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Trump Spokesperson Says Ted Cruz Eminent Domain Attack Ad ‘Outright Lies’
Breit Bart ^ | 1-23-16 | by Michael Patrick Leahy

Posted on 01/24/2016 12:44:34 PM PST by dynoman

"The ad is very misleading. In fact, it outright lies about a widow's home being bulldozed," Pierson tells Breitbart News in an exclusive interview. "When you look at the facts, there is a process in place for eminent domain which was followed in this instance. Ms. Coking ended up keeping her property for years, because Mr. Trump didn't purchase it, and it ended up saving him a fortune," Pierson adds. In 2014, 16 years after the court battle ended and several years after Coking moved to California, her grandson sold the house at auction for $530,000, far less than Trump was willing to pay her in the 1990s. In 2014, 16 years after the court battle ended and several years after Coking moved to California, her grandson sold the house at auction for $530,000, far less than Trump was willing to pay her in the 1990s.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Jersey; US: New York; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; adisalie; cruzcantdebateissues; cruzlied; election2016; lies; newyork; tedcruz; texas; trump; veracoking
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To: Zhang Fei

None it was probono by Institute for Justice, Trump paid her $90k for damage done to her house during the construction adjacent.


121 posted on 01/24/2016 2:37:34 PM PST by JayGalt
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To: entropy12

Excuse me if I didn’t quite make my point. Allow me to try again:
Polls don’t mean crap to me.


122 posted on 01/24/2016 2:37:55 PM PST by OhioBuckeye ("Here sir, the people govern." - Alexander Hamilton)
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To: Lumper20

Not voting for Trump.

Not drinking the kool-aid.


123 posted on 01/24/2016 2:40:08 PM PST by OhioBuckeye ("Here sir, the people govern." - Alexander Hamilton)
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To: OhioBuckeye

The proof of the kool-aid is in the drinking.


124 posted on 01/24/2016 2:41:28 PM PST by JayGalt
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To: Luircin

First, let me be really clear here: as I’ve said on numerous occasions, I AM NOT A CRUZ PARTISAN. I like him, yes, and will voted for him in the blink of an eye - just as I will with five or six others. It does me no good to get attached to any of them at this point.

But let me be really clear here - I am not going to change everything I have believed in my entire adult life in order to join a cult of personality. There are about a dozen people seeking the Republican nomination right now.

Of that dozen, there is exactly one who not only supported eminent domain abuse, but actively participated in it.

Of that dozen, there is exactly one who not only enthusiastically endorsed partial birth abortion, but sought the presidency with that as a part of his platform.

Of that dozen, there is exactly one who gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Clinton family, directly supporting their liberal worldwide initiatives.

So again, I haven’t picked a favorite yet. But I have narrowed my list down to the conservatives.


125 posted on 01/24/2016 2:42:52 PM PST by HoosierDammit ("When that big rock n' roll clock strikes 12, I will be buried with my Tele on!" Bruce Springsteen)
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To: SaveFerris
Do not tell that to the folks who think this is a great ad -

What really happened: Trump got in the bulldozer, himself and ran over the woman while he bulldozed it. Then, he backed up the dozer and ran over her again, again, and again.

Then, he planted a Trump for president 2016 sign, in and over her dying and quivering body.

Next he yelled, "Go to hell Megyn Kelly!"

126 posted on 01/24/2016 2:42:59 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Obama is living proof of the disaster of not sticking to the Wisdom of our Founding Fathers!!)
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To: Grampa Dave

hehe


127 posted on 01/24/2016 2:43:47 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: SaveFerris
Don't blame Trump

Try Sunnu and Bush they appointed Souter

128 posted on 01/24/2016 2:53:25 PM PST by scooby321
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To: The Iceman Cometh

That picture is definitely worth a thousand words. LOL!


129 posted on 01/24/2016 2:56:50 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: dynoman

The house is either still standing or relatively recently destroyed by an heir.


130 posted on 01/24/2016 2:57:03 PM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: HoosierDammit

“The fact that Donny is still proud of this charade should tell everybody what a disgusting prick he really is”

What does that make Ted Cruz who outright lied and said Trump took the lady’s house and bulldozed it?


131 posted on 01/24/2016 3:01:40 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: JayGalt
I would like to draw your attention to the fact that while the grandchildren had sued and were striking out because they were unhappy with the will the family had ample resources. http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Trump-family-gives-back-to-agency-that-helps-4590816.php

If you take a closer look, you'll find that Abilis is a charity. Reading between the lines, Trump's nephew went to Abilis to get treatment for his son because Trump wouldn't pay for his medical insurance. Trump essentially threw the fate of his great nephew upon the kindness of strangers. And it's a non-answer to say that his nephew had ample resources.

