--- title: Donald Trump Supporter Tells Ted Cruz: We Don't Want You description: Sen. Ted Cruz tried to sway some supporters of his rival Donald Trump while campaigning in Indiana Monday ahead of the state's primary canonical: https://time.com/4314821/donald-trump-ted-cruz-video/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-02T19:27:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:12:30.582Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Supporter Confronts Ted Cruz: 'We Don't Want You' og:description: "Do the math" og:url: https://time.com/4314821/donald-trump-ted-cruz-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte6bcb50ac7faee8a/6988917e5f570f4f18b20bc8/ted-cruz-donald-trump-indiana.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz speaks with supporters of fellow candidate Donald Trump during a campaign event at The Mill in Marion, Indiana og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Supporter Confronts Ted Cruz: 'We Don't Want You' twitter:description: "Do the math" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte6bcb50ac7faee8a/6988917e5f570f4f18b20bc8/ted-cruz-donald-trump-indiana.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Supporter Confronts Ted Cruz: 'We Don't Want You' by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan May 2, 2016 7:27 PM UTC  Ted Cruz speaks with supporters of fellow candidate Donald Trump during a campaign event in Marion, Indiana, May 2, 2016. Ted Cruz speaks with supporters of fellow candidate Donald Trump during a campaign event in Marion, Indiana, May 2, 2016.Aaron P. Bernstein—Reuters by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan May 2, 2016 7:27 PM UTC [Sen. Ted Cruz](http://time.com/4313770/ted-cruz-indiana-troubles/) tried to sway some supporters of his rival Donald Trump while campaigning in Indiana Monday ahead of the state’s primary, but they shut him down. “We don’t want you,” [a supporter flat-out told Cruz before telling him to “do the math.”](http://www.cbsnews.com/live/video/trump-voter-confronts-cruz-we-dont-want-you/) The “math” line references the delegate deficit [Cruz](http://time.com/4284790/learning-to-love-ted-cruz/) would have to overcome in order to clinch the nomination. Cruz continued trying to connect with the man for several minutes—even noting that if the tables were turned, Trump wouldn’t converse with a protester—but couldn’t bring the Trump advocate around. The Trump supporter said he particularly liked the billionaire businessman’s plan to build a wall along the [southwestern U.S. border and force Mexico to foot the bill](http://time.com/4281926/donald-trump-mexico-border-wall-explanation/) (the Mexican government has repeatedly said it would not pay). And then he called the Texas Senator “Lyin’ Ted,” a nickname coined by Trump. As [TIME’s Philip Elliott reported](http://time.com/4313770/ted-cruz-indiana-troubles/), Ted’s facing an uphill battle in Indiana, a pivotal state in the Republican establishment’s effort to stop Trump: --- > “” --- Watch the full video of the confrontation on [CBS News. ](http://www.cbsnews.com/live/video/trump-voter-confronts-cruz-we-dont-want-you/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4314821/donald-trump-ted-cruz-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4314821/donald-trump-ted-cruz-video/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Supporter Confronts Ted Cruz: 'We Don't Want You'","datePublished":"2016-05-02T19:27:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:12:30.582Z","description":"\"Do the math\"","url":"https://time.com/4314821/donald-trump-ted-cruz-video/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","ted cruz"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte6bcb50ac7faee8a/6988917e5f570f4f18b20bc8/ted-cruz-donald-trump-indiana.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte6bcb50ac7faee8a/6988917e5f570f4f18b20bc8/ted-cruz-donald-trump-indiana.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz speaks with supporters of fellow candidate Donald Trump during a campaign event at The Mill in Marion, Indiana","caption":"Ted Cruz speaks with supporters of fellow candidate Donald Trump during a campaign event in Marion, Indiana, May 2, 2016.","creditText":"Aaron P. 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