How I would love for that family to reside at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave :-)
Posted on 08/12/2015 7:26:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
With Donald Trump leading in polls even as he makes controversial remarks about women, does it leave a sour taste when one chooses not to speak out against him?
Heidi Cruz said she doesn’t think so. The wife of presidential hopeful and U.S. senator from Texas, Ted Cruz, spoke about her husband’s campaign during and after her speech at the Midland County Republican Women’s luncheon on Wednesday at Midland Country Club.
“What Ted is speaking to is letting everyone run their own race and that we should stay on the messages that matter to people,” Cruz said about her husband’s public pledge of not criticizing the other Republican candidates. “There are 17 candidates. Ted is going to run his race, and as he does so he is not going to speak ill of any candidate. I think the reason he’s doing that is, he wants the voters to decide.”
Cruz said that in the event her husband wins the election, he would look at “any of his colleagues on stage” as a potential member of his administration.
The crowd of at least 150 people warmly received Cruz, who interwove stories about her childhood and the couple’s two daughters with information about the senator’s campaign and policies.
Cruz listed three main principles of her husband’s campaign: job growth and opportunity, defending constitutional liberties and restoring the nation’s leadership on an international level.
“What Ted is running on is your values -- West Texas values,” Cruz said.
She received a round of applause when she listed abolishing the IRS as a goal, and said that repealing Obamacare -- which she and her family are now on -- is a top priority as well.
“We do need health care reform, but a system that increased people’s premiums and distorts free-market economics and has caused five major insurance companies to merge into three is not the way to go,” Cruz said.
She also spoke about the campaign’s recent rallies that have attracted thousands of people and admitted she was “shocked” when she found out many of them were members of other political parties. She listed her husband’s “consistent conservatism” on all issues as the reason that he has appeal across party lines.
“When voters know what their candidate stands for, they’re willing to vote for them on the issues, not because of the party that they’re part of,” Cruz said. “That’s how you get over crossover votes because they become issue voters. That’s where people come out and say … I am voting because of X not because of (the candidate’s) party.”
Following her speech, Cruz answered questions from the audience and the media. One question posed by a member of the MCRW was, “What will you do as first lady?”
“My interests are really on the economic side, and there is such a need for raising the standard of living for those at the bottom of the economic ladder in this country,” said Cruz, who served in the White House as the economic director for the Western Hemisphere at the National Security Council, among other positions. “I think you have to get into the education system when you start talking about giving kids a chance in the economic world, so we would focus on school choice as well.”
State Rep. Tom Craddick also spoke at the luncheon, reviewing laws passed by the House as well as those that stalled. He congratulated Midland City Council members on their success in passing the texting-while-driving ban, and acknowledged Mayor Jerry Morales and J.Ross Lacy, who were at the luncheon.
“You succeeded where I couldn’t,” said Craddick, who sponsored and introduced House Bill 80 that would have effectively banned texting while driving statewide.
“Crossover?” Like Bruce Jenner? (!!) /sarc>
I can believe it.
Crossing over from Canada, crossing from Mexico, crossing from Cuba....
Go Cruz!
I love this guy. I don’t agree with him supporting TTP, but i totally support his push against the GOPe and their “jeb or hillary” BS.
Cruz is no dummy. Each idiot who’s attacked Trump has gone down the tubes.
Are you trying to get banned?
Trump Fangirl Anne Coulter is pimping the Cruz birther BS and they have quite a following on twitter.
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What did I miss?
That's a problem.
And Cruz playing it safe by not attacking Trump is just slick politics, which I also find troubling. Why doesn't Cruz just say,"I agree with Trump on this, this, and this, and on these other things we disagree."
That kind of approach would earn my respect whether I agreed with Cruz or not.
Is that the summary of all your experience here in the last 35 days?
The fact that Cruz is encouraging states to use his Supreme court win in the Medellín v. Texas case as precedent for states imposing their own sanctions on Iran tells me how successful he is compared to Ann (I still love Mitt) Coulter.
Its why Michigan passed the Iran Economic sanctions act in 2013.
Coulter talks.
How I would love for that family to reside at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave :-)
I was civil. And thanks for your service to our country. Nevertheless, my point stands regardless of the amount of time I’ve posted here.
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I'm certain Cruz has an IQ above 140. That means I'm certain he is a genius.
I'd bet my life that Obama's IQ is nowhere near 140..lol
Sadly that is exactly where my mind went first. I partially blame myself and partially blame society for putting sex so much in the forefront...sigh
And Cruz playing it safe by not attacking Trump is just slick politics, which I also find troubling. Why doesn’t Cruz just say,”I agree with Trump on this, this, and this, and on these other things we disagree.”
As a matter of FACT, that’s essentially what Ted Cruz has said, about Trump.....
“I would … note that an awful lot of Republicans, including other Republican candidates, have gone out of their way to smack Donald Trump with a stick. Now I think that’s just foolish,” he said.......
....“There are no doubts that there are policy differences between me and Donald Trump’s past policy positions,” Cruz said.
Your Cruz concern has been duly noted. Welcome to Free Republic.
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