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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Cruz has moved into the demented stage.
The people doing the rioting will be .... Cruz supporters.
He (thinks) he’s smarter than everyone, this is a tremendous fault of his which has caused his implosion. He listens to no one, obviously.
He’s infuriated that Trump is winning because in his mind he’s smarter.
They’re all in rage because they think “NY Liberal” Trump has stolen what was rightfully Cruz’s nom. Cruz, Levin, etc. All of them. Raging. At this point they’d much rather have Hillary win in November than have to admit they were wrong with Trump.
Anyone who backs Cruz or Kasich at this point, where it’s not math possible to win is an enabler for any riots in Cleveland. That goes for pundits and endorsers.
Cruz is all over Sunday morning talk shows lying his sorry butt off about Trump...how anyone can listen to this man and NOT understand what a con man he is does NOT want to see it. He used to use the same double talk lawyereeze when Levin would interview him and Levin just ate it up and made excuses.
Ted Cruz is one of the worst things to ever happen to this nation.
Exactly!
Maybe trying to obtain the Ring of Power is making Cruz a little crazy.
That is an allegation that Trump is inciting a riot. That is a blasphemous lie. I have never heard such a baseless lying assertion intentionally made in politics. He better lawyer up.
I view him as a goof ball.
There’s just nothing to be gained by courting the hysterically insane never Trumpers. They need to be escorted from the building and their political lands salted. They are working hand in hand with Democrats to defeat Trump and they must be politically destroyed ASAP. It’s that simple, IMO.
He's got a whole legal firm of voices in his head who can help him.
Ted Cruz...Claims to be the most Conservative candidate and campaigns just like a Leftist.
I think Cruz is inciting violence by his stupidity when he talks and stealing of delegates.
Trump might encourage riots? Just when you think Cruz can’t go any lower, he goes lower.
What’s next for Cruz? Maybe he will endorse Hillary. Anything is possible with him at this point.
Count seems to depend on the flavor of delegate counted; hard delegates, pledged delegates, soft delegates, semi-soft delegates, aged for more than 90 days delegates, etc. There seem to be more kinds of delegates than there are cheeses in a Harry & David gift basket! ;-)
Ted Cruz “encouraged†the left wing rioters by blaming Trump instead of the Ayers/Soros types in America.
***By making a statement like that, he is basically encouraging rioters!!!!!***
Of course he is! I don’t see how ANY true Conservative can still be supporting this man. He is either clearly working with the uniparty which seeks to destroy our Nation or is in this purely for his own political benefit. Neither make him fit for office. Not to mention he isn’t even legally qualified!
He absolutely disgusts me
Trump has already said several times that there will be riots if he is not the nominee. Nothing new here.
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