Subject: FW: FACT: Cruz has no shot of becoming GOP nominee before convention
From: "Garcia, Walter" <[email-masked]>
To: Comm_D <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 14:22:46 -0700

From: Press Texas Democratic Party [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 5:22 PM
To: Press Texas Democratic Party
Subject: FACT: Cruz has no shot of becoming GOP nominee before convention

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For Immediate Release

April 20, 2016

Contact: Tariq Thowfeek, (832) 429-8217, [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

FACT: Cruz has no shot of becoming GOP nominee before convention

How bad was Tea Party Republican Ted Cruz’s night in New York yesterday? REALLY, REALLY bad. Let’s take a look at a couple of facts:

·         He won a total of ZERO delegates.

·         He even managed to lose<http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-primaries/276963-cruz-loses-to-ben-carson-in-new-york-district> to Ben Carson in a congressional district. News flash: Ben Carson has been out of the race for weeks.

·         And last but certainly not least, this tweet<https://twitter.com/joshledermanAP/status/722769536655761409> says it all:

[https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/RzZrCAoY8Qx6JHUs1uLzmVOnYZ2rgfBWn8yuo1O3Lpz0MkFsy7f-cuTfrK-wH_o3jhgo4oSqKFOaWOYYFV8c0ob-02hvlUQXFQep7xxZbZlhVavKpCI1EnOI2NWGYBA6V-dutmzu]

Texas Democratic Party Deputy Executive Director Manny Garcia issued the following statement:

“There’s no other way to put it: last night was an absolute disaster for Cuban-American, Canadian-born Ted Cruz.

“Normally, losing to a candidate who hasn’t been in the race for weeks or winning a total of zero delegates would be bad enough, but the true blow to lyin’ Ted Cruz and his campaign was the fact that he officially has no mathematical way of becoming the Republican nominee before the convention.

“Because of his pitiful campaign performance, the only way left Ted Cruz can forge ahead is to lie, cheat, and say anything to steal the nomination from Trump.

“Ted Cruz cannot win. It’s arithmetic. Sad!”

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