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I own a small Republican consulting firm with multiple U.S. Senate clients. For business sake, I keep my head down; never look for publicity, and in general try not to make waves. I am probably ideologically aligned closest to Ted Cruz, but fine with Trump. After what I have witnessed over the years I am very anti-establishment.

After “Super-Tuesday” anyone with an ounce of credibility knew the establishment had one choice to stop Trump. Clear the field for Cruz. The reason for that was simple. Rubio and Kasich voters, left with a choice of Cruz & Trump, would fall heavily to Cruz. If they cleared the field for any other candidate, at least half of Cruz voters would have gone over to Trump to put him over the top.

Working with Republican U.S. Senators, I can tell you first hand their disdain for Ted Cruz. He has one friend in the Senate and only a handful who will even tolerate him. Yesterday the establishment found door number three…use Cruz to get them to a brokered convention. Romney could not have been clearer. He said, “Vote for Rubio in states Rubio can win. Vote for Kasich in states Kasich can win. And vote for Cruz in states Cruz can win.” This establishment strategy ONLY leads to a brokered convention.

In a brokered convention, I will guarantee Cruz and Trump will get nothing. Zero. Please understand the convention delegates and process. First of all Speaker Ryan will be in charge. All delegates are ONLY required to vote as their states did on the first ballot. On rules, process, and second and third ballots they are free to vote as they wish. These delegates are NOT selected by the campaigns. They are long time Republican Party people who have worked to become delegates. They are indeed “establishment”. Any notion that Trump or Cruz will get anything out of a brokered convention is delusional.

Sure this is suicidal for the party. Under such circumstances, of literally stabbing 60 plus percent of Republican voters in the back, we will lose the Presidency, Senate, and most likely the House. They do not care. In fact, I would say in their delusional brains they think after a cooling off period people will fall in line. We all know that will not happen, but they truly live in a bubble.

So even as someone who is sympathetic to Ted Cruz, I can no longer play this game. At this point a vote for Cruz is a vote for a brokered convention where we get nothing. I would ask all Cruz supporters to think strategically. Cruz is now being used by the establishment. It sickens me that the establishment has pushed me into this corner. But it is either Trump or nothing.