Cruz on Possibly Being Trump's VP: 'It Ain't Gonna Happen'

Don’t count on Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz being Donald Trump's running mate -- even though Trump has not made any such proposal.

"It ain’t gonna happen," Cruz said during an MSNBC town hall in Buffalo, New York, Thursday in which he tackled a number of issues.

The Texas senator didn’t shy away from discussing North Carolina's House Bill 2 that was signed into law last month, limiting bathroom access for transgender people.

"As the father of daughters, I’m not terribly excited about men being able to go along into a bathroom with my daughters," said Cruz. "Listen, the Obama education department is going against a junior high insisting that the junior high must allow a teenage boy to shower with teenage girls. Now, that’s just nuts. I mean, that’s not a reasonable decision. That’s crazy."

Cruz also repeatedly dodged questions from MSNBC moderator Chuck Todd as to whether he would support personhood bills -- legislation that would give constitutional rights to fertilized eggs -- as president.

"I told you I'm not going to get into the labels, but what I will say is we should protect life," said Cruz. "But I'm not interested in anything that restricts birth control."

The GOP candidate also pledged that as commander-in-chief that he would work across the aisle to get things done.

"If I'm elected president, I think I will work very, very closely with leaders in Congress because it's a very different thing," Cruz said.

He added, "I think we will see Washington responsive to the people in a way it hasn't been since the 1980s."

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