Tennessee delegates to the Republican National Convention have mixed reactions to a Wednesday speech by Texas Senator Ted Cruz in which he stopped short of endorsing Donald Trump.
Delegation Chairwoman State Senator Mae Beavers said she thinks Cruz broke a promise to support the party's nominee. But she said it "says a lot" for the Trump campaign that they let Cruz speak anyway.
But delegate Victor Ashe, a former ambassador to Poland, said he was "very surprised" the Trump campaign did not make an endorsement of the nominee a condition of allowing Cruz to speak.
Meanwhile, delegate Charlie Cato, a Nashville attorney and Cruz supporter, said Cruz's speech was excellent, and he approved of Cruz's call to delegates to vote their conscience in November.
