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Ted Cruz: 'Fox News went all in for Trump'
TH ^ | - 07/21/19 02:59 PM EDT | ZACK BUDRYK

Posted on 07/22/2019 9:44:32 AM PDT by conservative98

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Fox News "went all in for Trump" in the 2016 primaries in an interview with PBS's "Firing Line with Margaret Hoover."

"I think Fox News went all in for Trump. That was the decision they made," Cruz said in an interview about journalist Tim Alberta’s book "American Carnage," which quotes Cruz as saying Fox News founder Roger Ailes's "dying wish" was to elect Trump as president. Ailes was forced out in 2016 over sexual misconduct allegations and died the next year.

Asked about the quote, Cruz said, "I didn’t know Roger well, but I think it clearly is what he wanted to do."

Hoover asked Cruz why he believed the network preferred Trump as a candidate. "I can’t tell you that, but I can tell you, starting in about March of 2016, they went all in for Trump, and they made a decision. That was a decision made at the network level, reflected on every show," Cruz said.

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KEYWORDS: 2016; 201603; cruz; cubanadian; foxnews; stillbutthurt; tedcruz; trump
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To: conservative98

This simply isn’t true, especially during the primaries.


21 posted on 07/22/2019 10:02:54 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: Parley Baer

He makes a claim without offering “proofs” or examples. I think he’s been getting into the cooking sherry again. FOX is pretty damn leftist too, they have (some) excellent conservative leaning talent, but overall they can be squishy as hell. Whine Williams, Shemp, et al, are not remotely conservative.


22 posted on 07/22/2019 10:09:29 AM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: conservative98

Does Ted really care about America? That’s always been the question at the back of my mind.


23 posted on 07/22/2019 10:10:21 AM PDT by Crucial
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To: jospehm20

Exactly what I was going to say....Cruz is still butt hurt over 2016.

Remember those “Voter Violation” notices he sent to Iowa voters before the January 2016 caucus?

Those notices made it sound like those voters committed a crime for not voting in a previous election.


24 posted on 07/22/2019 10:12:05 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (President Trump IS The Resistance!)
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To: jospehm20

As southern conservative a state that South Carolina is, Ted Cruz did not win even one single county in the entire state! Not one! I guess he blames that on Fox “going all in for Trump.”

So glad he lost!


25 posted on 07/22/2019 10:12:36 AM PDT by nfldgirl
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To: conservative98
All of the FOX News debate moderators, including Me-gan, were obviously Trump fans. Also, Shep just orgasmed over Trump.

Uh, no, I don’t think so.

26 posted on 07/22/2019 10:13:04 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: conservative98

Inching his way to get revenge - a vote FOR impeachment. 62 and counting.


27 posted on 07/22/2019 10:13:26 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: conservative98

Ted Cruz is brilliant in the legal arena, but as far as anything else, he has distinctly hard limits on his intelligence. He’s a very skilled litigator, a slightly below mediocre politician, but on this topic, he’s a dipwad.


28 posted on 07/22/2019 10:15:08 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: conservative98

I have got a big problem with Ted the sore loser Cruz. He is still waiting for an opportunity to stab President Trump in the back.


29 posted on 07/22/2019 10:17:15 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: frog in a pot; conservative98
Cruz only won his last election in Texas by 2.5% of the vote—against Beto!

His butt is grass.

30 posted on 07/22/2019 10:17:25 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Parley Baer

Is ted becoming the next Scarborough?


31 posted on 07/22/2019 10:17:28 AM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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To: conservative98

Megan Kelly was very pro-Cruz and anti-Trump.


32 posted on 07/22/2019 10:18:38 AM PDT by dixie1202
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To: conservative98

Greg Gutfeld used to mock Trump regularly until he won the nomination. Dana Perino was literally crying the night Jeb threw in the towel. The most reliable Fox News personalities for Trump were Hannity, Dobbs, and Varney.


33 posted on 07/22/2019 10:19:30 AM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: conservative98
Lyin' Ted still isn't over it. He and Hillary should form a support group.
 
34 posted on 07/22/2019 10:20:27 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (In Italia i fascisti si dividono in due categorie : i fascisti e gli antifascisti. -- Ennio Flaiano)
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To: conservative98

Faux went all in for Jeb and then conspired with Meygn Kelly and key reporters to stab him in the back.
Cruz is starting to loose his grip on reality again.


35 posted on 07/22/2019 10:21:21 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: conservative98

Yeah. Sure. Right. Whatever you say Cruz. I think what I read on this db and saw in the debates, especially with Megan and Chris as moderators, sure said otherwise.

It looks like Cruz is trying to beat his idiotic speech to the National GOP convention to nominate Trump. Or, of course, there was that moment with the nose droppings.

Cruz’s comments are the reasons why Cruz almost lost Texas.


36 posted on 07/22/2019 10:23:09 AM PDT by hawkaw
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To: conservative98

Bitter loser.

He is actually dead wrong about that. I remember that during the primaries, most Fox hosts were totally in for Marco Rubio. Then when it was clear that Foam Boy wasn’t going anywhere, they turned desperately to Cruz before they saw the writing on the wall.

It was so bad, my BF would sit and watch Fox for hours and then tell me that he was afraid Trump “wasn’t going to make it”. That is how much FoxNews was trashing Trump almost up to the Convention.


37 posted on 07/22/2019 10:25:22 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: conservative98
reflected on every show," Cruz said.

I guess he doesn't watch Shep, or many others. It makes his statement a LIE.

38 posted on 07/22/2019 10:25:33 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: conservative98

Every time you begin to think about inviting him back into the tent, he craps himself again.

The tent ain’t that big.


39 posted on 07/22/2019 10:30:13 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Lots of questions surrounding his Cuban father.

Senator is as high as he can go since he's not a NBC. He better start doing the job his constituents hired him to do or he will be selling nachos in a taco truck.

40 posted on 07/22/2019 10:33:33 AM PDT by bgill
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