Ivanka Trump Was Not Happy About Ted Cruz's Revolt Against Her Father Donald

people ^ | 7/21 | mcafee

[RummyChick]

Ivanka Trump is usually seen as the cool, calm and collected Trump, a quality that has been put to good use in her father's presidential campaign.

But at the Republican convention on Wednesday night the daughter of Donald Trump appeared uncharacteristically angry as Texas Sen. Ted Cruz took the stage and refused to endorse her father.

Ivanka was photographed frowning and pointing her finger as Cruz, her father's fiercest rival in the primary, told Republican voters at the convention to "vote your conscience, vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the Constitution."

[Doogle]

....as stunning as she looked last night,she could
probably stop time with an angry stare. There are certain women I find extremely attractive when angry......my X was one,which is probably why she’s an X. Things spiralled rather quickly when she was first annoyed....me with a very slight grin.

[hoosiermama]

Go to the Warren Report to find the original picture of LHO and identified male. The FBI have been trying to identify him for years.

How is that “Trumps Fault”?

If you don’t know the truth and don’t seek to find it stay off of FR

[ObozoMustGo2012]

[Was Ivanka happy or unhappy about Trumps attacks on Heidi and Cruz’s dad?]

I would imagine that she was more pissed that a Pro-Cruz PAC circulated a nude modeling photo of stepmother through out Utah, while basically calling her a whore.

I’m sure her reaction to her father’s COUNTER-punches was not as extreme.

[Scutter]

I’ll be voting for the guy in November, but I’m mystified at the outrage over the Cruz statement. There seems to be some world class stupidity at play here.

[Kickass Conservative]

Well, at least she didn’t go up on Stage, kiss him and tell him “I know it was you Rafael, you broke my heart”.

[2nd Amendment]

Now, don’t you go PC on me! She was just a beautiful woman that God has made. If you want to listen to hardworking butches, go over to the other convention.

[ObozoMustGo2012]

{Pics of Ted’s dad and Oswald, taken together in New Orleans, were published by Nat’l Enquirer.}

the Miami Herald IIRC ran the story a week prior to the NE.

[Lent]

TRUST is your operative word. Answer: A resounding no. I wouldn’t trust the lying weasel to fetch my newspaper in the morning.

[FamiliarFace]

I like seeing that shot. I bet Cruz wishes he could undo it.

[Lakeshark]

Was Ivanka happy or unhappy about Trumps attacks on Heidi and Cruz’s dad?

Were YOU happy when Cruz himself ran to the cameras and blamed Trump for the violence in Chicago? Were YOU happy when they ran ads in Utah implying that Trump's wife was a slut? Were YOU happy when Cruz brought the GOPe finance machine on board his campaign? Were YOU happy when Cruz allied with the insanity of Glenn Beck?

Sorry, friend, but you have this idea that Cruz ran some squeaky clean campaign, that he's above reproach. Not only is that demonstrably untrue, but the man totally destroyed himself, any reputation he had left, and anything for his future when he broke his signed promise to support the GOP nominee. There is no excuse for his Hillary enabling position. None whatsoever.

[trebb]

Yep - why would Trump want a spoiled loser’s endorsement? Cruz felt as entitled as Hillary and he can’t grasp that he isn’t riding on the adoring shoulders of those he wanted to “champion”.

[Scutter]

Are you not a Trump supporter?

I switched to the desktop computer because I think your question deserves a more detailed answer.

I guess it depends on what your definition of "supporter" is. As I said in my last reply, I WILL be voting for Trump in November. He wasn't my first choice, but the alternative now (Hillary) is so awful - that is just not an option.

I am not one of those who believes that Trump has some sort of magical ability to transcend all the challenges and limitations of Washington. I think once he gets in office, much of what he's promised us is not going to happen. But that's not the fault of Mr. Trump; anyone who gets there will have to deal with the Democrats.

I also do not buy the theory that Mr. Trump is going to pull in more new Republicans than he's going to (or has) alienated existing ones. I think that's wishful thinking. In fact, I think of all the candidates we had to choose from, he's going to have the hardest time beating Hillary. I sincerely hope to be proven wrong on that one! I heard the same kinds of theories, people saying the polls were all over-weighting Democrats, in the last election, and we all know how that turned out.

I also worry that if he manages to scrape out a narrow victory that voters will hedge their bets by electing Democrats down-ticket, leading to a Democrat controlled Senate, and an inability to get conservative, strict-constructionist judges on SCOTUS. I look forward to being proved wrong on that one too.

I believe that Trump is an absolute master at marketing his brand. I think that one of the techniques he's discovered (pioneered?) is that if you can make a strong emotional connection to people on one or two issues, but just be vague about everything else, many of them will just assume that you're in 100% alignment on everything. In their minds, he's perfect and can do no wrong. These are the people here that threaten and call names if you question any decision or any aspect of Trump's character. I'm not in that camp.

