Ted Cruz was booed of stage at the RNC for his failure to officially endorse Donald Trump.

Cruz did not tell the RNC crowd that he plans to vote for Trump. Interrupted by chants of “Trump, Trump, Trump,” Cruz paused, and responded in a condescending tone, “I appreciate the enthusiasm of the New York delegation.”

Cruz closed his speech saying…

“And to those listening, please, don’t stay home in November.” “Stand and speak, and vote your conscience. Vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the Constitution.”

No Trump endorsement. Things got ugly.

“He’s a chicken,” said Eugene Delgaudio, a delegate from Sterling, Virginia, who clucked like a chicken when asked about Cruz’s decision.

“He needed to toughen up like every other Republican loser of any nomination battle in the last 100 years since Abraham Lincoln and just suck it up, be a man and back the nominee that he was beaten by, fair and square.”

Meanwhile Heidi Cruz ran for cover, making a b-line for the RNC exit doors, as the crowd turned on her husband at the end of his speech.

A reporter for the Richmond Times-Dispatch posted a video of Heidi Cruz being escorted out of the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.

Angry Ken Cuccinelli escorting Heidi Cruz out as Trump supporters yell at her pic.twitter.com/G6USuhoSx2 — Graham Moomaw (@gmoomaw) July 21, 2016

Mashable reports…

With her [Heidi Cruz] is Ken Cuccinelli, the former attorney general of Virginia, who has also been firmly anti-Trump. Cuccinelli reportedly confirmed to journalists that he helped Heidi Cruz leave the scene after the speech out of concern for her safety, saying that people were “physically approaching her, berating her.” After leaving the floor, Heidi Cruz reportedly got into a verbal altercation with the head of the Washington delegation, who had berated Ted Cruz following his speech.

Trump supporter screams “Goldman Sachs” at Heidi Cruz as she departs convention floor after Cruz” speech got angry response from delegates — Deirdre Walsh (@deirdrewalshcnn) July 21, 2016

HEIDI CRUZ escorted out by security as crowd gets angry at Cruz for his speech. One Trump supporter shouting “Goldman Sachs!” at her — Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 21, 2016

CRUZ gets lots of boos on convention floor after refusing to endorse Trump. Woman gives thumbs down #RNCinCLE pic.twitter.com/zVkvB6Yreg — Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) July 21, 2016

Trump crowd turning on Cruz pic.twitter.com/BCjUp2Aiv4 — Graham Moomaw (@gmoomaw) July 21, 2016

Via: http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/heidi-cruz-escorted-out-of-republican-convention/#cJXpMxv8VaqJ

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