“playing both sides of the political fence”
See, here you’re giving Trump the benefit of the doubt. He may of actually been supporting those candidates rather than just committing illegal bribes. Many business people do not pay “protection money”, but are still successful. I think this is a cop out in order to justify Trump’s illegal behavior. Unfortunately, there is NO proof to confirm that Trump is merely playing a business game rather than truly supporting the cause. Besides, supporting the Clintons and McAuliffe had NOTHING to do with his businesses!!
I agree with the H1B Visa issue, but I think Cruz changed his tone due more from the outrage of his constituents than anything Trump did. Even so, you named 3 issues that you claim Cruz got “wrong”, but you fail to acknowledge the many more issues that Trump got wrong.
In 2012-2013, Trump is on record supporting a total “assault weapons” ban. In 2015-2016, Trump is on record supporting Planned Parenthood and big government ethanol subsidies. In 2015, Trump is on record claiming to have changed from pro-abortion to pro-life, but he still supports that the choice must be private between the mother and doctor. Trump supported TARP, including the reorg of GM, which crippled investors. Trump is on record in 2012-2015 stating that he supports single payer because it works well in Scotland and Canada. In 2015, Trump is on record supporting gay marriage and demanding that Christians abide by the newly “settled law”. In 2013, Trump criticized Romney for being too harsh on illegals and actually invited Dreamers to Trump towers for a discussion on the issue.
This is the guy that you want to trust with our future? His list of “wrongs” far outweighs Cruz’s and is much closer aligned with Hillary or Sanders. Trump can’t be trusted not to flip-flop all of his newly minted conservative positions back to his traditional, 30+ years of extreme liberal policies.
Vote for whomever you like. I believe that if Trump had not gotten in and brought up immigration in his campaign what we would be discussing now is how soon we could implement comprehensive immigration reform, aka amnesty. I am in IT and the H1B issue in particular angered me. You will notice that Cruz did not change his tune until after Trump mentioned it in his position paper on immigration. I am giving Trump the benefit of the doubt because I can understand a business guy wanting to keep both sides off his back. Trump has never called himself a strict conservative and he has not actually voted for lousy trade or nuke deals. Cruz has, which I do not think any conservative should have. Trump has been a private citizen up to now and he was never in position to screw me.