On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, pulled out of the Republican race for president. One day later, his supporters at the Fort Worth Stockyards were pondering where to turn next.
"Ah, I really don't know," said Allen Carter. "I think I'm between a rock and a hard place."
Carter and his wife were visiting Fort Worth from Idaho.
"Yeah, I was a supporter of Cruz as well," Barbara Carter said, shaking her head. "I guess now it's going to be (Donald) Trump."
In September, Cruz packed the Stockyards for a rally with 2,000 cheering supporters. Wednesday night the Stockyards were empty, and Cruz supporters were left feeling empty.
"You know, a lot of people don't like him in Washington," said Brad Hines, also a Cruz supporter. "That's because he's trying to change the way they're doing business."
Hines said he'd be supporting Trump now.
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"I mean, there are definitely some things he said that made me go, 'Oh, he shouldn't have said that,'" Hines said. "I think it's time for a change. I think we really need it."
"I think Trump is going to be the next president, because there's no such thing as bad publicity," said valet Julian Vasquez, as he waited to park cars near the Stockyards.
Vasquez will vote in his first election this November.
"I was a Cruz supporter," he said. "I would rather choose Bernie Sanders than Trump, because I feel he's kind of racist toward Latinos."
"I think the Republicans have really hurt themselves," Carter said, thinking about the campaign thus far. "Trump is my man now!"
