The RNC did not immediately answer whether Cruz’s remarks would ever be posted in their entirety. | Getty RNC's delayed Cruz speech posting raises eyebrows

The Republican National Committee drew notice from media observers Thursday after it was noticed that Ted Cruz's speech to the convention was missing from its YouTube channel.

As of early Thursday afternoon, the RNC still had not posted the full video of Cruz’s speech, in which the Texas senator failed to endorse Republican nominee Donald Trump. By 5 p.m. Thursday, however, Cruz's entire address was available on the channel, in addition to other speeches that drew a warmer reaction from the crowd.


The RNC had already posted full videos of most of Wednesday night’s marquee speakers, including Eric Trump, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Trump’s vice presidential nominee, Mike Pence. Only two short snippets of Cruz’s 23-minute speech, in which he spoke about constraints on government and the Bill of Rights, were initially included.

Newt Gingrich’s remarks, which partially responded to Cruz’s advice for convention-goers to “vote your conscience,” were also missing from the official RNC channel.

Cruz’s omission from the RNC’s YouTube page was first flagged by The Weekly Standard .