[SoConPubbie]

	"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams " Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." - John Quincy Adams

[sparklite2]

Talk is cheap.

[bigbob]

He’s in the US Senate, where’s the bill to build a wall?

Doesn’t matter anyway, Trump OWNS The Wall.

[DoughtyOne]

I’ve lost count. How many bills did Cruz introduce to build a 60’ high wall that Mexico would pay for?

Thanks in advance.

[exist]

This is so silly. Ted Cruz moderated his position significantly after 2013 to prep for 2016. He very much toned down the rhetoric and hardly ever brought up the wall.

Trump has obviously flip-flopped all over the place on the issue.

Nobody is clean. Everyone flip-flopped. Everyone is fudging the truth. Supporters are twisting words to try to defend their candidate.

[SpaceBar]

Cruz would have a hard time winning employee of the month in a flyover country walmart. He looks stupid, and will lose to Hillary.

[jazusamo]

Duh. I and many friends have talked about a wall for years...So?

[Kenny]

Makes the point that without Trump, Cruz will never get his ideas out there. Besides, other than playing victim, what has he done in the Senate. I mean what has he done besides pushing for TPA with Paul Ryan:

Ted Cruz joins the establishment

And oh yeah, voting for TPA cloture. But I digress.

[mbrfl]

Cruz was asked if he agreed with someone else’s proposal to build a wall. This was his answer:

“Yes. We have an illegal immigration crisis and we need to do everything humanly possible to secure the border. That means fences, that means walls.”

Typical politician answer. He didn’t propose to build a wall on his own. He was just responding to someone else’s suggestion to build a wall, the way all good politicians respond - with a CYA answer. Notice how the question about building a wall subtley shifts in Cruz’s response to “...that means fences, that means walls”. Anyone except the perpetually gullible can see the wiggle room he leaves himself with that answer. He’s a good lawyer.

So we’re to believe that building a wall has always been something Cruz has been committed to from this little exchange? Why did it take him so long to mention it again? Cruz has been against amnesty as well as being in favor of having a discussion about it; against fighting birthright citizenship, and well as being in favor of ending it. Cruz has been all over the board on illegal immigration. Pretty pathetic of Patterico to try to claim that this interview proves that a President Cruz would build a wall, or that Cruz has been a leader on this issue.

[nopardons]

Blah...blah....blah....so WHERE is the WALL ?

He NEVER brought it up when he landed in the Senate!

Guess that's how he'll do as president too...just blah, blah, blah, and yet more blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

[lewislynn]

Ted Cruz Was Talking About a Wall YEARS Before Trump

So says the man with not one legislative accomplishment...not one.

All talk and no action.

[Neu Pragmatist]

Wow .. guess Cruz’s positions changed when he helped Beck host that illegal immigrant welcome party ? What happened ?

[Amendment10]

The states have never delegated to Congress, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to appropriate taxes to build a border wall (corrections, insights welcome). (Note that Clause 3 of Section 10 of Article I shows that states reserved for themselves the power to engage in war if invaded.)

So Trumps plan to have Mexico pay for wall is arguably workable within the framework of the Constitution.

[WTFOVR]

I’ve looked and looked - search hi and lo ... and even though Super Cruz is in the Senate 2 years, I just can’t find that wall he talked about ... Hmm, can you help me here? I’ll even loan you my super-duper binoculars with the secret spy decoder thingy!

[TornadoAlley3]

Poison pill

[IAMNO1]

That was GREAT! He hit on the border, on fences and walls, and crime being committed without them, and the moderator was gyrating around like Kasich during a debate, as if he was holding back a massive load of cr@p and couldn't hold still for a moment. Loved it! And Ted has been consistent and hasn't wavered at all between now and then. Nice find. Now, to be fair, Trump managed to get this same message out, due to his prowess with managing the media, something Ted and the other candidates couldn't seem to triangulate. But it is out and I believe Ted has found his platform and voice, so thank you Donald

[kabar]

HOw does Cruz define amnesty? In 2013 Cruz said it was not amnesty if there is no path to citizenship. He supported legalization.

Cruz Tries to Claim the Middle Ground on Immigration

FYI: The Secure Fence Act of 2006 was passed overwhelmingly including Obama and Hillary voting for it. The fence was never built as Kay Bailey Hutchinson added an amendment later on that effectively neutered it by allowing local authorities to stop it.

[TigersEye]

A’yup. That’s why Cruz was my choice nine months before he announced he was running. Been watching him here on FR for a long time.

[stanne]

Blech Blech Blech

He lost me for good at the TPP. way back

[Windflier]

I don’t recall Ted sponsoring a bill in the Senate to build The Wall.

But you say he talked about it years ago. Well, alright. I guess that’s the same thing to some people.

[TBP]

Trump stole the idea from Cruz.