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Cruz declines to back Trump as nominee
The Washington Examiner ^ | 3/29/2016 | Stephen Dinan

Posted on 03/29/2016 7:31:50 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Sen. Ted Cruz refused to say Tuesday whether he would still back Donald Trump if the GOP presidential front-runner wins their party’s nomination, backing away from a firm pledge he made earlier in the campaign.

Mr. Cruz, whose coziness with Mr. Trump last year had pundits saying they were in the middle of a bromance, said that faded once the billionaire businessman began to turn nasty, and particularly in recent days when Mr. Trump has said he would go after Mr. Cruz’s wife.

“I’m not an easy person to tick off, but when you go after my wife, when you go after my daughters, that does it,” Mr. Cruz said at a town hall hosted by CNN in Wisconsin Tuesday night.

He accused Mr. Trump of being behind a thinly sourced story last week in the National Enquirer tabloid that reported Mr. Cruz had engaged in affairs with a handful of women. The story aggregated rumors, and the only named source was Roger Stone, an adviser to Mr. Trump, who said: “These stories have been swirling around Cruz for some time. I believe where there is smoke there is fire.”

Mr. Cruz also backed away from the pledge all of the candidates took last year to back the eventual nominee no matter who it is. Mr. Cruz ducked repeated direct challenges by CNN host Anderson Cooper to take a firm stand, saying instead that his goal now is to make sure he doesn’t face that choice.

“The answer to that is to beat him at the ballot box,” Mr. Cruz said.

Mr. Cooper, though, said Mr. Trump had made controversial statements about women and minorities last year, even as Mr. Cruz was praising him: “Sounds like you were engaged in a love fest,” Mr. Cooper said.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: adultery; bfac; cheatercruz; cruztheliar; liarcruz; lyindonald; nevertrustcruz; sleazydonald; trumpsleaze
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“I’m not an easy person to tick off, but when you go after my wife, when you go after my daughters, that does it,” Mr. Cruz said at a town hall hosted by CNN in Wisconsin Tuesday night. ____________________________________________________

Trump never "went after" Cruz's wife or daughters. What an outrageous lie. Cruz would not get my vote.

1 posted on 03/29/2016 7:31:50 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
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To: bajabaja; PJBankard; Kudsman; HarleyLady27; Jane Long; Reno89519; MinuteGal; V K Lee; RitaOK; ...

PING


2 posted on 03/29/2016 7:32:18 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I am so very blessed! Thank You, JESUS!)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Well there goes the Calgary vote!


3 posted on 03/29/2016 7:33:05 PM PDT by tatown (#Cheatin' Ted - A 'principled' conservative)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

How is Ted ever going to “debate” Hillary?

Spend half of his allotted time blaming Trump for Hillarys felonies?


4 posted on 03/29/2016 7:34:25 PM PDT by digger48
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To: tatown

FUTC


5 posted on 03/29/2016 7:34:27 PM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws maintain the status quo now.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

I’m starting to wonder how much ‘they’re’ paying Cruz to lie.

Maybe Cruz is auditioning for a spot on faux news channel - their lies are equally as obvious and outlandish.


6 posted on 03/29/2016 7:36:30 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: MichaelCorleone

Cruz’s credibility is so bad at this point, I don’t think MSNBC would take him on as a consultant.


8 posted on 03/29/2016 7:38:49 PM PDT by PJBankard (Donald Trump is the Honey Badger of Politics)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

What is Trump supposed to have done to Cruz daughters? Delusional. As I said in another post I bet GWBush is happy now that everything is Trump’s fault not his.


9 posted on 03/29/2016 7:39:54 PM PDT by nclaurel
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

mr. Trump doesn’t want the sleazeball.


10 posted on 03/29/2016 7:40:43 PM PDT by mowowie (`)
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To: jpsb

No he didn’t. Prove it. I have proof that it was Carly’s superPAC. Cruz never went after Trumps wife. I think you are making reckless statements that disgust me.


11 posted on 03/29/2016 7:41:05 PM PDT by impimp
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
“The answer to that is to beat him at the ballot box,” Mr. Cruz said.

That's the answer. If The Rump is the nominee, Hillary is president. That's all there is to it.
12 posted on 03/29/2016 7:41:29 PM PDT by Antoninus (Dump Trump)
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To: Antoninus

If Cruz is the nominee, Hillary is president.


13 posted on 03/29/2016 7:43:24 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I am so very blessed! Thank You, JESUS!)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

If Trump is the nominee, Hillary is still the president AND the Republican party would be no more. Heck, Trump might switch back to Democrat.

Welcome your perpetual Demonrat overlords forever!


14 posted on 03/29/2016 7:45:58 PM PDT by sagar (3 way race; cranky populist - Trump/Sanders, establishment - Hillary/Roobio, conservative - Cruz!)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
"The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly and with unflagging attention. It must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over. Here, as so often in this world, persistence is the first and most important requirement for success."

Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf.

15 posted on 03/29/2016 7:48:14 PM PDT by Thumper1960 (Trump-2016)
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To: sagar

I don’t know I could tell the difference after 7 years of Obunghole.


16 posted on 03/29/2016 7:49:57 PM PDT by Jay Thomas (If not for my faith in Christ, I would despair.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

“when you go after my daughters”

OK Cruzers, please show us all even ONE time when Trump “went after” Cruz’s daughters.

Since you cannot, jump onboard the Lyin’ Ted Express, because your boy is nothing but a pathological liar.


17 posted on 03/29/2016 7:51:53 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

at the rate we’re going here, it doesn’t matter which of them wins, Hillary will be President. I don’t know about you, but I am most definitely hedging my bets.


18 posted on 03/29/2016 7:52:33 PM PDT by RC one
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To: jpsb

As we see here, Trump's wife showed nothing but kindness to Cruz's daughters. Ted Crus is a damned liar.

19 posted on 03/29/2016 7:53:48 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

“If Cruz is the nominee, Hillary is president”

You can take that to the bank.


20 posted on 03/29/2016 7:53:55 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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