Posted on 03/22/2016 5:57:46 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
In the wake of the attacks in Brussels, Ted Cruz said in part:
“Donald Trump is wrong that America should withdraw from the world and abandon our allies. Donald Trump is wrong that American should retreat from Europe, retreat from NATO, hand Putin a major victory and while he’s at it hand ISIS a major victory.”
Trumpsters, of course, took Cruz’s comments as a personal insult to Trump, saying that Cruz “blamed” Trump for the Islamic terror attack in Brussels.
Pro-Putin conspiracy theorists InfoWars posted a video quoting Cruz saying “It is striking that the day after Donald Trump called for weakening NATO, withdrawing from NATO, we see Brussels, where NATO is headquartered, the subject of a radical Islamic terror attack.”
The video left out the rest of Cruz’s quote stating that Trump is “wrong that American should retreat from Europe, retreat from NATO, hand Putin a major victory and while he’s at it hand ISIS a major victory.”
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Another pathetic attempt to smear Trump and bolster Cruz via lies/misinformation.
Cruz did blame Trump for violence at his rallies, despite the obvious fact that the violence was a direct result of Left-Wing folks trying to instigate such violence - Cruz basically backed up the instigators and also ended up giving Obama's words about how terrorists wouldn't be so mean if folks didn't insult them - it was a turning of his back on a vital part of the Constitution because he found it convenient.
Because of that, some "Trumpsters" have quipped that it won't be long before Cruz/Obama/Hillary and company blame Trump for Belgium.
PS - Cruz’s comment may not have directly blamed Trump - it was “nuanced” in a sleazy manner to try to implicate Trump in the People’s mind w/o actually pointing the finger - cowardly and dastardly...
My last sentence was in agreement with you. Peace.
What deflection? And why dont you answer the question I posed. If you rush to rash judgement, learn to expect it yourself.
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