The Donald Trump and [crscore]Ted Cruz[/crscore] campaigns touted endorsements Saturday afternoon. Former Republican Gov. of California Pete Wilson endorsed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Tennessee Republican Rep. Jimmy Duncan threw his support behind Donald Trump.
“With only four percent of the world’s population, we buy 25 percent of the world’s goods. Every country wants into our markets. We have tremendous leverage on trade we have not used. Donald Trump will do that,” Duncan said in a statement.
Duncan was one of the few GOP congressmen to vote against the war in Iraq during George W. Bush’s tenure.
“Finally, almost all Americans now believe it has been a horrible mistake to spend trillions fighting no-win wars in the Middle East. We must start rebuilding our own Country. Donald Trump will do that,” Duncan noted, “enthusiastically” endorsing Trump.
Wilson was a surprise speaker for Cruz at the California GOP convention Saturday in Burlingame, California, where the former governor announced his support of the senator. Wilson became well known for his support of the 1994 ballot measure known as Proposition 187, an initiative that withheld public funds from illegal aliens.
“The most urgent challenge facing a President in 2017 is confronting and changing the dangerous national security legacy of Barack Obama who has invited aggression and contempt from our enemies and distrust and disaffection from former allies. We dare not suffer a third Obama term. Ted Cruz is the winning candidate we need,” said Wilson during his speech.
The Cruz campaign has been organizing in California for months with the help of former California GOP chairman Ron Nehring, but Trump is not taking the state for granted either. Not only is the New York developer having massive rallies around the state, he recorded a robocall asking almost 1 million Californians not registered as Republican to become a Republican prior the May 23 deadline, The Los Angeles Times points out.
“Time is short, and every vote counts,” he said.
