Posted on 08/11/2015 3:51:46 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Ted Cruz: Foolish for GOP to criticize Trump
He says that it is dangerous to dismiss a candidate with this type of drawing power.
By Katie Glueck
8/10/15 10:48 PM EDT
Updated 8/11/15 6:02 AM EDT
FRANKLIN, Tenn. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday warned that the Republican presidential candidates who are slamming Donald Trump do so at their political peril.
Cruzs remarks, which came during an interview with POLITICO as he swings through the South on a bus tour, are among the most detailed comments to date regarding his reluctance to criticize the real estate mogul, who is currently leading the polls in the GOP primary.
I would note that an awful lot of Republicans, including other Republican candidates, have gone out of their way to smack Donald Trump with a stick. Now I think thats just foolish, he said.
Asked why, Cruz paused and then replied, Donald Trump had a rally in Phoenix, Ariz. [to which] between 10 and 20 thousand people came out. When you attack and vilify the people at that rally as crazies, it does nothing to help Republicans win in 2016. Id like every single person at that rally to show up and vote in 2016, knock on doors with energy and passion, and turn this country around. If Washington politicians show contempt and condescension to those [voters,] that is a path to losing at the ballot box.
And when asked whether he wants those voters to eventually support him, he replied, It is my hope to earn the support of the supporters for every other candidate in 2016.
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Wisdom, and at every turn TED shows he is Presidential.
Yup!
He’s a keeper.
Ted Cruz gets it ... with a little bit of luck and The LORD’s blessing, the GOPe is finished in 2016 ...
It will take a LOT of luck.
I think the GOPee has as it’s last fallback position to support the democrat rather than let a conservative win.
That’s how bad things are. :-(
Worked for the Rockefeller Republicans in 1964. They would have done the same to Reagan in 1980 if he hadn't agreed to Bush the Elder as his running mate.
A wise man. The kind of man we need in the White House.
Wouldn’t doubt it
He’s not the smartest candidate for nothing.
Asked why, Cruz paused and then replied, Donald Trump had a rally in Phoenix, Ariz. [to which] between 10 and 20 thousand people came out. When you attack and vilify the people at that rally as crazies, it does nothing to help Republicans win in 2016. Id like every single person at that rally to show up and vote in 2016, knock on doors with energy and passion, and turn this country around. If Washington politicians show contempt and condescension to those [voters,] that is a path to losing at the ballot box.
This is a wise man who knows what it is all about.
I have little doubt that Cruz views Trump as some kind of freak, and Trump’s fans as emotionally retarded. But Cruz is making a play for the ‘tard vote after the Trump collapse.
I too see Cruz as a potential POTUS. Odumbo has Soros pulling his strings while, if Trump backs off and gives the nod to Crus, Crus will have Trump behind him with the money to make things happen. It will be an interesting future, no doubt. Cruz may yet surface as the winner.
In my younger days I would have thought this to be a crazy statement, now, I believe you are absolutely correct. The 'uniparty' in this country will stop at nothing to hold on to their power and hopefully that will lead to their ultimate mutual destruction.
Hear! Hear!
Contempt and condescension from the lowest rung of his supporters, however, will continue as usual.
Sharp, straight to the point, the heart of the matter in only a few words. The man is very intelligent and due all the respect he generates. (LOL,my senator from Texas) Nice, very nice to have him. It helps to counter balance the Cornyn scorn.
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The man who could debate any of the Federalist Papers warns of the foolishness of mocking an effective tormentor of the establishment.
And that ... is how a President speaks.
Agree with you both! This is a good, decent and intelligent man.
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