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FRC's Tony Perkins, 50 Conservative Activists Reportedly Plan to Endorse Ted Cruz
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| December 16, 2015
| Samuel Smith
Posted on 12/16/2015 9:04:06 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Family Research Council president Tony Perkins and dozens of other prominent conservatives are expected to endorse Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for president, a move that aims to coalesce conservative support around one candidate, a National Review article claimed Tuesday.
The article states that a coalition of as many as 50 influential conservative activists gathered on Dec. 7 at the Sheraton Hotel in Tysons Corner, Virginia for a meeting that was spearheaded by Perkins for the purpose of hashing out which candidate the conservative activists will unite their support behind.
After a long day of discussion and debate, it took five different votes for the group to come to the 75 percent supermajority needed to get the coalition's members to back one candidate. The report states that through the first four sets of ballots, the votes were split between Cruz and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.
Although the article states that Perkins and other senior members of the group were likely "pushing hard" for the coalition to back Cruz, it took until the late hours of the night for the coalition to get 75 percent of the vote in favor of Cruz when five other members finally decided to switch their vote to Cruz on the fifth ballot....
(Excerpt) Read more at christianpost.com ...
TOPICS: Florida; Texas; Virginia; Campaign News; Issues
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2016primaries; cruz; election2016; familyresearchcounc; florida; frc; marcorubio; tedcruz; texas; tonyperkin; tysonscorner; virginia
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Good deal. It is Cruz #1 and Trump #2 for me.
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posted on
12/16/2015 9:17:26 PM PST
by
boycott
(--)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Good, this should garner him support among evangelicals.
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posted on
12/16/2015 9:23:51 PM PST
by
kalee
To: boycott
It is Cruz #1 and Trump #2 for me. Me too!
To: Clint N. Suhks
Trump #1 Cruz #2
Cruz can’t Get ‘er done! Trump can.
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posted on
12/16/2015 9:47:56 PM PST
by
Mollypitcher1
(I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I sincerely thank you for posting all of these.
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posted on
12/16/2015 9:53:03 PM PST
by
demshateGod
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God)
To: Mollypitcher1
Thanks for your input and thanks for recently signing up to FR. You’ve almost been a conservative as long as Trump has.
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posted on
12/16/2015 9:55:03 PM PST
by
demshateGod
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
12/16/2015 10:00:25 PM PST
by
kik5150
To: Mollypitcher1
Cruz can’t Get ‘er done! Trump can.
So please tell us how you know what Cruz can or cannot do. Ouija? Bubble gum comics fortunes? Tarot? Numerology? Phrenology? Coin flips? Daily horoscope?
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posted on
12/16/2015 10:01:16 PM PST
by
righttackle44
(Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
To: demshateGod
I’ve probably been a conservative longer than you have. Nice try.
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posted on
12/16/2015 10:01:17 PM PST
by
Mollypitcher1
(I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
To: righttackle44
What’s he gotten done in the Senate?
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posted on
12/16/2015 10:02:46 PM PST
by
Mollypitcher1
(I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
there’s a benefit to having a history of supporting Conservative issues and Cruz is reaping it!
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posted on
12/16/2015 10:05:59 PM PST
by
RginTN
To: Mollypitcher1
And Trump? Well, let’s at least include Rubi? Rand? Oh, I forgot about Linda too? Has any R candidate gotten anything done of substance in the senate?
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posted on
12/16/2015 10:08:12 PM PST
by
biff
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Big MO starting. Trump’s becoming worn out. Good timing, Ted.
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posted on
12/16/2015 10:09:33 PM PST
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Glad I did not vote for a narcissist arrogant psychopath in 2008 and 2012. Not doing so in 2016.)
To: Clint N. Suhks
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posted on
12/16/2015 10:09:52 PM PST
by
Lexinom
To: Mollypitcher1
Why bother to have Cruz as your number two if you are just going to knock him?
Cruz doesn’t use Trump’s technique of belittling and criticizing all perceived criticism? Would that help you like him better?
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posted on
12/16/2015 10:14:55 PM PST
by
libbylu
(Trump - BICKERING LIKE A SCHOOLBOY. (I said it before Cruz did)!!!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
12/16/2015 10:15:45 PM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
To: Mollypitcher1
I should have written, “You've been on FR for almost as long as Trump has been a conservative.”
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posted on
12/16/2015 10:17:41 PM PST
by
demshateGod
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God)
To: Mollypitcher1
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posted on
12/16/2015 10:20:40 PM PST
by
entropy12
(Go Trump 2016!)
To: libbylu
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posted on
12/16/2015 10:22:00 PM PST
by
entropy12
(Go Trump 2016!)
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