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Ted Cruz takes on Caitlyn Jenner over transgender fight
CNN ^ | 05/01/2016 | Eugene Scott

Posted on 05/01/2016 7:38:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Edited on 05/01/2016 7:46:28 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is standing his ground in his belief that allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice "opens the door for predators," dismissing criticism from Caitlyn Jenner, who mocked him over the issue last week.


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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bathroom; caitlynjenner; canadian; cruzie; ineligible; tedcruz; transgender
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1 posted on 05/01/2016 7:38:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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2 posted on 05/01/2016 7:41:04 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("The bathroom deal is a big fat nothing burger." -- Jim Robinson, 04/22/16)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Therefore, what follows if he were to be asked about the potty issue?


3 posted on 05/01/2016 7:41:42 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

I’m all in for Trump but he’s right on this issue.

one doesn’t melt if they say that he’s right on this.


4 posted on 05/01/2016 7:42:50 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

I’m all in for Trump but he’s right on this issue.

one doesn’t melt if they say that he’s right on this.


5 posted on 05/01/2016 7:42:50 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: SeekAndFind
Cruz continued. "And frankly, the concern is not of the Caitlyn Jenners of the world, but if the law is such that any man, if he feels like it, can go in a woman's restroom and you can't ask him to leave, that opens the door for predators. Allowing a man to go to a female bathroom because he says he feels like a woman opens the door for criminals"

Cruz is right on this issue.

6 posted on 05/01/2016 7:43:06 PM PDT by GOPJ (Imagine the shrieking MSM outrage if Trump supporters had tried to flip a car... David French)
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To: dp0622
I’m all in for Trump but he’s right on this issue.
one doesn’t melt if they say that he’s right on this.

Yep. Trump made one of his few mistakes here. Cruz got it right.

7 posted on 05/01/2016 7:48:52 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Leaning Right

Cruz maybe right on this but he’s being dragged off message.


8 posted on 05/01/2016 7:50:28 PM PDT by Fhios (Going Donald Trump is as close to going John Galt as we'll get.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Guess the honeymoon between Jenner and Cruz is over.


9 posted on 05/01/2016 7:50:30 PM PDT by proust (Texans for Trump!)
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To: SeekAndFind

This was a Pizza Hut
Now it’s all covered with daisies
You’ve got it, you’ve got it


10 posted on 05/01/2016 7:52:39 PM PDT by dontreadthis
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To: Leaning Right

Trump can walk back/change comments he made.

this is a WINNING issue. more and more against it.

not HUGE issue, but every vote helps.


11 posted on 05/01/2016 7:55:20 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well, I guess we lost this one.

Republicans have clearly demonstrated their complete ineptitude in winning any cultural battles the past 40 years.

I guess Ted will "challenge them to a debate!"

12 posted on 05/01/2016 7:59:51 PM PDT by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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To: GOPJ
I don't doubt his intentions, just his competence in fighting Liberals.

I just don't trust professional politician Republicans to win anymore.

Cruz will talk 15 minutes in lofty rhetoric, then some weirdo transvestite will call him a bigot.

Game over.

13 posted on 05/01/2016 8:02:24 PM PDT by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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To: SeekAndFind

Ted would better to bring up the Trump Steaks issue.
Californians take their beer, meat and wine very seriously!
Potty issues, not so much.


14 posted on 05/01/2016 8:07:05 PM PDT by rwoodward ("god, guns and more ammo")
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To: SeekAndFind

Why did Trump say what he said? Bruce Jenner is a man who claims to be a woman who is still attracted to women. He doesn’t know what his women customers really think about this? I’m not sure I buy that from Trump.

This stuff isn’t that hard. Every blue collar dem I have spoken to about this thinks the dem leadership is whacked out on this issue. But they were all men. So what is going on here? Will women care about men in their sex exclusive areas like restrooms and changing rooms enough to affect Trump’s or Target’s bottom line?

Freegards


15 posted on 05/01/2016 8:08:13 PM PDT by Ransomed
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I’m a Trump person... but Cruz makes a good point here.

As far as ‘trust’ is concerned with Ted? Nah. That ship has sailed.


16 posted on 05/01/2016 8:11:45 PM PDT by GOPJ (Imagine the shrieking MSM outrage if Trump supporters had tried to flip a car... David French)
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To: dp0622; KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
I’m all in for Trump but he’s right on this issue.

I think we all would agree that Cruz's argument is valid. The question is, should it be a FEDERAL issue ?

Every time the FEDS get involved, it just gets worse, so why should the Federal government be involved in it at all ?

17 posted on 05/01/2016 8:14:48 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: GOPJ

I agree, Cruz blew it. A weirdo stiff. But he said the truth here.

This particular issue isn’t that hard to grasp, right? I’m thinking we must really be a lot more outnumbered on it for Trump to come down on the wrong side, if he did that as a business decision.

That is not a good sign. Trump knows what his women customers think, right? I mean I am not a huge Trump fan either but he isn’t lacking in business savvy, in my opinion.

Freegards


18 posted on 05/01/2016 8:18:21 PM PDT by Ransomed
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

In a match between the two: My money’s on Caitlyn.


19 posted on 05/01/2016 8:19:58 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets!!!)
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To: Ransomed
Here's the problem. If we follow the 'law', and make it illegal for a person of one biological sex to enter the public restrooms of the opposite sex, then we will have to BUILD a bathroom for every 'type' of sexual deviant.

What is the number of different 'identities' that one can have sexually currently ? LBGTQAREOWKQJ ? We know there would have to be at least FOUR different toilet facilities at a minimum ?

Questions: Who will pay for the extra bathrooms ?

Where did these types of people go the toilet before ? It's not like crossdressers/etc are a new 'thing'.

Shouldn't this be a thing the business owner or local government decide ? If you want to have special bathrooms, then have them. If you don't, you don't.

We do not need more laws telling everyone what to do.

20 posted on 05/01/2016 8:22:48 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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