No more so than Trump being an Establishment tool.
What committee positions did Cruz lose? What censure did he suffer? Why is a McConnell lawyer running a pro Cruz PAC?
Maybe Cruz honestly blew those campaign filings and loan disclosures. Maybe McConnell duped him and caused him to misvote. Maybe Cruz simply can’t find a consular birth record.
If we are going to judge candidates based on conspiracy theories, there’s plenty to be had on all sides.
It’s a rough game, but it only really hurts if the eventual winner of the primary race is too wounded or insufficiently vetted. Let’s hope that’s not the case with whoever gets the nod to run against Sanders or Clinton.
Right.
Maybe.
And maybe Trump didn’t donate to Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, Anthony Weiner, Charlie Rangel, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, as well as, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell.
But he did.
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Jan 7, 2016 - Chuck Schumer: “...Donald Trump is the only Republican candidate who says don’t cut Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security, he’s the only Republican candidate who’s against free trade,” Schumer explained. “He’s the only one who voices clearly this idea that ‘well if very wealthy people aren’t paying their fair share of taxes, they ought to.’”
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/schumer-trump-bipartisan-2016-budget-article-1.2488856
June 16, 2016: “....Trump defended his donations to New York Democrats in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity that April, proclaiming that in the state, “everyone is Democratic” and implying that to donate otherwise would be waste of his money.
“So, what am I going to do, contribute to Republicans? Am I going to contribute to, I mean, one thing I’m not stupid. Am I going to contribute to a Republican for my whole life when they get, they run against some Democrat. And the most they can get is one percent of the vote,” he said, noting his “good relationship” with and donations to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). Trump last donated to Schumer directly in 2010, though he had made donations ranging from $250 to $2,000 since 1996.
“I mean, I’ve contributed to Schumer, I contribute - I’ve known Schumer for many, many years. And I have a good relationship with him. The fact is, that I think it is time maybe that we all do get along,” he told Hannity.”..
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/donald-trump-donations-democrats-hillary-clinton-119071