But there were many Republicans who wanted to stay far away.
Agreeing with Ted Cruz and those in the #NeverTrump movement, many prominent GOP leaders from the House, Senate and beyond chose to spend these four days away from Cleveland. They did **t want to get anywhere close to the newly **minated Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump.
Past leaders of the party, a full 18 Republican senators and three out of the four former GOP presidential candidates either made up excuses for why they couldn't go or just said they were unavailable.* Read more...