https://www.tedcruz.org/issues/
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions
Cruz: The Second Amendment is not simply about hunting or target practice. It’s about protecting our lives, families, and homes. When citizens cease to have the right to defend ourselves, we cease to be free. And now, more than ever, as radical Islamic terrorists seek to attack Americans on our own soil, Americans’ right to protect our families and communities is all the more critical to our safety and freedom.
Trump: The Second Amendment guarantees a fundamental right that belongs to all law-abiding Americans. The Constitution doesn’t create that right – it ensures that the government can’t take it away. Our Founding Fathers knew, and our Supreme Court has upheld, that the Second Amendment’s purpose is to guarantee our right to defend ourselves and our families. This is about self-defense, plain and simple.
Cruz: It’s not that we don’t know how to solve illegal immigration. What is missing is the political will to get it done. As President, Ted Cruz will do what he says. He will stop illegal immigration. He will build a wall that works, triple border security, and put in place the surveillance and biometric tracking to secure the border.
Trump: 1. A nation without borders is not a nation. There must be a wall across the southern border. 2. A nation without laws is not a nation. Laws passed in accordance with our Constitutional system of government must be enforced.
I could go on, but they also agree with each other on the main points that FedGov is too big, that Obamacare needs to go, and that Israel is and should be treated as an ally, along with many (but not all) other issues.
That is close enough that they should be friends and allies - and so should their supporters.
For contrast, here’s Kasich, all positions being his primary stance, not isolated comments taken out of context:
- Kasich voted for the “Assault” Weapons Ban. https://grabien.com/file.php?id=53463 and as of last year did not regret that vote
- Kasich supported and implemented Obamacare’s Medicare expansion http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-kasich-bible-medicaid_us_56140a54e4b022a4ce5fb1e3
- Kasich supports Amnesty for illegals. http://www.ontheissues.org/John_Kasich.htm
- Kasich dismissively said Christian bakers should “bake the cupcake” and participate in a gay parody of the sacrament of marriage, even if it violates their religious beliefs. https://www.frcaction.org/updatearticle/20160225/kasich-pushes
- Kasich supports Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-kasich-id-consider-nominating-merrick-garland-supreme-court-election-2016/
Trump and Cruz are more like each other than either is like Kasich/Jeb/Christie/Rubio.
A point many need to keep in mind. I have taken a bit of a break myself from what this board has devolved to. I still think that the majority of Freepers would have been happy with either candidate but the die-hards on both sides have forgotten who the real opponent is: the big government statists in both parties and not each other. I have mostly liked what Trump and Cruz have both said on policy matters and agree that there is not much difference; but, I leaned Cruz mainly because Boehner and McConnell hated him so he had all the right enemies. Now, it appears that both are behind Cruz but I know that is just a sham to get to a contested convention. They have no intention of supporting either Cruz or Trump. At this point, however, I think that the writing is on the wall for Cruz and I hope that he realizes it before the convention and throws his support and delegates to Trump to coalesce the anti-establishment vote.
There was a story on a number of mainstream news sites the other day about a law suit being filled against Trump for rape of a underaged girl. Even the the the reported wrote that the lawsuit was suspect. I myself wouldn’t post the story because it was to me CLEARLY suspect, but even you know that if the same suit had been filled under the same circumstances agains Cruz it would have been not only posted multiple times on FR, but most Trump supporters would have believe it and beleive it to their grave.
I met my first Kasich supporter during my rounds.
FReepers should arrange a full spa day for any female family members on Election Day. For the good of the Republic.