Former La Marque Mayor Geraldine Sam Is Cruz's Latest Challenger
At first blush, it appeared that former La Marque Mayor Geraldine Sam filed as a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate because she was mad at incumbent Ted Cruz. As a delegate to the Republican National Convention last summer, she unloaded on Cruz when he made a prime-time speech and declined to endorse Donald Trump as the party nominee. Instead, he urged delegates to vote for their conservative principles.
You lied to me. You lied and said you were going to support the party nominee, and you wont. Then you lied to me. And Im very upset at this time, Sam told a reporter at the convention. I came to this convention as a Cruz delegate, and Im leaving supporting Donald Trump as the party nominee.
Cruz did endorse Trump two months later, and Sam has since forgiven him. After a while I started looking at things as to why Ted was angry and did not endorse Trump at that time, Sam told me. During the presidential campaign, Trump had called Cruz lyin Ted, insulted his wifes looks, and said Cruzs father was involved in a 1963 plot to kill President Kennedy.
Now, Sams anger is directed at Trump. I just look at some of the things the president is doing, and I just dont agree with those things. I want him to be presidential. I want him to stop tweeting at all hours of the morning, calling mothers children SOBs. Those are things a lot of us dont agree with.
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