in Rubio's own backyard comes in days before the Florida Republican primary as many GOP leaders are now looking to the Texas Senator as the only viable candidate who has the best chance to stop Trump as …show more content…

"I expect that I'll be the first of many Republican senators who will endorse Ted Cruz," he said. "I'm confident that more are on the way, and I welcome others to join me."

In the past, Lee declined to formally endorse Cruz, or the two other Senators, Rubio and Rand Paul, citing he was very close with all three. "One of the weirdest things that can happen to a person is to have his three favorite co-workers all running for president of the United States at the same time," Lee said in December when asked who would he endorsed.

Now Paul has dropped out early February to focus on his reelection seat in Kentucky, it was down to two young Senators for Lee to decide. With Rubio's campaign on life support heading into next Tuesday's contest, with all or nothing left in his home state of Florida, Cruz is having a good week. He has already won seven contested states and gained a total count of 359 delegates, establishing himself as the candidate with the best chance to defeat

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