Diamondbacks Owner Says Stopping Trump Tops Selling Tickets
Arizona’s Randy Kendrick, a major Republican donor, says she’s now backing Ted Cruz.
Chris Owings #16 of the Arizona Diamondbacks safely slides in to score a run past catcher Jose Lobaton #59 of the Washington Nationals during the second inning of a game at Chase Field on May 13, 2015, in Phoenix.
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Randy Kendrick, whose husband, Ken, owns the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team, knows that her very public opposition to Donald Trump might alienate some fans. Ken told her he's OK with that.
“He said, ‘Randy, if we stand up for what we know to be moral and correct—if 100,000 people decide they will not go to a Diamondbacks game, we've stood up for the right thing,’” Kendrick said by phone from her home in a Phoenix suburb Wednesday. “I hope he keeps feeling that way!”