You are correct. It was a sleazy political stunt and I do understand the desperation which motivated it.
I lost faith in him prior to that for two other reasons.
He claimed that the Natural Born Citizen issue is “settled law” and he knows very well that it isn’t. Should a court ever take it up, he could very well be proven correct - that he is eligible but it is not settled law by any means.
He would find this out should he be on the ticket when the Democrats would, in Nancy Grace’s words, UNLEASH the Lawyers.
Then he piled on to the CNN lie that David Duke endorsed Trump, he did nothing of the sort. And Trump had repeatedly denounced Duke and the KKK. Cruz acted as though Donald was wearing white sheets himself.
Taking the Democratmedia as gospel cost him the hero status I had placed him in.
I don't think it was motivated by desperation, I think he just misread the attitude of the conservative block.
He claimed that the Natural Born Citizen issue is settled law and he knows very well that it isnt. Should a court ever take it up, he could very well be proven correct - that he is eligible but it is not settled law by any means.
I think Article II is a dead issue. At this point, it is virtually impossible to repair the damage that the legal system has done to it, so we might as well ignore it at this point.
Then he piled on to the CNN lie that David Duke endorsed Trump, he did nothing of the sort. And Trump had repeatedly denounced Duke and the KKK. Cruz acted as though Donald was wearing white sheets himself.
I don't remember anything about Cruz trying to tar Trump with David Duke, though I remember a lot of media people trying to do it.
I actually don't think that issue has hurt Trump at all. He still manages a higher than normal percentage of support among blacks. Certainly more so than any other candidate.