Kaufman County Tea Party threatens to abandon GOP over Trump's success, Cruz's campaign suspension

Many Texas Republican leaders expressed dismay about billionaire businessman Donald Trump becoming the presumptive nominee for president after his primary win in Indiana, but Kaufman County's Tea Party took it even further.

As former Presidents George H. Bush and George W. Bush issued statements May 4, 2016, announcing they would not get involved in the GOP campaign for the presidency in November, Kaufman County Tea Party officials said they would support a boycott of the GOP convention.

Local Tea Party spokeswoman Jan Shedd posted a message on her Facebook page suggesting Republicans should shun Trump.

"I think that the best way to send a message to America would be for all the delegates, not just from Texas, but all the delegates to boycott the national Republican convention," Shedd wrote. "Let Trump get his nomination before an empty room (for a change). This will send an unmistakable message that patriots are done with playing games with fools and socialists."

Shedd and other local Tea Party activists supported Sen. Ted Cruz for the nomination all along, and they vowed to revolt if Trump won the nomination.

The upset within the political party comes just a week before the Texas Republican Convention meets in Dallas.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick suggested Trump should promise to nominate Cruz for the vacant Supreme Court seat vacancy to gain backing in his quest for the presidency.

Tea Party activists say they see little difference between the presumptive Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton and Trump.

Author: David Webb

David Webb is a veteran journalist who has written for the mainstream and alternative media for three decades. He is now a freelancer who lives in the Cedar Creek Lake area.

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