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.
Cruz was campaigning on building a wall and tripling the Border Patrol back in 2011-2012. Back then, Trump was still calling Romney mean for wanting to use “self-deportation” or attrition through enforcement to remove illegals.
When are you trumpanzees going to do some accurate research of you own and quit puking out donniebrooks of lies. Cruz was talking about the wall when donnie was still giving millions to the Clinton Foundation.
A bill was started in 2006 authorizing a wall/fence be built but the funds were never provided. The female senator(KBH), whom Cruz replaced, was involved with killing the bill. It was all talk by Washington but never funded.
Cruz knew it could not be rescued by a single senator much less funded but would as president accomplish the task.
Y’all just need to learn to use the internet, it can be a wonderful thing. And oh, Google can be your friend also.
Maybe because he isn’t an ‘all about me’ person? Someone that can let someone else have an idea?
Trump would love to be the originator of every good idea, fortunately he doesn’t have to, his supporters believe it for him.
Ted Cruz, Trumps head...trump supporters...rent free.