Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Cruz gets booed after he declines to endorse Trump during convention speech
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Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 20:03:09 -0600

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz declined to endorse Donald Trump on Wednesday night during his prime-time Republican National Convention speech, telling voters to "vote your conscience" in November.

Cruz has remained one of the GOP's most prominent holdouts even as other former Trump rivals offered tepid endorsements of the controversial Republican nominee.

However, fellow conservatives in recent days had increased pressure on the Texas senator to fall in line behind Trump.

The crowd in the Quicken Loans Arena broke out in chants of "we want Trump," to which Cruz replied, "I appreciate the enthusiasm of the New York delegation."

The audience proceeded to break out in overwhelming boos. As Cruz concluded his speech, cameras cut to Trump arriving in the arena, giving the crowd a thumbs up. 

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