Senator Cruz is the first candidate to run for president in 2020, announcing the forming of multiple organizations for such purpose even prior to the official nomination by the Republican Party of [[Donald Trump]] in the summer of 2016. Cruz thinks this is 1976 (it isn't), and that Cruz is [[Ronald Reagan]] (Cruz isn't).<ref>Reagan lost the Republican nomination for president in 1976, but then won the nomination and the presidency in 1980.</ref> '''''By most accounts Cruz ended his national political career by selfishly refusing during his televised address at the Republican 2016 convention to endorse [[Donald Trump]], and Cruz was loudly booed by the audience for it'''''.<ref>[http://www.conservativehq.com/node/23643 Analysis by Richard Viguerie, a former Cruz supporter]</ref> | Senator Cruz is the first candidate to run for president in 2020, announcing the forming of multiple organizations for such purpose even prior to the official nomination by the Republican Party of [[Donald Trump]] in the summer of 2016. Cruz thinks this is 1976 (it isn't), and that Cruz is [[Ronald Reagan]] (Cruz isn't).<ref>Reagan lost the Republican nomination for president in 1976, but then won the nomination and the presidency in 1980.</ref> '''''By most accounts Cruz ended his national political career by selfishly refusing during his televised address at the Republican 2016 convention to endorse [[Donald Trump]], and Cruz was loudly booed by the audience for it'''''.<ref>[http://www.conservativehq.com/node/23643 Analysis by Richard Viguerie, a former Cruz supporter]</ref> |