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Ted Cruz: Donald Trump could "encourage riots" in Cleveland if he doesn't win
CBS News ^ | May 1, 2016 | Emily Schultheis

Posted on 05/01/2016 8:47:18 AM PDT by COUNTrecount

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said in an interview airing Sunday that GOP front-runner Donald Trump may encourage riots if he does not win the Republican nomination in Cleveland this summer.

Asked on CBS' "Face the Nation" if he was concerned about the possibility of violence if he were able to "overthrow" Trump with the delegates in Cleveland, Cruz insisted there wouldn't but said that Trump might try to fan the flames.

"No, it won't, although Donald may do everything he can to encourage riots," he said. "You know, overthrow is such a loaded spin word as ... to bring nothing but chuckles."

Gerald Ford and Abraham Lincoln both won their respective nominations despite coming in with fewer votes than their opponents, he added, so it wouldn't be the first time that the candidate who comes out of a convention is the one who didn't win the most votes during the primaries.

"When we arrive in Cleveland, I'm going have a bunch of delegates," he said. "Donald's going have a bunch of delegates. And it's going be a battle to see who can earn the support of a majority of the delegates elected by the people."

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To: JLAGRAYFOX

Everyone in my family and circle of friends has already voted for Trump. I’ll do so at the polls on Tuesday.

I’ve yet to find a Cruz supporter around my neck of the cornfield.


141 posted on 05/01/2016 10:15:21 AM PDT by digger48
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To: COUNTrecount

Well, if trump can shoot people on 5th avenue and strumpets will follow him, why are you surprised at this?

it should be a point strumpets embrace

how about he pays you to punch protesters in the face?


142 posted on 05/01/2016 10:15:48 AM PDT by RaceBannon (Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for)
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To: COUNTrecount

The only thing that makes any sense of Ted-The-Disrupter’s actions is that the GOPe has made the decision to go all in on destroying the Republican Party, seeing how they are powerless (not that they have not tried) to keep Trump from winning 1237 delegates.

I don’t think Ted is delusional at all. I just think he has zero integrity when it comes to trying to grab all the power he can. I believe Ted is a mercenary, a hired gun, who will be set for life financially if he can bring down and destroy the Republican Party. All this just to keep Trump out of the Whitehouse. The GOPe sees the election has gotten away from their control, and that their only future hope lies in seeing the party taken down to the ground, and with them and their money men rebuilding a completely new party. These people are not worried about Hillary being President. They did just fine with Obama. And, they are perfectly willing to see 75% of elected Republicans go down in defeat. What choice do they have? But, at present Donald Trump stands in their way..


143 posted on 05/01/2016 10:17:04 AM PDT by Sir Bangaz Cracka (Sweet Saint Skittles bounced dat ole white Craka head off da sidewalk causin he was real skeered.)
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To: AuntB

Let him keep talking. That is what got the hubs and me to switch from Cruz to Trump. The more we listened to him the more we were turned off.


144 posted on 05/01/2016 10:18:25 AM PDT by bella1 (We The People...Not We The Party)
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To: JBW1949

>>YOU are the one with a bunch of delegates that were given to you...Not by the people, but by the GOPe...

When Ted Cruz says, “the People” he means “the People That Matter”. To a globalist, the little people in the USA are just the overpaid version of the little people in China, or the Congo, or Ecuador. The GOPe seeks to remedy that overpaid part so we can compete on the global market for manufacturing jobs at the “sustainable” $1 a day wage.


145 posted on 05/01/2016 10:18:45 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: RaceBannon

I was unaware that Trump shot someone on 5th Avenue.

Please send me the link.

What is a strumpet?

Is that one of Rafael’s tattoo friends?


146 posted on 05/01/2016 10:20:28 AM PDT by COUNTrecount (Race Baiting...... "It's What's For Breakfast")
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To: COUNTrecount

The GOPe could rig things so Trump doesn’t win.

