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Trump: I’ll ‘go to war’ with Cruz if he rises higher
The Hill ^ | 11/16/2015 | Mark Hensch

Posted on 11/16/2015 4:36:42 PM PST by GIdget2004

Donald Trump said Monday he is capable of turning on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in their competition for the GOP’s 2016 presidential nomination.

“If he catches on, I guess we’ll have to go to war,” he told host Joe Kernen on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”  “We’ll see what happens but so far we haven’t,” Trump continued. "He’s been very supportive [and] we have a lot of the same ideas.

“Well, he’s been very nice and supportive of everything I’ve said, more than anybody else.”

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To: SoConPubbie

Oh sure, he’ll just bow out and give up since that’s what the polls say at that moment.

Sounds real Presidential!


21 posted on 11/16/2015 4:46:09 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: GIdget2004

Talk about decisive loyalty!

One side wants their person to be number 1, so does the other, but neither will admit being number 2 is still being the winner.

So it could be Cruz POTUS, Trump VP.

Or......

The other way....

One or the other, the only way it must be.


22 posted on 11/16/2015 4:46:48 PM PST by Daniel Ramsey (Trump to win! He wins, we win, the nation wins!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

There is one simple reason Ted has the advantage against Dem style attacks. They can never say “You used to be on our side and then flipped.”

Thats just the truth. And you know they will bring that out hard. It ain’t gonna go away.


23 posted on 11/16/2015 4:47:38 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (Existential Cage Theory - Embrace it)
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To: GIdget2004

That would be a bad thing.

What could he “go to war” about? NOTHING.

Cruz has more sense than to say anything bad about Trump.

This is sad because Trump/Cruz combination would kick HilLIARy’s butt 70/30


24 posted on 11/16/2015 4:48:10 PM PST by Mr. K (If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
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To: SoConPubbie

I don’t honestly think Trump will go after Cruz in any substantial way unless Cruz is in the lead. .. And I like Cruz but don’t necessarily see that happening anytime soon. Maybe after a few primaries, but it is unlikely on both


25 posted on 11/16/2015 4:48:27 PM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

“Candidates are not at war. “

Then they don’t want to win.


26 posted on 11/16/2015 4:48:50 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (Existential Cage Theory - Embrace it)
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To: SoConPubbie
Looks like it's about the lies that the media perpetuates.

That is NOT what Trump said.

/johnny

27 posted on 11/16/2015 4:49:39 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: SoConPubbie

that’ll make things interesting at FreeRepublic.


28 posted on 11/16/2015 4:49:53 PM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Actually, when it gets to Trump and Cruz as the final two, they will have to go toe to toe. May the best man win.


29 posted on 11/16/2015 4:50:36 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obediencot ube to God!)
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To: KevinB

+1


30 posted on 11/16/2015 4:51:09 PM PST by bantam
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To: SoConPubbie

Well .. it could be that Trump just wants to test Cruz’s mettle .. and vice-versa.

If they “go to war” .. we may have the best debates possible .. showing that Repubs take the issues seriously.

I think they both can hold their own.

The only thing I’m concerned about is the name calling by Trump .. Cruz will not be happy with that at all.


31 posted on 11/16/2015 4:51:19 PM PST by CyberAnt ("The fields are white unto Harvest")
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To: CatherineofAragon

Disagree. Trump’s intelligence is extremely high and on a much wider variety of subjects than Cruz. Cruz still has a lot to learn beyond his limited expertise, especially about so called FREE TRADE. He needs seasoning and can learn a lot under Trump.


32 posted on 11/16/2015 4:51:31 PM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: SoConPubbie

By the way, we win either way. I love them both.


33 posted on 11/16/2015 4:52:13 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obediencot ube to God!)
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To: Norm Lenhart

The last president that was “on the other side and flipped” won two monumental landslides.


34 posted on 11/16/2015 4:53:17 PM PST by SamAdams76 (It's time we sent a junkyard dog to Washington to run the low life out)
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To: Norm Lenhart

“It’s bound to happen at some point, somewhere— coming to a theatre near you, Trump vs Cruz: the clash of the titans.” Rick Sanchez


35 posted on 11/16/2015 4:54:00 PM PST by glenduh
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To: Mollypitcher1

Yeah, sure. :)


36 posted on 11/16/2015 4:55:06 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

What do you expect? They’re both running for the same office.


37 posted on 11/16/2015 4:56:05 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz)
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To: Jim Robinson

At least I feel like I could vote for Trump, if I needed to.

But Ted Cruz is still my #1 choice by far.


38 posted on 11/16/2015 4:56:32 PM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: SamAdams76

I wasn’t aware Ron was running. Or that Trump was Reagan. Neither of which have anything to do with democrats doing what they do.


39 posted on 11/16/2015 4:56:56 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (Existential Cage Theory - Embrace it)
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To: GIdget2004

Sounds good, bring it on.


40 posted on 11/16/2015 4:58:50 PM PST by proust (Texan for Trump!)
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