Ted Cruz said the GOP picking a compromise candidate would lead to a 'revolt'

While campaigning in Wisconsin on Monday, Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz said establishment Republicans picking a compromise candidate at the summer convention wouldn't go over well, BuzzFeed News reports.

"This fevered pipe dream of Washington, that at the convention they will parachute in some white knight who will save the Washington establishment, it is nothing less than a pipe dream," he said. "It ain't gonna happen. If it did, the people would quite rightly revolt."

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is rumored to be a popular choice for president among top Republicans, Politico reports, but he has repeatedly insisted he wouldn't accept the nomination.

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