Sen. [crscore]Ted Cruz[/crscore] says that if Donald Trump “were to go out on Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody,” he would not be able to support Trump if he won the Republican nomination.

In a press gaggle in Rockford, Illinois on Monday, Cruz said, “The way to beat Donald Trump is beat him at the ballot box, which is what we have been doing, and that is why our campaign, Republicans are uniting behind our campaign because we’re the only campaign that has beaten Donald Trump over and over and over again, and can and will beat Donald Trump.” (RELATED: Trump Says That He Could Shoot Somebody And ‘Wouldn’t Lose Any Voters’ [VIDEO])

A reporter asked Cruz, “[A]t what point do events on the ground force you or at least have you reconsider and maybe look at your position given that your rivals have said it would be extremely difficult to support Trump if he were the nominee?”

“Well, I can give you one example where I would no longer support Donald Trump. If for example, he were to go out on Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, I would not be willing to support Donald Trump,” Cruz claimed.

Cruz is referring to Trump’s claim that he has the “most loyal” supporters and that he could “stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters, okay. It’s like incredible.”

Continuing his argument Cruz said, “But I think the best answer to Donald Trump, to his failed liberal policies, to his being enmeshed in Washington corruption, supporting the policies that have caused so much damage, funding open border Democrats, funding the architects of Obamacare — all of which Donald has done — the answer is not to cry in your beer about the support Donald has received.”

“And the answer is not to do what the Washington establishment hopes to do in their fevered dreams which is they envision a brokered convention where the convention deadlocked and suddenly in from Washington the dealmakers parachute in an establishment candidate who is their salvation. That is not going to happen. And it would spark an absolute revolt, quite rightly, from the voters,” Cruz said.

Later Cruz said, “Indeed, to date, we have beaten Donald Trump not once, not twice, not three times, but nine different times all over the United States of America. Literally from Alaska to Maine, and states all in between. And as Republicans continue to unite, we will continue to beat Donald Trump. We will win the nomination with 1237 delegates. And then we will go on to beat Hillary Clinton in the general election.”

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