Posted on 08/22/2015 11:11:07 AM PDT by Isara
If elected president, Ted Cruz would cross five tasks off his list during his first 24 hours in the White House — or so the Texas senator says.
The Republican presidential hopeful told voters at the Iowa State Fair Friday to "look forward to January 2017" as he outlined what his agenda would look like during his first day in office.
"First thing I intend to do in office [is] end every single illegal and unconstitutional executive action taken by this president," Cruz told fair-goers. "The president says he has a phone and a pen, but when you live by the pen you die by the pen.
"And my pen has got an eraser," he added.
The pro-life senator then said he would instruct the Justice Department to initiate an investigation into Planned Parenthood and the "horrible" undercover videos that have emerged from the Center for Medical Progress. Cruz added that he would encourage the DOJ to "prosecute any and all criminal violations by [Planned Parenthood]."
According to Cruz, his third item of business would be to alert the DOJ, Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies "that the persecution of religious liberty ends today."
"That means for our service men and women, that every one of them can pray and worship God almighty with all of their hearts, minds and souls," Cruz said. "That means that in January 2017, the federal government stops litigating against and persecuting the little sisters of the poor for standing for their faith."
The junior senator then reaffirmed a promise he's previously made to undo the Obama Administration's nuclear agreement with Iran on his first day in the Oval Office.
"The fourth thing I intend to do is rip to shreds this catastrophic Iranian nuclear deal," he said, adding that "the single greatest national security threat facing America today is a threat of nuclear Iran."
Finally, Cruz would embark on an effort relocate the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, the "once and eternal capital of Israel," according to Cruz.
"A lot of presidential candidates, both Democrat and Republican have made that promise and yet inevitably, when they get to the White House, their team comes to them and says 'Well gosh, if you do that other folks in the Middle East are going to be really unhappy with you,'" he said, adding that "if you haven't noticed, they're already pretty unhappy with us."
"That's day one," Cruz asserted.
The Texas senator later told voters that his dependability is what distinguishes him from the rest of the GOP field and that his plans as president would also include a full repeal of Obamacare, the elimination of Common Core and the renewal of America's military strength.
"By the end of eight years, newspaper editors and journalists will have checked themselves into therapy," Cruz quipped, before taking questions from the audience.
He went to DC and did not change. I hoping that when Trump fades these voters will join Cruz.
That’s coming, for now sit back and enjoy Trump stepping on the GOPe’s picks like junebugs and blazing the trail for Ted.
I think it denigrates Trump supporters to label Trumps behavior as "Trumpoonery". Trump has shown how deep the dislike of DC and career politicians goes. Also, Trump has shown that if you stand up to the establishment media and pols you can win and people will love you for it.
Cruz is a proven conservative and will be a great POTUS, but he won't get there without the help of the Trump supporters.
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As far as I know, Ted Cruz doesn’t pretend to play golf so that should free up a HUGE chunk of time (compared to current occupant)
As far as I know, Ted Cruz doesn’t pretend to be a United States Citizen, knowledgeable in the United States Constitution and able to abide by an oath of office.
Bwahahaha!
Cruz already does more in one day then obama and the entire congress does in a week.
And more in a week than they do in a month; he has to, battling against the progressive liberal democrat/rino communist uni-party demands it, the harder he fights the more energized he gets.
Peaceful confidence.
“... something lacking in his personality ...”
Oh balderdash .. the real thing missing is your brain.
Oh wow .. I guess the Cruz-bashers are out in force today.
Yes, by all means, bury this guy on the Supreme Court so you don’t have to hear his clear and truthful speaking.
Great job .. join the Cruz-bashing .. it’s out in full force.
Totally agree .. this is imperative.
And .. how about we punish the IRS for targeting Conservatives.
Hmmmm ..?? Didn’t Bill Clinton do that ..??
As long as Trump is green on IMMIGRATION he gets my vote.
None of the other issues matter at this time, as we will NEVER see a majority again if we fail to correctly fix the problem.
Trump has made immigration the CENTERPIECE of his campaign, for Cruz, even though he’s also fine on immigration, he just won’t have the mandate to fix it that Trump will have.
The others are PATHETIC and would rather see the Republican Party end up where they are in California these days.
Joke post?
Ted Cruz is by far the best candidate we’ve had for president, either party, for decades.
I agree this is a great pairing .. and I believe Cruz has enough smarts (legally), that he would be a great asset to Trump in proposing legislation; and in helping Trump with any Constitutional issues.
I believe this is why the DemocRATS are after Trump so fervently .. I think they have already realized that Trump is vocalizing Cruz’s policies.
thanks - that answered a question of mine.
That was bashing?
Better check for your slip showing, Nancy.
That’s why Trump will need Cruz to keep him on the straight and narrow.
Yes he did.
Bush fired something like 9 of them and the left went ballistic for years.
I could see Cruz letting them squeal and doing it anyway.
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