The Trump haters who will show up seem to me to be the mostly likely perps of violence in Cleveland.

As for the Trump supporters, they will get angry in the case of a rigged convention but I would expect them to find other ways to channel their anger.


147 posted on 05/01/2016 10:23:32 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: COUNTrecount

He has lost reality. What a bucket of crap. Cruz is no more than another slimy lawyer. And to think I thought well of him once.


148 posted on 05/01/2016 10:26:01 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: COUNTrecount

On the contrary, I think he’s listening to too many people who are goading him to keep going due to their own goals and desired outcomes. It certainly isn’t going to end well for him.

And I’m not even saying he should drop out. I just think he should STFU or at least pipe down with his bomb throwing against Trump. It isn’t working.


149 posted on 05/01/2016 10:28:03 AM PDT by ichabod1 (Off the NWO)
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To: COUNTrecount
principled conservative          :)
150 posted on 05/01/2016 10:29:11 AM PDT by 867V309 (It's over. It's over now.)
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To: RaceBannon
...punch protesters in the face?

After that they need to be rounded up and deported...With EXTREME prejudice!

151 posted on 05/01/2016 10:29:15 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Canadians can't be President!)
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To: COUNTrecount

Cruz is scared, that is why he is making ridiculous accusations.

Donald Trump Leads Cruz by 15 Points in Crucial Indiana Race

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3426320/posts


152 posted on 05/01/2016 10:30:35 AM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: exDemMom

She’s power-mad like Hillary.


153 posted on 05/01/2016 10:32:40 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
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There you are Ted Cruz, on national TV and you have the opportunity to point out the all the violence in this campaign is coming from the left.

And you blame it on Donald Trump.

That’s why American hates you Ted Cruz.


154 posted on 05/01/2016 10:33:55 AM PDT by Bodleian_Girl (Before Bruce Jenner there was Mike Penner)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

One of the Cruz ads running here in IN is centered aro9unfd the “Math”.

Claiming Kasich is mathematically eliminated due to the delegate count.

But, the graphic they use still shows Trump with only 850 delegates. They are using numbers from 2 weeks ago to show Ted still has a chance to overcome Trump in delegates if he can only win Indiana


155 posted on 05/01/2016 10:34:41 AM PDT by digger48
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To: Innovative

Ted Cruz only cares about Ted Cruz. he is proving this whole run is all about his own ambition. He is a globalist and was a Bushie until they didn’t like him. he rode the tea party wave to get elected but doesn’t really believe in any of it. he is a phoney and a horrible candidate.


156 posted on 05/01/2016 10:34:47 AM PDT by ground_fog
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To: EDINVA
I stand by what I posted. Trump has said several times that there will be riots if he is not the nominee.

Nothing new.

157 posted on 05/01/2016 10:36:56 AM PDT by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank 6the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
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To: ichabod1

Thanks for your perspective; I appreciate it.


158 posted on 05/01/2016 10:38:50 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
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To: RaceBannon; Jim Robinson; onyx; Jane Long; PA Engineer; Grampa Dave; KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle; ..
Well, if trump can shoot people on 5th avenue and strumpets will follow him, why are you surprised at this?
it should be a point strumpets embrace
how about he pays you to punch protesters in the face?


Why are you still here?

You went into DQM (Drama Queen Mode) last night demanding that your monthly contribution be cancelled, and JimRob obliged you. Now it seems your only remaining purpose for being here is to sow dissension and disrupt threads.

What exactly is it you're hoping to accomplish now?

Whatever you're selling, nobody's buying.
159 posted on 05/01/2016 10:39:19 AM PDT by mkjessup (Cruz is an oily crap weasel who sold out to the GOPe and his deluded cultists need to wake-TF up.)
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To: marron

I’m guessing there are a helluva lot of people in this country, and more every day, that wished they had cast their vote for the Don and will do so in the general.


160 posted on 05/01/2016 10:40:26 AM PDT by ichabod1 (Off the NWO)
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