Posted on 09/08/2015 6:08:43 PM PDT by VinL
As other Republican presidential candidates go after Donald Trump, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is getting cozy with him. The two men are in a so-far cordial competition for many of the same anti-establishment conservatives, and they're about to share a stage.
One of 16 GOP candidates looking up at Trump in the polls, Cruz says the invitation was only to attract more attention to objections to the "catastrophic" deal...
"Wherever Donald goes, the media follow in droves." Any suggestion that the joint appearance has deeper meaning would be a "political horse game," he said.
Yet Cruz, the tea party hero who helped shut the federal government in 2013, needs the same frustrated voters who have pushed Trump to a surprising lead five months before primary voting begins. If it takes a shared stage to convince those conservatives that he should be their choice, so be it....
"An awful lot of presidential candidates," Cruz said, "have gone out of their way to take a stick to Donald Trump."
"I am not one of them."
Instead, he credits Trump with "shining a light" on an immigration crisis and getting conservatives excited.
"Look, I like Donald Trump, and I am glad Donald Trump is in this election," he said at a recent stop in South Carolina.
Yet he said, "There will come a time as this campaign goes forward for additional policy differences and differentiation." And his standard campaign pitch — which he has not changed through Trump's rise —
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Smart. He is the governing body.
It appears as though the leftwing has shifted into “PANIC” mode.
I can’t support Cruz under any circumstance due to his apparent desire to grant legal status to illegals. His anti-amnesty rhetoric is only aimed at barring them from a pathway to citizenship. Otherwise, he has not been upfront.
We’ve literally entered a point where virtually every candidate but Trump is hell-bent on screwing us on immigration.
They’ve seen him and prefer Trump.
Good for Cruz. He should do this. Most Trump supporters are also Cruz supporters anyway.
To the Progressives of the GOP and Democrat party, this is the alignment of planets that signals the end of their world.
I like em both!
Pray America is waking
That describes me.
Go Trump!
Go Cruz!
GTH Jeb!
“I like em both!
Pray America is waking”
Me too and me too.
Cruz has handled Trump’s presence in the race masterfully. Ted’s a very savvy guy.
This is what is scary to the GOPee:
Trump/Cruz ticket in 2016....
I think you will see a lot of likeness when you see them together tomorrow...and I think you’ll like what you see....
Smart move for Cruz. Trump will not last, the establishment is gunning for him....and when he goes down, Cruz should be on the ready to fill the vacuum he leaves.
Cruz already has differentiated himself enough with his support of illegals.
Well Donald just said he wants to ship all the muslim refugees here..
So it seems you have no one to support.
Yes you are right. A real conservative needs to find someone better than Cruz he is too liberal.
Go, Cruz, GO!!
Go, Trump, GO!!
He didn't say that, aside from that misleading Right Scoop headline.
For the first time I can remember, there are candidates I can enthusiastically support. I’m happy with Cruz, Trump, or even Ben Carson.
“Cozies up”?
Cruz and Trump have been working together somehow for a month or more.
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