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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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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ted: “Thank you for the endorsement, Mr. President.”
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.
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.
LOL! Ditto.
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.
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?
Obama Joins Hysterical Reaction to Cruz’s Call for Enhanced Muslim Policing
8-23-11
http://www.ap.org/Content/AP-In-The-News/2011/With-CIA-help-NYPD-moves-covertly-in-Muslim-areas
Obama only said this because he fears the white hut will be on the surveillance list.
In other words, The Won approves.
His campaign is literally off the rails. Adding that misnomer regarding Christians was pure insanity.
20yearsofinternet = 6monthsoflies
I eagerly await your apology. I expect it around the same time Cruz walks back his campaign staffer’s comments.
‘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!
Hurry and run under the bed, Ted.
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.
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.
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