Conservatives hope to replace or pressure him
WASHINGTON – Growing conservative unease with Donald Trump’s outspoken pronouncements on race and a host of other hot-button issues is giving life to a fledgling movement to throw open the Republican convention to rein in the presumptive nominee or find an alternative general election candidate.
The long-shot push includes several top former supporters of Texas Republican Ted Cruz, who suspended his presidential campaign after losing the Indiana primary in early May.
Although the first-term U.S. senator is one of the most conspicuous GOP figures not to endorse Trump, he has disavowed any connection to the effort, saying through a spokeswoman that he plans to stay in the Senate to fight for “the same conservative values he campaigned on.”
However, some of the leading figures in what some have dubbed a “coup” or a “delegate revolt” are former Cruz campaign officials who see Trump as an impending disaster for the party. They are encouraging delegates to the national convention in Cleveland in July – no matter who they are pledged to – to press the presumptive nominee on his conservative credentials or reject him.
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Cruz backers among GOP activists looking for Trump alternative https://t.co/cU4xAOFrbY via @HoustonChron
— Kevin Diaz (@DiazChron) June 15, 2016
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