Today’s read is from Douglas Andrews at the Patriot Post. Here’s an excerpt:

“The Republican Party is not the party just of the country clubs. The Republican Party is the party of steelworkers and construction workers and pipeline workers and taxi cab drivers and cops and firefighters, and waiters and waitresses and the men and women with callouses on their hands who are working for this country. That is our party and these deplorables are here to stay.”

So said Texas Senator Ted Cruz on Friday to loud cheers from attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

The GOP has some heavy hitters not named Trump, and the CPAC audience heard quite a show.

Read the entire column here.