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Democratic senator: Ted Cruz is like a 'lost puppy' following Donald Trump around
Business Insider ^ | 07/19/2015 | Maxwell Tani

Posted on 07/20/2015 12:20:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

US Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) on Monday lashed out at Senate colleague and presidential hopeful Ted Cruz (R-Texas) over his support for real-estate mogul and GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump.

In a tweet on Monday, McCaskill compared Cruz to a "lost puppy" hoping to scoop up Trump's followers if he implodes on the campaign trail.

There's something unseemly about Cruz following Trump around like a lost puppy,hoping to get his leftovers when he finally flames out.

- Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) July 20, 2015

Cruz has recently cozied up to the real-estate magnate. He met with Trump in New York last week. He has been perhaps the most prominent GOP defender of Trump's controversial comments about Mexican immigrants. And on Saturday, he refused to denounce Trump's disparaging comments about Sen. John McCain's (R-Arizona) military record.

Analysts have speculated that Cruz's embrace of Trump is likely part of a larger strategy to tap into the populist rage within the conservative base on which Trump has capitalized.

Politico notes that Trump is likely siphoning away support for Cruz, whose scorched-earth conservative tactics have made him similarly popular with the Republican base at the expense of the his relationship with the GOP establishment. There's lingering resentment from some Republicans in Congress over the 2013 government shutdown that Cruz helped orchestrate.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; democrat; donaldtrump; tedcruz; woof
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1 posted on 07/20/2015 12:20:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Ted was there first, for crying out loud


2 posted on 07/20/2015 12:21:58 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: SeekAndFind

Speaking of dogs...


3 posted on 07/20/2015 12:23:16 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: SeekAndFind

when MSM brow beat someone, They are afraid of them!!!


4 posted on 07/20/2015 12:23:52 PM PDT by kimtom (USA ; Freedom is not Free)
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s just ridiculous. But it is what I have come to expect from the media.

Cruz, Huckabee, Santorum and Jindal are all still on my consideration list. At this point Cruz is winning with me, but I refuse to commit this early.

No one needs to bother preaching at me about who can and cannot win. I will vote for the best person for the job and let the chips fall where they fall. If they don’t win, it will be the fault of those who voted strategy over principles.


5 posted on 07/20/2015 12:25:36 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: fatnotlazy

Dogs are useful, and smart, and fun to play with.

Claire McCasket, OTOH ...


6 posted on 07/20/2015 12:25:58 PM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: SeekAndFind

Stolen any elections lately, Claire?


7 posted on 07/20/2015 12:27:31 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: NorthMountain

Shes a lyin’ junkyard dog.


8 posted on 07/20/2015 12:27:32 PM PDT by dforest
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To: NorthMountain

LOL


9 posted on 07/20/2015 12:27:40 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: SeekAndFind

OH for pete’s sake....can’t you idiotic libs come up with something better than this article....


10 posted on 07/20/2015 12:27:54 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 (Send 'slob boy of the oval office' back to Kenya ASAP, and save America...)
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To: SeekAndFind

You have to love Claire. If there’s no mud she will just pee in the dirt and throw it.

Heck, she even manufactured and financed her last opposition candidate to avoid loosing to the mediocre Republicans that would have beaten her.


11 posted on 07/20/2015 12:28:21 PM PDT by Steamburg (Other people's money is the only language a politician respects)
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To: GeronL
Ted was Cruzin' above the rest until a few things happened. First, his stand on wanting to quadruple H1B Visas became widely known just as the scandal of Disney laying off US workers and hiring invaders emerged. Then he dealt with the devil on that trade deal, and got burned. I don't know how he walks that back.

I just hope he makes the important distinction that he respects that McCain was a POW and endured that time heroically, but that does not excuse all of the harm McCain has done since then.

I like Ted Cruz, a lot. But he has to be a better negotiator and a bit wiser on some issues.

12 posted on 07/20/2015 12:29:19 PM PDT by grania
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Trump's base is Cruz's. Cruz is simply letting Trump fire up the base and keeping his ammo dry.

What's wrong with that.

Cruz will emerge at the debates.

13 posted on 07/20/2015 12:29:45 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: SeekAndFind

That fat old lezbo! Why doesn’t she worry about the other fat lezbo whose numbers are tumbling.


14 posted on 07/20/2015 12:30:49 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: SeekAndFind

hmm...

As long as Clair has selected dog analogies.....


15 posted on 07/20/2015 12:30:58 PM PDT by G Larry (Obama Hates America, Israel, Capitalism, Freedom, and Christianity.)
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16 posted on 07/20/2015 12:31:12 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I guess Cruz is scaring the libtards sh##less...


17 posted on 07/20/2015 12:31:31 PM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: SeekAndFind
I'm skeptical of why Cruz is cozying up to Trump.

Cruz is a lawyer, he has said a lot of right things, but I don't fully trust him.

Possibilities:


18 posted on 07/20/2015 12:31:36 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s great, Claire. Did you learn any other rhetorical
devices in the 4th grade or is that your only one?


19 posted on 07/20/2015 12:31:43 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Claire McCaskill—would know all about it. Throw a stick and she’ll bring it back. The bitch.


20 posted on 07/20/2015 12:32:12 PM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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