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Senator Ted Cruz on Obama's Syrian refugee proposal: 'Absolute lunacy'
Examiner ^ | October 25, 2015 | Renee Nal

Posted on 10/25/2015 8:21:58 PM PDT by Isara

Senator Ted Cruz is not a fan of importing potentially hundreds of thousands of Muslims to America, referring to the idea as "absolute lunacy" during a Q&A session at the Iowa Grassroots Coalition Candidate Honest Assessment Summit on Saturday.

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"With regard to the the Syrian refugees, I think Obama's proposal to accept tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of Syrian Muslim refugees is absolute lunacy," Cruz said in response to a question from the audience. "...The Director of National Intelligence has told us it's very likely that among those refugees going into Europe are a substantial number of ISIS terrorists," he continued.

Cruz was referring to a statement made by James R. Clapper, who "warned about the dangers of ISIS operatives infiltrating Western countries through the flood of migrants," as reported last month at Breitbart.

Notably, Cruz differentiated between Muslim asylum seekers and Christians who are "facing being beheaded by ISIS..." Cruz continued to assert that America needs to "stand up as a refuge and safe haven for Christians being persecuted by monsters like ISIS."

Middle Eastern Christians are indeed under attack in Muslim-dominated countries, as well as in refugee camps in Europe. Referring to Christians in the Middle East as a "very different circumstance," Cruz explained that "...Middle Eastern Christians are being persecuted...they are facing genocide" and that there is "no reasonable threat of terrorism" from Christians.

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Cruz joined Gohmert in noting that a disproportionate amount of refugees are men. "If you look at the current refugee wave which is flowing into Europe..." Cruz said, "one estimate was that 77 percent of those refugees are young men, which is a very unusual demographic for refugees."

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Syria; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; cruz; election2016; elections; syria; syrianrefugee; tcruz; tedcruz; texas
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1 posted on 10/25/2015 8:21:58 PM PDT by Isara
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To: Isara
“In terms of settling the migrants, if the ultimate goal is to return them to their homes, which I believe it should be, it doesn’t make sense from a logistical or a security standpoint to move large numbers of them to far-off countries like the United States.

CRUZ: We Need to Address the Cause of the Migrant Crisis
2 posted on 10/25/2015 8:25:32 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: Isara

Bump


3 posted on 10/25/2015 8:29:27 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Isara
Muslim immigration cannot be "screened."

Why? Because the second generation is usually as bad or worse than the original immigrants. Look at Muslim terrorism in Europe. Chalie Hebdo killers - all born in France. London train bombers (3 of 4 born in UK) , Madrid bombings (1/3 born in Spain)- there's no shortage of involvement by locally-born Muslims.

How does one screen a generation not yet born?

4 posted on 10/25/2015 8:32:43 PM PDT by Dagnabitt (Islamic Immigration is Treason)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
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"Yeah? So? What's Your Point?
oh, and Death to America!"


5 posted on 10/25/2015 9:04:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: Dagnabitt

BTTT


6 posted on 10/25/2015 9:07:08 PM PDT by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: Isara

He’s right.


7 posted on 10/25/2015 9:19:16 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Isara

How can anyone support the importing of young Sunni militants as a policy? Christians yes but Muslims no.


8 posted on 10/25/2015 9:40:21 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: Isara
Fitting that Cruz should comment the 0bama strategy is “lunacy”, when we are dealing with the worshipers of the moon god (small g intended).
9 posted on 10/25/2015 10:08:59 PM PDT by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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To: Isara

now happening all across Europe - It’s Islam’s top weapon - deliberate populating -

and we sit by and let it happen.

this will be ‘any city US’ if we let them get away with this

- http://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/10/denmark-muslims-march-for-jihad-in-copenhagen


10 posted on 10/25/2015 10:13:50 PM PDT by maine-iac7
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To: Isara

And if Trump said this - there’s already be 500 “YEAH” posts here

BTW, not the first time Cruz has said this


11 posted on 10/25/2015 10:16:02 PM PDT by maine-iac7
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YEAH


12 posted on 10/25/2015 11:34:22 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (Hey Vlad, was this what you meant by flexible?)
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To: Isara

‘Absolute lunacy’ describes the entire Obama administration.


13 posted on 10/26/2015 2:07:59 AM PDT by maddog55 (America Rising a new Civil War needs to happen.)
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To: Isara

Even super smart individuals like Cruz will not stop giving Zero sympathy were none should be given. If someone is a lunatic, he has a mental disorder and a defense against his actions. Why do people continue to do this? We all know Zero is no lunatic, he is a diabolic traitor, deliberately and consciously committing treason - a purposeful act to undermine the sovereignty and security of the U.S.


14 posted on 10/26/2015 3:34:49 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: Dagnabitt

Yeah we’ve got a real problem with 2nd generation Somalis in this country.

The media loves to call them homegrown terrorists but I call them invasive species terrorists.


15 posted on 10/26/2015 3:47:47 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: Isara

bump


16 posted on 10/26/2015 6:39:41 AM PDT by Twinkie (JOHN 3:16)
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To: maine-iac7
Trump Oct 1, 2015

"I'm putting the people on notice that are coming here from Syria as part of this mass migration, that if I win, if I win, they're going back."

17 posted on 10/26/2015 6:46:33 AM PDT by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
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To: jpsb

Some lead, others follow ;-)


18 posted on 10/26/2015 6:48:13 AM PDT 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: Isara

We need to be wise when determining who is a Christian, as well. There are stories of mass conversions in Europe and its unclear whether they are for the purposes of immigration status only. Taqqiya is alive and well, living fat and happy in the heart of Islam.


19 posted on 10/26/2015 7:14:13 AM PDT by FourPeas ("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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To: Dagnabitt

It would be instructive for research to be done to find commonalities. Is it influence of a mosque? Living in a predominantly Muslim neighborhood? A school system that teaches victimization? Parental ideas? Internet outreach?

Not that I advocate encouraging Muslim immigration, but we already have many Muslim immigrants and finding clues to whom will be radicalized is beneficial .


20 posted on 10/26/2015 7:22:37 AM PDT by FourPeas ("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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