I am concerned about what Mr. Trump's actual beliefs are on certain areas. He's been very specific about some things (border enforcement, supporting the police, for example), and on those issues I'm an enthusiastic supporter. But he's been vague in other areas, and I think that people here are making a big mistake in just assuming that he's aligned with them on those. I am also concerned about areas where he's flip-flopped, that even though he appears aligned with us now, that may change after he's elected. This is a guy that plays hardball, and is a master strategist when it comes to negotiating. People here should realize that he's negotiating with the voters right now. He wants to get a good deal for himself, and his interests. I think his interests are mostly aligned with mine, but we shouldn't assume that's the case in every instance. The second amendment is one of those areas that gives me the greatest concern.

I really like that Trump seems to be de-emphasizing the controversial social issues. I know many people here will vehemently disagree with me on this, but I think the country will be better off if we can leave those issues to the state and local level, and at the federal level focus on more immediate and pressing concerns (national debt, economy, foreign policy, declining military, etc.). In that regard, I do see the possibility that Trump might pull in new Republican voters.

I do not think that Mr. Trump is a racist or a bigot, and it really ticks me off when I hear the lefties trying to insinuate that. But based on the comments I see from his supporters on many forums (breitbart.com, even here), there are a lot of bigots that are enthusiastic supporters of his. That is not Trump's fault, but I think it's caused by the same syndrome that I mentioned above - because he's been vague on certain things, people just assume he's aligned with them on those issues.

I think Mr. Trump has been an effective real-estate developer, and is a competent CEO. I think the business experience will be refreshing and beneficial to have in Washington. However, I believe that he will have some challenges initially adopting to a model where he can't just issue commands and instead has to build consensus. I am confident that he'll get past those (unless the Democrats take over the Senate, in which case we're all screwed).

I'm also really hopeful that, because Trump is not your typical panty-waisted Republican crybaby, that he WILL play hardball with the Democrats, and may be able to jam some things through even if we don't have a strong majority in both houses. He'll have challenges there, of course, because the media will be working against him every step of the way, but Trump has shown an ability to play hardball with the media as well.

So in summary, I guess I consider myself a Trump supporter, but by necessity rather than choice.

[the_individual2014]

I think I found someone better to look at than Megyn Kelly.

[Scutter]

TRUST is your operative word. Answer: A resounding no. I wouldn’t trust the lying weasel to fetch my newspaper in the morning.

Hi Lent -

I totally understand why people would not trust Cruz after everything that's happened this primary season. But then why let him speak at the convention at all? I just think the statement he made was as close to an endorsement as he could muster, and the Trump team could easily have spun it that way had they chosen to.

-Scutter

[Lent]

It wasn’t an endorsement that is clear by every analysis. There is evidence to suggest that having vetted the transcript of his speech before Trump and his team he then removed the passage involving the endorsement. Whether that is the case or not Cruz was given the rope and he hung himself.

[RedWulf]

I’m pretty sure Ted pulled a bait and switch. It’s in his nature to abuse good people.

[miss marmelstein]

What stupidity? The guy’s a backstabber. Glad to know you’ll be voting for Trump.

[Scutter]

There is evidence to suggest that having vetted the transcript of his speech before Trump and his team he then removed the passage involving the endorsement

No, sorry, there is absolutely no evidence of that, and it's been shown to be false. Even Rush mentioned this here:

One of the crucial things here that we have now learned about this is that Trump knew what Cruz was gonna say. Right? That story has been reported, that Cruz’s speech was submitted. Cruz has said that the Trump people knew what he was gonna say. The Trump people say that they knew what Cruz was gonna say. And everybody involved let it happen.

I'm sure the whack-a-doodles here will continue to deny it, and will post blurry photos of the teleprompter from Newt's speech, claiming those were from Cruz speech. But if you go back and watch the coverage BEFORE the speech, you will see the media saying that they got an advanced copty of the speech and it does not contain an endorsement (for example, one of the talking heads in the Fox panel said this about 10 minutes or so before the Cruz speech).

[Scutter]

What stupidity? The guy’s a backstabber. Glad to know you’ll be voting for Trump.

Sorry, was certainly not accusing you of any stupidity. I'm just still ticked off about some people here who leaped down my throat for saying that the Trump team could have taken the high road on the Cruz speech, and instead chose to be vindictive. I was referring to those folks.

[Lent]

As I stated to you that was an irrelevant consideration whether such existed or not. He did not endorse Trump and every reputable analysis indicates same. Numerous of his own supporters have now turned their backs on him. He is a snake whose pride an arrogance eventually go the better of him.