Speaking at a breakfast for the Texas delegation Thursday morning, Sen. Ted Cruz explained that his refusal to endorse Republican nominee Donald Trump in his convention speech Wednesday was "personal." Cruz said Trump knew he was not going to offer an endorsement — something Trump himself confirmed — and told the home-state crowd that he could not support someone who, during the primary campaign, was "maligning my wife and maligning my father":
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