Trump will need those Cruz voters if he's going to beat Hillary's corrupt machine in November. I don't expect most of them to stay home, but if trolls who support or pretend to support Trump offend them enough, they might vote third party or skip voting for president and just vote in the down-ballot races. Please lighten up and stick to issues. [Oh, right, Cruz and Trump agree far more than 80% of the time, so there is not much to attack in terms of issues.]
I attack Jeb Bush for his "act of love" statement, in context, and with reputable links to show that is his consistent position, but I don't attack him for his looks. I attack John Kasich for his positions on Amnesty, Obamacare, gun control, and gay rights, and again, I do it with facts to show the positions I attribute to him are his consistent positions.
My attacks on Jeb, Kasich, Hillary, and Bernie are different in kind from the personal attacks on Trump and on Cruz that I am making an effort to condemn. This is FR, not DU or Kos. We're supposed to be better and more thoughtful than "fat Dracula".
Do you object to Cruz for his views on Abortion?
http://www.ontheissues.org/Ted_Cruz.htm
- Planned Parenthood sells body parts of unborn human beings. (Sep 2015)
- Allow vote to end Planned Parenthood's funding. (Aug 2015)
- Prosecute Planned Parenthood for criminal violations. (Aug 2015)
- Ban taxpayer funding of abortion & partial birth abortion. (Mar 2015)
- Companies can deny insuring birth control. (Apr 2012)
- Protect innocent human life with partial-birth ban. (Jul 2011)
- Opposes public abortion funding. (Oct 2012)
- Opposes churches providing birth control. (Oct 2012)
How about Education?
- Race-to-the-Top is blackmail against the states. (Mar 2016)
- Abolish the U.S. Department of Education. (Apr 2015)
- The rich already have school choice; give it to the poor. (Apr 2015)
- Supports ending racial preferences for college admissions. (Apr 2015)
- Right to education: public, private, charter, or homeschool. (Mar 2015)
- We should thank parents who homeschool. (Mar 2015)
- Local control of education instead of Common Core. (Mar 2015)
- Facilitate school choice for poor Americans. (Jan 2014)
- Education decisions best made at local level. (Jun 2012)
- Denounce the Common Core State Standards. (Feb 2014)
- Block funding for Common Core; it's too heavy-handed. (Apr 2014)
Do you have any objections to Ted Cruz in terms of gun control?
- Lack of individual right to guns leads to confiscation. (Jan 2016)
- Obama is coming for our guns. (Oct 2015)
- 2nd Amendment is ultimate check against government tyranny. (Jun 2015)
- Opposes unreasonable and burdensome gun restrictions. (Jul 2011)
- Voted NO on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets. (Apr 2013)
- Opposes restricting the Second Amendment. (Oct 2012)
- Oppose the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty. (Sep 2013)
One more try: Any criticisms of Cruz for his stance on immigration?
- Bar refugees from terrorist-ridden regions. (Mar 2016)
- Children deported with parents can come back, if citizens. (Feb 2016)
- I led the fight to defeat the Reid-Schumer amnesty bill. (Feb 2016)
- FactCheck: Yes, Bill Clinton deported 12M illegal aliens. (Dec 2015)
- Build a wall instead of massive amnesty plan. (Dec 2015)
- Enforce the law against millions of illegals currently here. (Dec 2015)
- Illegals are an economic calamity for low-wage Americans. (Nov 2015)
- Support Kate's Law: oppose our leaders who won't enforce. (Aug 2015)
- Path to citizenship is profoundly unfair to legal immigrants. (Feb 2015)
- End Obama's illegal amnesty via Congress' checks & balances. (Nov 2014)
- Defund amnesty; and refuse any nominees until rescinded. (Nov 2014)
- No path to citizenship for 1.65 million illegals in Texas. (Oct 2012)
- Give police more power to ask about immigration status. (Jun 2012)
- Boots on the ground, plus a wall. (Apr 2012)
- Triple the size of the Border Patrol. (Mar 2012)
- Strengthen border security and increase enforcement. (Jul 2011)
It's no wonder the attacks on Ted Cruz are all either personal or unsubstantiated. Other than his one flaw of running against Trump, his political positions and his voting record are all mainstream FR positions.