Posted on 01/25/2016 4:49:00 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Former New York Mayor and 2008 Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, who hasn't yet endorsed a candidate, said if it came down to GOP frontrunner Donald Trump versus Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), he would vote for Trump.
"If it came down to Trump or Cruz, there is no question I'd vote for Trump," Giuliani, who was mayor during the 9-11 terrorist attack, said. "As a party, we'd have a better chance of winning with him, and I think a lot of Republicans look at it that way."
The statement comes as The Washington Post is reporting that the GOP establishment is "learning to live with" the fact that Trump is likely to become the Republican Party's nominee and even seeing "an upside to Trump as the nominee."
"This warming toward Trump comes after establishment favorites such as Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) of Florida, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Florida governor Jeb Bush have failed to reach the top tier," reports The Washington Post's Robert Costa, Philip Rucker, and David Fahrenthold.
"Between Trump and Cruz, it's not even close," Rep. Peter King (R-NY) said discussing the two candidates, but not yet endorsing anyone. "Cruz isn't a good guy, and he'd be impossible as president. People don't trust him. And regardless of what your concern is with Trump, he's pragmatic enough to get something done. I also don't see malice in Trump like I see with Cruz."
The Post reports:
Many have decided that Trump -- for all his faults -- is better. For one thing, many Republicans in Congress especially despise Cruz, who has a history of picking long-shot fights and blaming other Republicans when he is unsuccessful.
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I take it pot is legal in your state.
Ease up; paranoia is setting in.
Remember: Do not take the Mark of the Beast!
;-))
Anti-2nd Amendment, Anti-Life, and Anti-Traditional Marriage.
Quick Trump needs to distance himself from this GOPe hack. If not he’s not better than Cruz! This is a shame and just awful. I think the GOPe is trying to tie themselves to Trump now to sink him. How long until Trump renounces this endorsement? If he doesn’t he may actually be worse than Cruz! This is just terrible.
WOW! Trump is a moderate who SAYS he wants to:
1. Build a wall and make Mexico pay for it.
2. Simplify the tax code
3. Eliminate the Department of Education, and Common Core
4. Renegotiate the disastrous trade deals that Obama negotiated and the Conservative establishment, including Ted Cruz allowed to go forward.
5. Attack PC at every level.
6. Repeal and Replace Obamacare
7. Eliminate gun-free zones on military bases
8. Eliminate stupid regulations
That is my kind of MODERATE!!!!
hmmm....I remember McCain beating a conservative and others for the nomination (one by one). I remember Romney doing the same thing. So you’re saying Trump is the same as these GOPe types? You’re probably right.
That was kind of out of the blue, but I am glad you are catching up on your reading! ;-)
posted on 1/25/2016, 5:58:17 PM by SubMareener
Good for Giuliani. He was a good mayor, especially in retrospect.
She wasn’t here then. Ask someone who can answer your question.
Well said.
Cruz is just strange.
One of many
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