Senator Jim DeMint Defends Ted Cruz

The Resurgent ^ | February 17, 2016, 12:16pm | Erick Erickson

[SoConPubbie]

I filled in for Herman Cain earlier today and had on Senator Jim DeMint, the current President of the Heritage Foundation and former Senator from South Carolina.

The interview was about the Supreme Court, but I had to ask DeMint about the attacks on Cruz in South Carolina. Neither Cruz nor Rubio would be in the Senate but for Jim DeMint’s Senate Conservatives Fund supporting them.

Senator DeMint told me he knows Ted Cruz, knows he is honest, and knows that the attacks are coming because Cruz fights Washington. Washington politicians, in turn, have decided they have to take out Ted Cruz.

You can listen to that part of the interview from the Herman Cain Show here:

LISTEN HERE

[SoConPubbie]

	"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams " Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." - John Quincy Adams

[Kartographer]

DeMint another Godldman Sachs owned GOPe hack!

[Durbin]

Well, obviously DeMint is lying about cruz, along with Jeff Sessions.

Sincerely,

Rubio and Trump supporters.

[TBP]

Obviously DeMint is a liar and not a real conservative, and if he keeps this up, Touchback Trump might have to sue him too.

[ilgipper]

Good for DeMint. I don’t care who one’s candidate is, these attacks on Cruz, our most visible conservative champion, are gross and disgusting. Frankly, disqualifying. Anyone using these tactics is an enemy of conservatism.

[Grampa Dave]

Jim DeMint

Former United States Senator

[MNJohnnie]

Still do not get it do you Eric, “Where arrogance meets incompetence” Erickson?

Bringing in people who rely on being part of the Establishment for their paycheck to vouch for the ideological purity of your candidate does not do anything to attract voters pissed off at the Political Establishments to that candidate.

[SoConPubbie]

    CRUZ or LOSE!

[FreeReign]

Sarcasm?

[Kartographer]

Well if that’s the case Trump should sue!!

[Kartographer]

I know FR is so off the rails its hard to tell no days.

[FreeReign]

Bringing in people who rely on being part of the Establishment for their paycheck to vouch for the ideological purity of your candidate does not do anything to attract voters pissed off at the Political Establishments to that candidate.

So you think DeMint is part of the establishment? Really?

[catfish1957]

(insert name) _________ another Godldman Sachs owned GOPe hack! (laugh track)

[VanDeKoik]

If Cruz needs continuous hand-holding and other men to rush in and “protect him”, then perhaps he can avoid the general election beat-down when the Democrats and the media will say far worse, and wont give a damn what DeMint, Hannity, Rush, Levin, RedState and Beck say.

Or do you guys think the general public is gonna feel sorry for him and vote for him out of “pity”?

[napscoordinator]

Well he did say that establishment was taking out Cruz which is a lie. Trump is taking out Cruz. So there you go.

[jennychase]

Mark Levin, Cruz big supporter. Also big supporter and promoter of Orin Hatch.

John Nolte ‏@NolteNC 3m3 minutes ago Boone, NC
Orin Hatch on CNN saying SCOTUS could decide Cruz is not eligible to be president.

[Durbin]

“Well he did say that establishment was taking out Cruz which is a lie. Trump is taking out Cruz. So there you go.”

So he’s lying. Got it.

[dynoman]

[Rusty0604]

I can’t believe the vile attacks on Cruz right here on this conservative forum. It goes beyond civil discussion.

[jennychase]

Both Peter King and Orin Hatch have said today that Ted Cruz’s eligibility to run for President is questionable.