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Obama attacks Ted Cruz over plan to patrol Muslim neighborhoods
Hot Air ^ | March 23, 2016 | John Sexton

Posted on 03/23/2016 1:16:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Today, during a press conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, President Obama issued a personal rebuke of Ted Cruz, indicating that his plan to patrol Muslim neighborhoods was like something out of communist Cuba. The Hill reports:

Obama invoked Cruz's Cuban heritage, arguing the senator was ignoring the personal journey of his father, who fled the island nation for the United States to escape political oppression.

"I just left a country that engages in that kind of neighborhood surveillance, which by the way, the father of Sen. Cruz escaped for America," the president said. "The land of the free. The notion that we would start down that slippery slope makes absolutely no sense."

The president's willingness to attack Cruz so directly may have something to do with Cruz's tough criticism yesterday in which he referred to the president as a "prop" for the Castro regime and said the president should have cut short his trip in response to the Belgian terror attack.

In addition to facing the scorn of the President, Cruz had a contentious exchange Wednesday with the hosts of CBS This Morning. Midway through the interview you'll see Norah O'Donnell score a point when she demands Cruz tell her how many Muslims live in America. To be fair, this does seem like something Cruz ought to know if he's discussing this issue. But O'Donnell then filibusters Cruz, talking over him as he tries to respond to her series of statements:

So you're saying that law enforcement should surveil a number of Muslims and you don't even know how many Muslims are in America...There are 3 million Muslims in America. Law enforcement is overwhelmed. We have a chief of police, one of the most respected chiefs of police who was here earlier who said there are no Muslim neighborhoods. It's not like Europe. It doesn't exist that way. It's impractical what you're suggesting. Also, it doesn't suggest it would lead to anything. It's more of a political point that you're making.

As Cruz finally has a chance to engage with O'Donnell he is cut off by co-host Gayle King who suggests his comments were playing into ISIS' hands. Cruz's best answer to questions about what he had in mind probably comes midway in the interview when he says, "Let me give you an example. If you're concerned with gang violence, gang violence is a real problem in a lot of places across the country."

"What does law enforcement do with pro-active policing? You go into the neighborhoods where gang violence is a problem and you work pro-actively to get the gang members off the street. And, by the way, the people you're protecting are the residents of those communities who are typically the victims." Here's video of the interview uploaded by the Cruz camp:

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TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: cruz; muslims; obama; tedcruz
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Of course he did.
1 posted on 03/23/2016 1:16:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well i guess we are gonna start seeing islamic (no Go zones) in the united states....

Well after they set off a few nukes or dirty bombs here in the US it will be easier to fence off and round up and ship out the savages.... but not until HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IF NOT MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE KILLED OR INJURED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


2 posted on 03/23/2016 1:18:33 PM PDT by GraceG (The election doesn't pick the next president, it is an audition for "American Emperor"...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ted: “Thank you for the endorsement, Mr. President.”


3 posted on 03/23/2016 1:22:43 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Obama should rest easy. The Cruz campaign has clarified that they’ll be doing “patrol and secure” in Christian neighborhoods to prevent radicalization as well.


4 posted on 03/23/2016 1:25:10 PM PDT by 20yearsofinternet (Border: Close it. Illegals: Deport. Muslims: Ban 'em. Economy: Liberate it. PC: Kill it. Trump 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Put a wall around those neighborhoods. Then deport all the residents. When they’re gone, send in the vermin control, then convert the area into a park.


5 posted on 03/23/2016 1:29:28 PM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: Jewbacca
Ted: “Thank you for the endorsement, Mr. President.”

LOL! Ditto.

6 posted on 03/23/2016 1:31:44 PM PDT by ConservingFreedom (Trump fans:'he's no more conservative than Mitt'-www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3389209/posts)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

We had better start now Policing any area that has a concentration of muzzies. Make every area they decide to live a “GO ZONE” from the start! There should never be any “no go zones” in the US.


