--- title: Republican Convention: Newt Gingrich Responds to Ted Cruz description: Newt Gingrich spoke at the Republican national convention Wednesday, responding to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's failure to endorse Donald Trump. canonical: https://time.com/4416407/republican-convention-newt-gingrich-ted-cruz-transcript-video-speech/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-21T03:36:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:25:14.453Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Gingrich Respond to Cruz at the Republican Convention og:description: Over the failure to make an endorsement. og:url: https://time.com/4416407/republican-convention-newt-gingrich-ted-cruz-transcript-video-speech/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd045f290fc2890fd/69889cf5428a9e0700cd382d/newt-gingrich-donald-trump-rnc-republican-national-convention-07-20-09.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL RNC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Gingrich Respond to Cruz at the Republican Convention twitter:description: Over the failure to make an endorsement. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd045f290fc2890fd/69889cf5428a9e0700cd382d/newt-gingrich-donald-trump-rnc-republican-national-convention-07-20-09.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Newt Gingrich Respond to Ted Cruz at the Republican Convention by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jul 21, 2016 3:36 AM UTC  Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich waves to the crowd after delivering a speech on the third day of the Republican National Convention on July 20, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich waves to the crowd after delivering a speech on the third day of the Republican National Convention on July 20, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.Joe Raedle—Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jul 21, 2016 3:36 AM UTC Newt Gingrich spoke at the Republican national convention Wednesday night, responding to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s failure to endorse Donald Trump. The former House Speaker began by noting that Trump had asked several of his former rivals, including Cruz, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to speak without endorsing him. “Now I think you misunderstood one paragraph that Ted Cruz, who is a superb orator, said, and I just want to point it out to you, Ted Cruz said you can vote your conscience for anyone who will uphold the Constitution. In this election, there is only one candidate who will uphold the Constitution,” he said. “So to paraphrase Ted Cruz, if you want to protect the Constitution of United States, the only possible candidate this fall is the Trump-Pence Republican ticket,” he added. Read the full transcript of Gingrich’s remarks, including his wife Callista’s introduction, as delivered: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4416407/republican-convention-newt-gingrich-ted-cruz-transcript-video-speech/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4416407/republican-convention-newt-gingrich-ted-cruz-transcript-video-speech/"},"headline":"Watch Newt Gingrich Respond to Ted Cruz at the Republican Convention","datePublished":"2016-07-21T03:36:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:25:14.453Z","description":"Newt Gingrich spoke at the Republican national convention Wednesday, responding to Texas Sen. 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