Indianapolis: Republican Ted Cruz launched a blistering attack on rival Donald Trump as voters cast ballots in Indiana, calling him "amoral" and likening him to a fictitious character he described as "a braggadocios, arrogant buffoon."
Speaking to reporters in Evansville, Indiana, on the day of the state's presidential primary, Cruz warned that the country can "plunge into the abyss" if Trump is elected president. "We are not a proud, boastful, self-centreed, mean spirited, hateful, bullying nation," Cruz said, with his wife Heidi and running mate Carly Fiorina by his side.
"If Indiana does not act, this country could well plunge into the abyss."
Cruz faces a high-stakes test of his presidential campaign in Tuesday's primary, one of the last opportunities for the Texas senator to halt Trump's stunning march towards the GOP nomination.