WASHINGTON ― Immediately after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) walked offstage at the GOP convention in Cleveland last month without endorsing Donald Trump , the Texas conservative and former presidential primary rival appeared to have made a grave miscalculation. But he must first win re-election in 2018, and Trump has threatened repeatedly to try to take him out in a primary. The panic within the party spread so much last week that several high-profile Trump supporters reportedly began contemplating staging an “intervention” with the candidate. Cruz’s anti-Trump stand got some backup on Monday, after a little-known GOP staffer announced an independent bid for president. CNN reported on Monday that some GOP donors have urged Rep. Mike McCaul (R-Texas) to jump in the race.

Source: Huffington Post August 08, 2016 21:00 UTC