Ted Cruz is very close to ensuring that Donald Trump cannot win the GOP nomination on a second ballot at the Republican party’s July convention in Cleveland, thus allowing him to appropriate scores of delegates who have pledged to vote for him instead of Trump if the opportunity arises, reports the Washington Post.

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