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Ban flights from Ebola-stricken nations [Ted Cruz Op-Ed]
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| Oct. 15, 2014
| Ted Cruz
Posted on 10/16/2014 6:18:33 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa presents an urgent public health threat to America. The loss of life and the growing epidemic are heartbreaking and tragic. And we need serious leadership in the United States to protect our citizens today.
To date, roughly 8,000 people have contracted Ebola in West Africa. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that under worst-case-scenario conditions, the number of Ebola cases could reach 1.4 million by January. Of those, over 50 percent would likely lose their lives.
We need to do everything we can to contain this outbreak, to help the people who are suffering in Africa and to prevent this epidemic from spreading. But our first priority must be to protect the health and safety of American citizens. The Constitution sets forth the federal government’s responsibility to “provide for the common defense.” That should be the president’s focus.
Already, one Liberian citizen, Thomas Eric Duncan, was able to fly on a commercial flight to Texas, arriving at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport infected with Ebola. Duncan lost his life, but not before transmitting the disease to a Dallas nurse, Nina Pham, who bravely put her life in jeopardy caring for him in his final days. Officials announced on Wednesday that another health care worker had been diagnosed with the virus. Our prayers are with that worker, Pham and Duncan’s grieving family.
We all very much hope the virus will not spread any further in Texas. But hope is not a strategy. Given the gravity of the threat, common sense dictates that it’s time to ban flights from the countries afflicted by Ebola.
The federal government has implemented screenings at five major American airports for passengers arriving from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Notably, the screenings don’t include other airports like DFW, where Duncan arrived.
(Excerpt) Read more at tribtalk.org ...
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cdc; cruz; ebola; obama; tedcruz
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To: SoConPubbie
He’s right! Go Ted! Stand up for America when others won’t!
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:03:54 AM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!l)
To: Reno89519
What Cruz is doing is not cheap talk. He is the single best representative of the Conservative Right in America. If we go with a squishy GOP-E candidate then we are screwed.
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:12:08 AM PDT
by
ohioman
To: Reno89519
What questions?
Please provide the relevant sections of the U.S. Constitution that clearly and unambiguously define "Natural Born" as requiring two U.S. Citizens at birth.
Lacking that, Please provide the relevant sections of U.S. Federal Law that clearly and unambiguously define "Natural Born" as requiring two U.S. Citizens at birth.
Lacking that, Please provide the relevant rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court that clearly and unambiguously define "Natural Born" as requiring two U.S. Citizens at birth.
You won't because you can't because they don't exist anywhere except in your mind and in sources that are not legal or constitutional in nature.
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:12:38 AM PDT
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: Reno89519
(despite questions about his citizenship, fair-is-fair, many of us challenged Obamas, Cruz has issues),
What questions?
Please provide the relevant sections of the U.S. Constitution that clearly and unambiguously define "Natural Born" as requiring two U.S. Citizens at birth.
Lacking that, Please provide the relevant sections of U.S. Federal Law that clearly and unambiguously define "Natural Born" as requiring two U.S. Citizens at birth.
Lacking that, Please provide the relevant rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court that clearly and unambiguously define "Natural Born" as requiring two U.S. Citizens at birth.
You won't because you can't because they don't exist anywhere except in your mind and in sources that are not legal or constitutional in nature.
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:12:57 AM PDT
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: Reno89519
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:14:06 AM PDT
by
CatherineofAragon
((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
To: Reno89519
Do you have a preferred candidate for 2016?
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:14:45 AM PDT
by
CatherineofAragon
((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
To: Reno89519
Where is some action? SENATOR Cruz should be in Washington with his SENATE and HOUSE colleagues doing something. They could craft a bill banning direct and indirect traffic from Africa, close the border, etc. Nope, they like to talk, not act.
Where have you been, hiding under a rock?
Senator Cruz makes every attempt to do things constitutionally, first by going through existing channels and trying to persuade, then by attempts at legislation.
That is his consistent pattern.
Research before you spew!
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:14:59 AM PDT
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: Reno89519
He’s perfectly eligible to be president. Speaking out against the president and drawing attention to this insanity will do more than introducing a bill that Harry Reid would never let come up for a vote!!!
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:19:59 AM PDT
by
ontap
To: SoConPubbie
Please add me to the list. I now have a tagline!!!!
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:26:53 AM PDT
by
buckeye49
(HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY)
To: SoConPubbie
Please add me to the list. I now have a tagline!!!!
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:26:57 AM PDT
by
buckeye49
(HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY)
To: SoConPubbie
Please add me to the list. I now have a tagline!!!!
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:27:00 AM PDT
by
buckeye49
(HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY)
To: buckeye49
Please add me to the list. I now have a tagline!!!!
Three times or just once?? ;)
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:35:02 AM PDT
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: CatherineofAragon
No. And I’m not worried about that at the moment. We have 2 more years of Obama and our senators and representatives need to start acting as such. Less talk, more action.
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:36:05 AM PDT
by
Reno89519
(For every illegal with a job, there's an American without one.)
To: ataDude; Conscience of a Conservative
From the article:
“The question is simply whether we should continue to allow non-U.S. citizens to fly in commercial airliners out of West Africa, connect in Europe and arrive in the United States. We should not. Doing so imposes an intolerable risk, and the federal government should immediately suspend all travel visas from affected countries until the outbreak is contained.”
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:37:01 AM PDT
by
free me
(Cruz 2016!)
To: Reno89519
"No. And Im not worried about that at the moment. We have 2 more years of Obama and our senators and representatives need to start acting as such. Less talk, more action." Okay. How about that CATO Institute link---did you check it out? What do you think?
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:39:13 AM PDT
by
CatherineofAragon
((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
To: P-Marlowe
Already happened.
As of Oct 5 no one from US allowed to travel to Cape Verde....
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:40:01 AM PDT
by
Kozak
("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
To: Reno89519
To: SoConPubbie
No, ban all passports and visas.
To: Reno89519
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posted on
10/16/2014 8:30:37 AM PDT
by
CatherineofAragon
((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
To: tet68
Ted Cruz has balls and will operate upon principal. Why have we not seen this from others in a long time?
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posted on
10/16/2014 8:43:55 AM PDT
by
sr4402
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