Day Three Of The Republican Convention Got A Little Wild

Night No. 3 of the Republican National Convention turned out to be a doozy. Mike Pence just finished a well-delivered speech, but most everyone tomorrow will likely only be talking about Ted Cruz, his speech and the boo-filled response he got from Republican delegates. If you missed all the craziness, experience it by starting at the bottom of this live blog and reading chronologically. We’ll also have more analysis of tonight’s wild events Thursday morning (including an emergency edition of our elections podcast). In the meantime, thanks for spending the evening with us. We’ll see you back here tomorrow for the final night of the GOP convention.

More evidence for the case that Cruz intentionally tried to undermine Trump: His Twitter account just retweeted an article from Conservative Review’s Amanda Carpenter that praised his convention speech and contained the following line:

Cruz stayed true and gave those concerned with Trump a reminder of what the other members of the Republican Party can and should stand for even though unworthy leader looms among us.

Carpenter has frequently used the #NeverTrump hashtag and, earlier this evening, said that the Trump kids were “not a reason to make Trump commander-in-chief.” https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/755938028045164545

Just to answer a question we’ve been getting on Twitter a lot: Heck yes, the Cruz speech (and the booing) merits an emergency elections podcast. Check your feeds first thing in the morning.