--- title: Republican Convention: Read Ted Cruz Speech Transcript description: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz gave a lengthy speech to the Republican convention Wednesday night, failing to endorse nominee Donald Trump. canonical: https://time.com/4416396/republican-convention-ted-cruz-donald-trump-endorsement-speech-transcript-video/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-21T03:14:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:25:13.491Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Cruz Fail to Endorse Trump at the GOP Convention og:description: Read a transcript and see the video. og:url: https://time.com/4416396/republican-convention-ted-cruz-donald-trump-endorsement-speech-transcript-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf40a3909f97a5cd1/69889cee5f570f2df3b21cfb/ted-cruz-rnc-republican-national-convention-donald-trump-42.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Republican National Convention: Day Three og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Cruz Fail to Endorse Trump at the GOP Convention twitter:description: Read a transcript and see the video. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf40a3909f97a5cd1/69889cee5f570f2df3b21cfb/ted-cruz-rnc-republican-national-convention-donald-trump-42.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Ted Cruz Fail to Endorse Donald Trump at the Republican Convention by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jul 21, 2016 3:14 AM UTC  Texas Sen. Ted Cruz delivers a speech on the third day of the Republican National Convention on July 20, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz delivers a speech on the third day of the Republican National Convention on July 20, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jul 21, 2016 3:14 AM UTC Texas Sen. Ted Cruz [gave a lengthy speech](http://time.com/4416260/republican-convention-ted-cruz-speech/) to the Republican national convention Wednesday night, hitting Hillary Clinton and talking about conservative principles while failing to endorse nominee Donald Trump. “I want to congratulate Donald Trump on winning the nomination last night,” Cruz said in his only reference to his former rival in the Republican primary. As Cruz neared the end of his speech, he was booed by the crowd, with some shouting “Say his name!” and “Go home!” Read a transcript of Cruz’s remarks as delivered. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4416396/republican-convention-ted-cruz-donald-trump-endorsement-speech-transcript-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4416396/republican-convention-ted-cruz-donald-trump-endorsement-speech-transcript-video/"},"headline":"Watch Ted Cruz Fail to Endorse Donald Trump at the Republican Convention","datePublished":"2016-07-21T03:14:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:25:13.491Z","description":"Texas Sen. 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