7 posted on 03/23/2016 1:31:53 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I just found out this morning that my House has a Termite Infestation, but the Exterminator said only about 10% of the Termites were Destructive. What Should I do?


8 posted on 03/23/2016 1:32:58 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Obama Joins Hysterical Reaction to Cruz’s Call for Enhanced Muslim Policing

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2016/03/23/obama_joins_hysterical_reaction_to_cruz_s_call_for_enhanced_muslim_policing


9 posted on 03/23/2016 1:33:08 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

8-23-11

http://www.ap.org/Content/AP-In-The-News/2011/With-CIA-help-NYPD-moves-covertly-in-Muslim-areas


10 posted on 03/23/2016 1:36:09 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Obama only said this because he fears the white hut will be on the surveillance list.


11 posted on 03/23/2016 1:47:20 PM PDT by anoldafvet (they're not immigrants, they're criminal aliens)
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"Death to America!"


12 posted on 03/23/2016 2:05:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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... indicating that his plan to patrol Muslim neighborhoods was like something out of communist Cuba.

In other words, The Won approves.

13 posted on 03/23/2016 2:10:46 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: 20yearsofinternet

His campaign is literally off the rails. Adding that misnomer regarding Christians was pure insanity.


14 posted on 03/23/2016 2:11:49 PM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44
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To: 20yearsofinternet

20yearsofinternet = 6monthsoflies


15 posted on 03/23/2016 2:20:00 PM PDT by unlearner (RIP America, 7/4/1776 - 6/26/2015, "Only God can judge us now." - Claus Von Stauffenberg / Valkyrie)
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To: unlearner

I eagerly await your apology. I expect it around the same time Cruz walks back his campaign staffer’s comments.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/03/23/neil_bush_cruz_isnt_singling_out_muslims_hes_also_talking_about_extremists_in_the_christian_faith.html


16 posted on 03/23/2016 2:25:42 PM PDT by 20yearsofinternet (Border: Close it. Illegals: Deport. Muslims: Ban 'em. Economy: Liberate it. PC: Kill it. Trump 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

‘I just left a country that engages in that kind of neighborhood surveillance, which by the way, the father of Sen. Cruz escaped for America’

And you acted like the Castros were rock stars. How embarrassing! Why do you suppose so many have died trying to reach America? And have the lives of the persecuted improved recently in Cuba??? NO!


17 posted on 03/23/2016 3:36:10 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: 20yearsofinternet

Hurry and run under the bed, Ted.


18 posted on 03/23/2016 5:40:36 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: 20yearsofinternet

I know what Bush said. Bush is on his finance team. Hardly a PR position. Cruz said nothing about patrolling Christian neighborhoods.

But you already knew that too. It has not stopped you for the past 6 months twisting, distorting, and outright making things up, just like you did with your claim that Cruz blamed Trump for the Belgium attacks.

You never stop lying.


19 posted on 03/23/2016 7:27:51 PM PDT by unlearner (RIP America, 7/4/1776 - 6/26/2015, "Only God can judge us now." - Claus Von Stauffenberg / Valkyrie)
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To: unlearner

Cruz supporters seem extremely willing to give his closest surrogates a total pass on everything they say.

Bottom line is, if you’re out there speaking for the campaign, you’re speaking for it. If you say something that’s not official canon for the campaign agenda, the onus is on the candidate to clarify.

Cruz never clarifies. Because he is a coward. He has his people go out and say all the things that he doesn’t want to say himself on camera, and then it’s crickets. His campaign is pandering to leftists just as much as Kasich, Linda, and Jeb ever did.

Cruz is a terrible, business as usual GOPe stooge in that regard. Among others.


20 posted on 03/23/2016 7:35:37 PM PDT by 20yearsofinternet (Border: Close it. Illegals: Deport. Muslims: Ban 'em. Economy: Liberate it. PC: Kill it. Trump 2016)
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