Sen. Ted Cruz may be left with no one to debate but himself at Monday's Fox News debate. Shortly after Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he would not be attending the upcoming Republican presidential debate because he'd instead be giving a speech before the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC, Ohio Gov. John Kasich's camp announced that if Trump wouldn't be attending, neither would Kasich.
Kasich consultant John Weaver tweeted Wednesday that only if "Trump changes his mind" would Kasich show up:
The verdict is still out on whether Cruz will show up if neither Trump nor Kasich do.
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