Cruz denies alliance with Kasich that his campaign announced earlier this week

       

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ted Cruz, whose campaign announced an alliance with that of John Kasich's earlier this week, on Thursday denied to reporters that such an alliance existed.
Cruz's comments came during a press availability with journalists, according to CNN's Teddy Schleifer:
On Sunday, the Cruz and Kasich campaigns both issued statements announcing a strategic alliance aimed at stopping Donald Trump from reaching the 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination.
"(O)ur campaign will focus its time and resources in Indiana and in turn clear the path for Gov. Kasich to compete in Oregon and New Mexico," said Jeff Roe, Cruz's campaign manager.
The idea, then, was to divide and conquer, with Cruz focusing on Indiana ahead of its May 3 primary while stepping out of Kasich's way in Oregon and New Mexico ahead of those states' primaries on May 17 and June 7, respectively.
In turn, Kasich would back off from competing in Indiana.
But on Thursday, Cruz seemed to frame the two campaigns' strategies as independent maneuvering.
A cryptic tweet issued shortly after Cruz's comments by John Weaver, Kasich's chief strategist, seemed to take issue with Cruz's assertion.
It would not be the first unflattering comment to surface about Cruz on Thursday.

SOURCE:AP