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Ted Cruz Is Strongly Considering Humiliating Himself Again
Vice ^ | 7/2/21 | Paul Blest

Posted on 07/19/2021 6:59:15 AM PDT by conservative98

During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump accused Sen. Ted Cruz of election fraud, described him as “very unstable,” accused his father of aiding in the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and his insulted his wife. For all his embarrassment, Cruz (and the rest of the GOP field) got crushed by Trump in the primary, and then he shamelessly groveled and worked to get the man who called his wife ugly elected to the presidency.

That, apparently, is Ted Cruz’s idea of “fun.”

Cruz was asked in a Thursday interview whether he was thinking about another run for president and laughed. “Well, sure. I’m certainly looking at it,” Cruz told Newsmax.

“I’ll tell you, 2016 was the most fun I’ve ever had in my life,” Cruz added. “We came incredibly close, we had an incredible grassroots army.”

Cruz did not, in fact, come “incredibly close.” Trump won nearly twice as many votes as Cruz did, and effectively wrapped up the race by mid-March, though Cruz continued to drag it into May and even, albeit briefly, into the convention. Ultimately, Cruz won fewer than a dozen Republican primaries; Trump won 41.

After Trump became president, Cruz went on a charm offensive to win back the support of his biggest presidential rival, and it worked: during one rally for Cruz’s re-election to Senate in 2018, Trump gave the senator formerly known as “Lyin’ Ted” a new moniker: “Beautiful Ted.” Cruz, in turn, was a main booster of the evidence-free effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election outcome, and he ultimately voted to reject certification of the results in Arizona and Pennsylvania after a pro-Trump mob stormed the halls of Congress.

If Cruz wants to take another shot at becoming president, he may once again have to go up against Trump

(Excerpt) Read more at vice.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: 2024; cruz; cruzarmy; cubanadian; freepers4beto; gaslightmedia; nevercruzers; tedcruz; trump; vicesux
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To: deport

2024


21 posted on 07/19/2021 7:34:30 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: a fool in paradise

Took him until September to reverse what he said at the convention.


22 posted on 07/19/2021 7:35:43 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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Ted isn’t eligible to be president. As far as having his wife insulted I think Ted attacked Trump’s wife first. Though it was one of Cruz’s people (not him directly) which probably still got the okay from Ted. It was a while ago and I might not be 100% correct on this one though.


23 posted on 07/19/2021 7:35:57 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: jpsb

All children born abroad have a file describing how and when they got their citizenship, we need to see Ted’s.


24 posted on 07/19/2021 7:37:59 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: conservative98
Cruz, in turn, was a main booster of the evidence-free effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election outcome,

Aaaannnnnd I stopped reading.

25 posted on 07/19/2021 7:38:00 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: conservative98

The headline? I agree. It’s laughable.


26 posted on 07/19/2021 7:41:40 AM PDT by nfldgirl
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To: conservative98

Why are you excerpting a blog post?


27 posted on 07/19/2021 7:42:06 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: conservative98

Why would Trump call Cruz’s wife ugly. I looked at pictures of her. Definitely not ugly.


28 posted on 07/19/2021 7:44:01 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: deport

Cruz is up for reelection in 2024, not 2022. He’s got decisions to make, and his reelection against Beto O’Rourke was much tighter than expected.


29 posted on 07/19/2021 7:45:56 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: conservative98

I like Cruz but I don’t think I see him as a president but then again I’m still confused how Biden was even VP much less where he’s at now


30 posted on 07/19/2021 7:48:15 AM PDT by newzjunkey (America First - bring on Giant Meteor in 2021)
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To: a fool in paradise; CodeToad; Lurkinanloomin; All
He could have said that at the convention, when there were millions of viewers, instead of that paltry statement released to a newspaper. The Texas Tribune? Give me a break. What a joke.

To be transparent, I was a staunch Cruz supporter early in 2016. I soured on him by late spring, and by July was totally on the Trump Train. In the SC primary, Cruz did NOT win one single county, not even in the Upstate (Greenville, Anderson, Spartanburg), the most conservatve area in SC. Trump won every primary in the state.

31 posted on 07/19/2021 7:50:02 AM PDT by nfldgirl
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Yes and having 200 zillion people moving to Texas from California is not going to help.


32 posted on 07/19/2021 7:50:30 AM PDT by bhive
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To: Lurkinanloomin

the word conscience is in that september remark as well.

you drew your own conclusion.


33 posted on 07/19/2021 7:50:44 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Logical conclusion, he said it took him that long to decide.


34 posted on 07/19/2021 7:53:00 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: conservative98

Love him as a Senator. Ineligible for the presidency ( and he knows it). We need to start honoring our Constitution again, it was a remarkably good governance document. Meaning our Bill of Rights especially. Also the rest of it including no more ineligible Obamas or Harrisses


35 posted on 07/19/2021 7:53:23 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not created, they're excreted." Cicero 2000 years ago)
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To: cymbeline

I think she is attractive. Unfortunately, there was an extremely unattractive photo that I believe was used as the basis for the negative remark(s).


36 posted on 07/19/2021 7:55:44 AM PDT by nfldgirl
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To: nfldgirl

Do you know he was still a Canadian citizen until 2014?


37 posted on 07/19/2021 8:04:10 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: a fool in paradise
"false"

BS. How can you lie like that or be so ignorant as to not know what happened??

Ted Cruz: Vote your conscience

38 posted on 07/19/2021 8:08:28 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: SmokingJoe

“Your memory of events is neither complete nor correct.”

Maybe you should review the video before passing false judgement...or maybe stop posting drunk.


39 posted on 07/19/2021 8:09:52 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: conservative98

He’s been a good Senator. He’d make an excellent SCOTUS justice but doesn’t want that job unfortunately.

Obviously he has no shot against Trump for the presidency or DeSantis if and when he chooses to run.


40 posted on 07/19/2021 8:13:15 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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