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White House: Cruz gun ad 'irresponsible'
The Hill ^ | January 7, 2016 | Jordan Fabian

Posted on 01/07/2016 1:05:52 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

White House press secretary Josh Earnest is chiding Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for a fundraising page declaring that President Obama "wants your guns."

"I think he's appealing to people's anxieties and insecurities, and even outright fears, in an attempt to win votes for his presidential campaign. That's unfortunate," Earnest said Thursday. "In some cases, it veers into the territory of being irresponsible."

The page, which appears on Cruz's presidential campaign website, drew scrutiny on Tuesday after Obama rolled out new executive actions meant to expand background checks on gun purchases.

The fundraising pitch shows Obama dressed in military garb, including a black helmet and jacket adorned with his 2008 campaign logo. "Obama Wants To Take Your Guns" reads the headline.

It's the second time in two days that Earnest targeted Cruz, who has shot to the top of Republican presidential primary polls in the early-voting state of Iowa.

On Wednesday, the spokesman teased Cruz about his U.S. citizenship after rival Donald Trump’s attacks on the senator's Canadian birthplace.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; canadian; cruz; gopprimary; guns; ineligible; obama
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1 posted on 01/07/2016 1:05:52 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“Shhhh....Senator. It is irresponsible to wake up the American people.”


2 posted on 01/07/2016 1:07:35 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; erod
He has officially hit the target.

Never believe anything until it has been officially denied.

3 posted on 01/07/2016 1:07:43 PM PST by KC_Lion (The fences are going up all over Europe. We shall not see them down again in our lifetime.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Judge a man by the enemies he makes.


4 posted on 01/07/2016 1:08:32 PM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Ted is spot on.

Obama wants your guns.

Hillary wants your guns.

If we are waiting for newly elected gelded band of brothers in the GOP-e, we will loose them all.


5 posted on 01/07/2016 1:09:20 PM PST by hadaclueonce (I thought Ethanol was the devil, now i find it is America is an Oligarchy)
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6 posted on 01/07/2016 1:09:34 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Good for Cruz!! Time to call a spade a spade.


7 posted on 01/07/2016 1:10:43 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

So why don’t you just have Cruz arrested, BAMMIE!!!?


8 posted on 01/07/2016 1:10:51 PM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“If you like your guns, you can keep your guns if you want to.”


9 posted on 01/07/2016 1:11:20 PM PST by Obadiah (Jeb! Because America needs more cowbell.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

GOA has endorsed Ted Cruz!


10 posted on 01/07/2016 1:13:36 PM PST by Beagle8U (jeb! continues to not only step in it, but lie down and roll in it! - freedumb2003)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

That same image has been popping-up on Rush Limbaugh’s website almost every day for seven years.


11 posted on 01/07/2016 1:13:50 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Obadiah

‘Squeal, piggy’...squeal every day for the next year. Make that ad viral, America.


12 posted on 01/07/2016 1:14:47 PM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Boo Hoo, made OBozo cry!


13 posted on 01/07/2016 1:14:50 PM PST by nomad
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Yes, it’s much more important and responsible that illegals have guns to rob and murder US citizens, and that citizens be unable to defend themselves. And in some cases, violent felons who have had to suffer imprisonment but are now enjoying newly found freedom to commit new murders should in fact be the ones who have guns.


14 posted on 01/07/2016 1:14:52 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (This space for rent.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

He’s absolutely right. The end game is a total confiscation of all firearms in the US. Even if they won’t admit it.


15 posted on 01/07/2016 1:15:17 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (There's a right to gay marriage in the Constitution but there is no right of an unborn baby to life.)
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To: cuban leaf

Don’t you just love the word “irresponsible?”

It reminds me of the incessant use of “unacceptable” so as to not be too harsh when telling children to knock it off.


16 posted on 01/07/2016 1:15:41 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Obama "wants your guns."

Obama told John Lott as much when they were both at the University of Chicago.

(Lott repeated it this week on Levin's show.)

17 posted on 01/07/2016 1:16:03 PM PST by MUDDOG
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Flak, target. And by the way, what sort of limp-wristed crap is “In some cases, it veers into the territory of being irresponsible”, anyway?


18 posted on 01/07/2016 1:16:20 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
http://cnsnews.com/blog/gregory-gwyn-williams-jr/author-quotes-then-professor-obama-saying-i-dont-believe-people-should

"I don't believe people should be able to own guns," Obama told Lott one day at the University of Chicago Law School.

Once again Cruz is playing chess while the children play checkers.

19 posted on 01/07/2016 1:16:35 PM PST by VRWCarea51 (The original 1998 version)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“White House press secretary Josh Earnest”

Anything that upsets this bedwetter makes my day.


20 posted on 01/07/2016 1:17:47 PM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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