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Cruz: "The Next 20 Months Are Going to Be Very Dangerous"
Townhall.com ^ | February 26, 2015 | Daniel Doherty

Posted on 02/26/2015 4:25:58 PM PST by Kaslin

Prior to his speech at CPAC Thursday afternoon, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) didn’t mince words. He bluntly told reporters how nervous he is about the president’s final 20 months in office.

“The next 20 months are going to be very dangerous,” he said. “They are going to be dangerous at home. President Obama has reacted to this last election in a way that’s unprecedented. You know, prior presidents have been repudiated [and] they’ve reacted with contrition. [P]resident Obama, instead, reacted with anger and defiance.”

“I believe the next 20 months we are going to see a degree of lawlessness that will exceed anything we’ve seen in the previous six years,” he continued. “I think we’re going to see executive order after executive order. I think we’re going to see the abuse of regulations in a way that crushes small businesses, destroys jobs. I think we are going to see the continued weaponization of the IRS in the federal government, and it is going to be dangerous.”

He expressed hope, however, that Congressional Republicans will fulfill their constitutional duties and, as he put it, “rein in that abuse of power and provide meaningful oversight.” But unfortunately, he said, there are other concerns to be worried about as well.

“And I’ll tell you as dangerous as it’s going to be at home, it’s going to be even more dangerous aboard,” he emphasized. “Every bad actor on the face of the globe, from Putin to Khomeini in Iran to ISIS, has every incentive possible to do as much damage as they can in [the next] 20 months."

Why?

Because, he argued, "the tyrants of the world believe there is no credible threat or deterrent from this president.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: obama; tedcruz
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1 posted on 02/26/2015 4:25:58 PM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Since the GOPee is unlikely to step up to the challenge, the GOPee will be creamed in 2016.


2 posted on 02/26/2015 4:28:24 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Kaslin

......He argued, “the tyrants of the world believe there is no credible threat or deterrent from this president.”


No threat? Of course not, this pRez is IN on it with them!


3 posted on 02/26/2015 4:28:39 PM PST by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: Kaslin

I agree with him.


4 posted on 02/26/2015 4:28:45 PM PST by grimalkin (We are a nation under God. If we ever forget this, we are a nation gone under. -Ronald Reagan)
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To: Kaslin

Keep it up, Ted.


5 posted on 02/26/2015 4:29:35 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Kaslin
This guy has his head on straight. In any other country he would be a marked man for saying this. Hope not here but you can never tell with this feckless one on the hill.
6 posted on 02/26/2015 4:33:04 PM PST by Fungi (Evolution is piece by piece over billions of years. At what point did a precursor become a human?)
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To: Kaslin

this is like me telling you a guy I know is gonna break into your house steal all your stuff and kill your dog but I am unwilling to stop him even though I could.

Yo Ted, GOP if you’re not gonna stop him shut the F up


7 posted on 02/26/2015 4:34:15 PM PST by Breto (Stranger in a strange land... where did America go?)
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To: Kaslin

20 months? January 17, 2017 is 22 months and 19 more days of 0bama. I hate to disagree with Cruz, but he is understating the danger this country is in.


8 posted on 02/26/2015 4:34:21 PM PST by forgotten man
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To: Kaslin

It is good to know at least one person in DC knows what is really going on.


9 posted on 02/26/2015 4:35:14 PM PST by Zathras
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To: Kaslin

Is Ted taking it to the next level? I sure hope so!


10 posted on 02/26/2015 4:35:59 PM PST by uncitizen (Obama hates America.)
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To: Kaslin

Keep whacking Obama, because he deserves all the whacking he can get!


11 posted on 02/26/2015 4:37:05 PM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Kaslin

Each time I hear Ted Cruz speak the word “lawless” the “man of sin” from the Bible comes to mind. Could o_bast*rd be the one or is he a forerunner? I did not think he was, but now I am beginning to wonder.


12 posted on 02/26/2015 4:37:12 PM PST by seeker41 (take your country back by whatever means necessary & remove the son of a kenyan mooslimb)
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To: Jane Long

Desperate times call for desperate measures.


13 posted on 02/26/2015 4:37:45 PM PST by txhurl
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To: Kaslin

Cruz is exactly right.


14 posted on 02/26/2015 4:39:26 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: Paladin2

The Repubes aren’t going to do squat. Sometimes I think they want the same things he does. They will bend over and hand him a jar of Vaseline.


15 posted on 02/26/2015 4:42:55 PM PST by West Texas Chuck (STOP CO2 EMISSIONS NOW BEFORE GLOBAL WARMING FREEZES US ALL TO DEATH!!!)
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To: txhurl

I’m with Ted. 18 more mos of crazy domestic jihad by OMuslim.


16 posted on 02/26/2015 4:44:51 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: West Texas Chuck

The Repubes aren’t going to do squat. Sometimes I think they want the same things he does.


Because the ruling class GOPe is content to collect their freebies, attend all the parties, cash lobbyist checks, etc. They can sit back, relax, and let the Dims do all the heavy lifting on our leftist lurch into Socialism. The status quo been very, very good, to THEM.


17 posted on 02/26/2015 4:46:01 PM PST by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: Breto
Yo Ted, GOP if you’re not gonna stop him shut the F up

Bizarre post.

Cruz wants to stop Obama. The rest of the GOP doesn't.

There is no reason why I would want Cruz to "shut the F up".

Perhaps you should.

19 posted on 02/26/2015 4:48:22 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: seeker41

I was thinking about that tonight, we should know soon.


20 posted on 02/26/2015 4:50:00 PM PST by Lets Roll NOW (A baby isn't a punishment, Obama is)
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