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Mike Lee to endorse Cruz: report
thehill.com ^ | March 10, 2016 | Elliot Smilowitz

Posted on 03/10/2016 9:46:01 AM PST by rdl6989

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) will become the first sitting senator to endorse Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on Thursday

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: beck; cruz; election2016; romney
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To: Kenny

LOL that’s about the most outrageous (and funny) political theory I’ve heard to date.

Mike Lee endorsing Cruz mean’s that Cruz’s internals are terrible??

Laughable if it wasn’t so out there are stupid.


21 posted on 03/10/2016 10:13:18 AM PST by JSDude1
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To: JSDude1

Then why did Senator Lee wait so long? He’s heard Trump say in every debate that Cruz doesn’t have one Senator, why didn’t he come forward? Cruz is on defense, just watch.


22 posted on 03/10/2016 10:15:53 AM PST by Kenny (RED)
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To: xzins

Cruz may be on to losing the race however given that possibility, even if conceded, this endorsement by Lee says two things:

1. It’s real

2. Lee is loyal to Cruz.

I’m sure Lee sees the prospects for Cruz aren’t good and that’s why the two points above are facts.


23 posted on 03/10/2016 10:16:01 AM PST by FourtySeven (47)
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To: C210N
It's so predictable. Rationalization after rationalization. Sour grapes. The Trump Response to these Cruz endorsements.

Yet they would dance cartwheels if the endorsement went to their side and they'd rub it in our faces. Quite juvenile in fact. When a simple, adult, "congratulations to the Cruz camp for that win" might suffice and would perhaps show character.

Is conservative hero and Senator MIKE LEE now persona non grata on FR!? This is Alice in Wonderland crazy!

24 posted on 03/10/2016 10:16:04 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Things REALLY bad when the possible next Pres. comes on TV. And you must send kids out of the room.)
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To: rdl6989

Huh? He didn’t do this already? What was the hold up?


25 posted on 03/10/2016 10:16:48 AM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Kenny
What this endorsement tells me is that Cruz's internals aren't so good.

Would you be saying the same thing if he had endorsed Trump?

Anyway, what is it with Trump supporters that disallow any form of deviation from the Trump Plantation? They seem unable to articulate "I disagree with them on this particular issue." They seem compelled to attack and ridicule all who do not align with Trump and Trump alone.

Reminds me on the way Democrats treat Blacks.

26 posted on 03/10/2016 10:17:24 AM PST by 5thGenTexan
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To: Kenny

My guess on Mike Lee is because he’s equally friends with both Cruz and Rubio (he’s said so in the past).

Cruz is not on the defensive, but then again I can’t change a person’s opinion, only present that polls indicate Cruz rising..Will it be enough to topple Trump? I am not sure at this point.


27 posted on 03/10/2016 10:19:24 AM PST by JSDude1
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To: FourtySeven

I don’t think Lee is in the Senate to be Cruz’s friend.

He’s there to represent his state of Utah. He is picking a losing proposition over a winning proposition when he could be trying to get in on the ground floor of both a win in November and the eventual administration.

I think that’s more important for his state.


28 posted on 03/10/2016 10:19:57 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Prayer for Victory is the ONLY way to support the troops!)
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To: rdl6989

Now trumpsters will declare Lee is gopE and will support his opponent cause no one challenges trump


29 posted on 03/10/2016 10:20:49 AM PST by RginTN
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To: 5thGenTexan

I did not attack Senator Lee, I love him. I’m just saying I think Cruz is out there begging, telling people the conservative movement will die if he doesn’t win.

As to whether Lee believes it or not, I think his endorsement this late speaks to his lack of confidence in Cruz.


30 posted on 03/10/2016 10:21:11 AM PST by Kenny (RED)
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To: xzins

Harry Reid pretty much invalidates your ridiculing stereotype of Mormons.

Harry says nobody can get along with Cruz. He also said he could work with Trump.

But you already knew that


31 posted on 03/10/2016 10:23:20 AM PST by 5thGenTexan
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To: SunStar

It took him so long because his alliance with Cruz damn near cost him his seat, folks.

Cruz’ Senate floor antics resulting in the gov’t shutdown meant the 5 National Parks in Utah were OUT OF BUSINESS during one of the busiest times of the year....autumn. This cost the state MILLIONS of dollars in revenue; people were laid off, hotels & restaurants had to be temporarily closed. Tourism is the #1 industry in Utah. People were here in buses from the far east photographing our....grocery stores, if you can believe it.

Ted Cruz essentially shut down an enormous chunk of the Utah economy due to his “performance” that’s why. It nearly gave Mike Lee a very well funded primary opponent that would have probably beaten him. It also ended up changing our primary system, because of this. Only now, with all that dust having died down, can Mike Lee endorse without consequences.

Ted Cruz is one selfish SOB. With a “friend” like him, you wouldn’t need an enemy.


32 posted on 03/10/2016 10:24:03 AM PST by Dana1960
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To: JSDude1
Will it be enough to topple Trump get GOP to brokered convention ? I am not sure at this point.

Even Rush is today saying that 1) everyone else has to drop and 2) Ted would need the GOP in his court to even get to the convention.

33 posted on 03/10/2016 10:24:59 AM PST by Kenny (RED)
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To: Kenny
As to whether Lee believes it or not, I think his endorsement this late speaks to his lack of confidence in Cruz.

Lee still hasn't endorsed Trump. I think that speaks of his lack on confidence in Trump.

34 posted on 03/10/2016 10:25:43 AM PST by 5thGenTexan
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To: 5thGenTexan

Can always tell when I hit a nerve :-)


35 posted on 03/10/2016 10:26:16 AM PST by Kenny (RED)
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To: rdl6989

My respect for this piece of garbage is gone. I wonder what the vast Mormons think. I had better be Trump of they are done for me. I thought Mike Lee was more intelligent than he now appears to be if this is true.

Trump for President.


36 posted on 03/10/2016 10:26:29 AM PST by Logical me
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To: rdl6989

That’s a shocker


37 posted on 03/10/2016 10:26:41 AM PST by wardaddy (some Cruz people must kick puppies.....)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

“Is conservative hero and Senator MIKE LEE now persona non grata on FR!? This is Alice in Wonderland crazy!”

Exactly. Where all these Ted Cruz haters were not even a year ago I’ll never know. They sure weren’t on FR. It’s amazing who’s been thrown under the bus around here in favor of Trump.

Cruz, Levin, Rush, and now probably Sen. Lee.

If I were of a conspiratorial bent, I’d wonder if FR hadn’t been purposely infected with leftists posing as conservatives, all in favor of the “most electable candidate” once again. Save a few screen names, I haven’t seen 90% of all the anti-Cruz people before last year.


38 posted on 03/10/2016 10:28:23 AM PST by FourtySeven (47)
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To: rdl6989
RINO, GOP Establishment, Insider!

/s

39 posted on 03/10/2016 10:29:41 AM PST by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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To: FourtySeven

I WILL match your Senator Lee with our Senator Sessions!!!! No big deal for Cruz!!!


40 posted on 03/10/2016 10:30:08 AM PST by Kit cat (OBummer must go)
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