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Ted Cruz and Pastors Smite Donald Trump in Wisconsin
The Daily Beast ^ | March 6, 2016 | Betsy Woodruff

Posted on 04/06/2016 9:05:57 AM PDT by McGruff

On Tuesday night, Christians saved Ted Cruz.

The Texan made winning Wisconsin look easy, waltzing to a double-digit victory in the Badger State and all but guaranteeing that the Republican Party will pick its nominee at a contested convention in Cleveland this summer.

But Tuesday’s result was not predestined—and it wasn’t just a series of unforced errors that made the Trump Train sputter. The Cruz team pulled off a singular organizing feat, corralling a sizable number of Christian pastors for last-minute endorsements that helped shore up his support among evangelical Christians.

In February, Cruz suffered a tough defeat to Donald Trump in South Carolina, in large part because evangelicals—to the bafflement of many—were eager to line up behind the thrice-wed casino magnate.

In Wisconsin, though, that didn’t happen. CNN exit polling indicates that Cruz beat Trump among evangelical Christian voters by a whopping 21 points. And moving those numbers took work.

(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
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And i thought it was because Glenn Beck kept his mouth shut for once.
1 posted on 04/06/2016 9:05:57 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

And I read there was a lot of vote fraud, again!

What a deceitful person St. Lyin’ Ted is, and how gullible the people!


2 posted on 04/06/2016 9:07:49 AM PDT by erkelly
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To: McGruff

I think the past tense of smite is smote.


3 posted on 04/06/2016 9:09:41 AM PDT by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: erkelly; All

I heard there were tons of vote fraud.


4 posted on 04/06/2016 9:09:44 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I am so very blessed! Thank You, JESUS!)
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To: McGruff
“I told Senator Cruz when I first came on board, if we live out Matthew 6:33, ‘Seek him first and his righteousness,’ everything else is going to be added to this campaign,” Corcoran said. “And that’s what it all comes down to.”

Bimbo eruptions notwithstanding...

5 posted on 04/06/2016 9:10:21 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (The GOPe deserve nothing more than a middle finger)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

I heard you just make things up. My hearing is much better than yours.


6 posted on 04/06/2016 9:10:38 AM PDT by beandog (Trump and his supporters have to take the elevator up to even reach the gutter.)
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To: beandog

I heard you just make things up. My hearing is much better than yours.
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LOL


7 posted on 04/06/2016 9:12:17 AM PDT by kara37
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Ted Cruz and Pastors Smite Donald Trump in Wisconsin

Uh oh. Time for The Orange Savior to sue some pastors.

8 posted on 04/06/2016 9:14:03 AM PDT by gdani (Election 2016: Pick your liberal)
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To: beandog

Good one!


9 posted on 04/06/2016 9:14:19 AM PDT by austingirl (Cruz 2016)
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To: COBOL2Java

Maybe the National Enquirer is banned in Wisconsin.


10 posted on 04/06/2016 9:15:18 AM PDT by McGruff (The Republican elite would rather see Hillary Clinton president than Donald Trump.)
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To: McGruff

With a little help from the Republican Governor, Speaker of the House, RNC Chairman, and every media outlet in the state.

There is nothing like WI left for Teddy and his pastors to win.

There are 769 Delegates remaining in the upcoming primary states. In order to get to the magic number of 1237:

Donald Trump needs 479 to clinch. (758 current + 479 need = 1237 goal)
Ted Cruz needs 732 to clinch. (505 current + 732 need = 1237 goal).
There are only 769 Delegates remaining.


11 posted on 04/06/2016 9:17:08 AM PDT by bigbob
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This, of course, is an attempt at three things:

1. To swipe at Trump and of course conservatives in general.

2. To define Christian conservatives as monolithic voters that only care about God.

3. And of course to continue the mantra that only Cruz court Christian conservatives.

It only serves to keep people agitated with stupid headlines like that.


12 posted on 04/06/2016 9:21:41 AM PDT by writer33 (Mark Levin Is The Constitutional Engine Of Conservatism)
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To: bigbob

Cruz is playing the role of the turd in the punch bowl, deluding the gullible to join the evil in the destruction of America.


13 posted on 04/06/2016 9:21:49 AM PDT by Souled_Out (Our hope is in the power of God working through the hearts of people.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

cant wait to see the breakout of the 600,000 mailed ballots to see how they match what happened at the actual polls

The Christians better start praying mightily for Cruz because the background checkers not yet released much of their documentation of his past

the democrats prefer to wait


14 posted on 04/06/2016 9:22:35 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: McGruff

Well, Ted does preach sermons and wear the armor of God, and he does that hands up “beaming back at you” thing.


15 posted on 04/06/2016 9:22:38 AM PDT by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,)
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To: beandog

I heard you just make things up. My hearing is much better than yours.
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I heard you are a liar just like Cruz. My hearing is much better than yours.


16 posted on 04/06/2016 9:22:46 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I am so very blessed! Thank You, JESUS!)
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To: austingirl

Good one!
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Ignorant one!


17 posted on 04/06/2016 9:23:37 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I am so very blessed! Thank You, JESUS!)
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To: McGruff

Maybe the National Enquirer is banned in Wisconsin.

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Or maybe the voters in Wisconsin don’t vote based on unsubstantiated stories found in the National Enquirer.


18 posted on 04/06/2016 9:23:38 AM PDT by dmz
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To: McGruff

Adding “Smite” to the list of descriptors being associated with Cruz’s meaningless WI win.

Others include:

“Meltdown”
“Waterloo”
“Beginning of the End”


19 posted on 04/06/2016 9:24:05 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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I'm going to say Nope.

I'm not cutting down their "efforts" for Cruz in Wisconsin, but as this article reports, evangelicals have voted for Trump also.

Cruz took Wisconsin because Trump continues to shoot himself in the foot, over and over, in the last few weeks.

20 posted on 04/06/2016 9:24:10 AM PDT by TXSearcher (The anti-RINO rebellion is being won by a NY RINO.......truth IS stranger than fiction.)
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