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Ted Cruz failed to endorse Donald Trump during his speech to the Republican convention. canonical: https://time.com/4416507/republican-convention-ted-cruz-delegates-boo/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-21T05:14:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:53.941Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Republican Delegates Boo Ted Cruz og:description: Here's what it looked like up close. og:url: https://time.com/4416507/republican-convention-ted-cruz-delegates-boo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcfb971707e2162ac/69889cfbe20a877ee9a91b01/ben-lowey-rnc-republican-national-convention-10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 7952 og:image:height: 4473 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL RNC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Republican Delegates Boo Ted Cruz twitter:description: Here's what it looked like up close. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcfb971707e2162ac/69889cfbe20a877ee9a91b01/ben-lowey-rnc-republican-national-convention-10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Republican Delegates Boo Ted Cruz > Sponsored content. 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Benjamin Lowy for TIME by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jul 21, 2016 5:14 AM UTC Delegates [were unhappy when Texas Sen. Ted Cruz failed to endorse](http://time.com/4416260/republican-convention-ted-cruz-speech) Donald Trump during his speech to the Republican national convention. Here’s a close-up video of how some of those delegates booed while Cruz was speaking. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4416507/republican-convention-ted-cruz-delegates-boo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4416507/republican-convention-ted-cruz-delegates-boo/"},"headline":"Watch Republican Delegates Boo Ted Cruz","datePublished":"2016-07-21T05:14:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:53.941Z","description":"Republican delegates were unhappy when Texas Sen. 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