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Ted Cruz on Monday warned Republicans against drafting an alternative nominee at this summer’s national convention, hoping to shoot down the possibility even as speculation mounts that the party establishment is looking for another option. “It ain’t going to happen,” the Texas senator insisted to reporters here before speaking at a town hall with Fox News’ Megyn Kelly. “If it did, the people would quite rightly revolt. If Washington said, we had elections in 50 states but we, the dealmakers, don’t care what the people voted for, we have someone else who’s going to go along and get along and keep the cronyism going, the voters would naturally say, ‘To heck with you, we’re staying home.’” Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/04/ted-cruz-gop-nominee-revolt-221531#ixzz44yWHQFrv Follow us: @politico on Twitter | Politico on Facebook