Posted on 12/10/2015 7:49:24 AM PST by RoosterRedux
Senator Ted Cruz raised questions on Wednesday at a private fund-raiser about whether Donald J. Trump, his bombastic rival for the Republican presidential nomination, has the "judgment" to be president and mused about "strength," according to two people who attended the event in Manhattan
The remarks from Mr. Cruz came as he has studiously avoided public criticism of Mr. Trump, who is handily beating the rest of the Republican field in opinion polls.
Mr. Cruz has positioned himself to be the beneficiary of any erosion of support for Mr. Trump. While he has said he doesn't agree with Mr. Trump's proposal for a ban on Muslim immigrants entering the United States, he has taken pains to praise Mr. Trump for making immigration a focal point of his candidacy.
But inside a conference room in a Madison Avenue office, with about 70 people pressed around a table, Mr. Cruz gave a candid assessment of the race, lumping Mr. Trump with another candidate whose supporters the Texas senator hopes to poach, Ben Carson, according to two people present for the remarks.
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This is second hand information, so we’ll have to wait to see if the story changes.
We need a president like Trump who isn’t afraid to shoot from the hip and pop off with weird thoughts.
Ping
This smells to me like the Times is trying to manufacture a wedge between Cruz and Trump. “Hey, why don’t you and him fight it out”
I hope Cruz is careful here....
I’m going to wait before I say anything.....cuz I don’t trust the media. Really? Can’t imagine why!
Would be a mistake, there goes the VP slot.
Joe Biden?
“at a private fund-raiser” = non story.
No, he didn’t.
But, if Cruz ultimately does, that would be his focus.
NYT trying to get them to attack each other.
Anyone but Curz or Trump would preserve the Uniparty’s control.
You presume he is interested in that slot.
I think Ted is to smart to go there. Time will tell.
FUNYT
When asked about the comments on Thursday, a spokesman for Mr. Cruz’s campaign, Rick Tyler, said: “Judgment is a question for all candidates for president of the United States. That is the point Cruz was making.â€
Totally fair.
Trump is the Republican Biden!
I hope this isn’t true. If so, bad move Ted.
has the “judgment” to be president and mused about “strength,”
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Let the cat fight begin..........
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