How many billionaires, in the course of an inheritance dispute over millions of dollars, would stop paying the medical insurance for a great nephew with cerebral palsy who was obviously not part of the dispute? Donald Trump is one of those people. Donald Trump isn't just a sleazoid - he's a petty sleazoid who will stick it to a disabled great nephew over what, to him, is petty cash. I don't even want to know what he'll do to the complete strangers in the conservative movement he's supposedly pledged his allegiance to, when it suits his personal interests.

132 posted on 01/24/2016 3:02:52 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: scooby321

No, not blaming him.

He offered, she rejected, it played out as it did.

Had an aunt who lived in California, they wanted her house for a freeway interchange as I understand it. She settled, took her money to Arkansas and bought or built a new house there.

And we got John Roberts from W. Sigh


133 posted on 01/24/2016 3:03:46 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Dagnabitt

If Beck, the NR idiots and other stuff continues to blow up on Cruz. He will make Trump look like the younger man.


134 posted on 01/24/2016 3:04:36 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Obama is living proof of the disaster of not sticking to the Wisdom of our Founding Fathers!!)
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To: SubMareener
Dang it. There you go again citing reality versus the bs. Here is a fact to make your head explode: Carl Icahn bought the Vera house!

Icahn owner of Vera Coking’s A.C. house ATLANTIC CITY - Vera Coking famously refused to sell to Donald Trump. But in the end, she sold to Carl Icahn.

So I guess if Donald wants to actually bulldoze it, he will have to talk to Carl! :-) YOU JUST CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP!!

135 posted on 01/24/2016 3:07:33 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Obama is living proof of the disaster of not sticking to the Wisdom of our Founding Fathers!!)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Ah, yes, and we’re back to square one for the latecomers.

Like I said, I encourage you and Trump to take out TV ads in every early primary state, detailing exactly how Cruz “lied”. That would entail describing exactly how he used the eminent domain process to deny the woman her property rights, but hey, the people need the truth.


136 posted on 01/24/2016 3:07:51 PM PST by HoosierDammit ("When that big rock n' roll clock strikes 12, I will be buried with my Tele on!" Bruce Springsteen)
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To: HoosierDammit

In that case, I apologize for the confusion. Perhaps I mixed you up with another poster, but you’re sure talking exactly like one of the more... intense Cruzers.

Having said that, partial birth abortion in Trump’s platform? Where?

On top of that, you’d better remove Cruz from the list of ‘conservatives’ because if you look honestly at his downsides, they’re about as bad as Trump’s, just with fewer upsides like job creation. And Cruz did this as a national-level lawmaker, not as a businessman.

And that leaves... who? Rubio? Pfft. Bush? Christie? Take out these two candidates and there’s no one left who will do anything but the same old same old.

In every election, you have to compromise your principles in some way. Otherwise you wouldn’t ever do anything but write in yourself.

I don’t know about you, but I’m voting for the candidate who has shown that he’s able to stomp a mudhole in the media and the establishment. He’s the only one running who CAN.

Everyone else in the race has shown themselves unable or unwilling to do so. And unless the current power structure is demolished, you’re going to get worse than partial birth abortion legality and Kelo. A LOT worse.

I have to roll the dice on Trump, because no other candidate is worth a bucket of warm spit. No matter how low the chances are, the chances with Trump are better than the great big zilch that the others will give.


137 posted on 01/24/2016 3:08:05 PM PST by Luircin (The difference between lesser evil and greater good is who gets schlonged in the end.)
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To: SaveFerris
We got John Roberts from W. Sigh!

Who worked with Roberts, liked and recommended him to W.?

138 posted on 01/24/2016 3:12:32 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Obama is living proof of the disaster of not sticking to the Wisdom of our Founding Fathers!!)
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To: OhioBuckeye
Never EVER will I vote for this fraud who passes himself off as a Republican.

So who will get your vote?

139 posted on 01/24/2016 3:13:23 PM PST by ASA Vet (Jus Soli + Jus Sanguinis = NBC)
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To: Zhang Fei
He didn't his Dad did because the parents sued the Dad.

He had been paying for their insurance and after they sued him he said why should I pay for the insurance if they are suing me.

The child's Dad hosts a golf outing for the charity yearly. They live in a lovely Greenwich home. That is what I thought you would see.

The agency is nonprofit not free and it provides home visits. William involved with them for his first three years.

"For the second year in a row, the Golf for Abilis event will take place at Trump National in Briarcliff Manor and will include a breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as a challenging 18 holes of golf."

I think it is quite unsavory to be digging into private family matters to smear a candidate especially since there appears to be no real meat to the story and outsiders are not privy to all the facts.

140 posted on 01/24/2016 3:16:03 PM PST by JayGalt
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