2ND PLACE & THIRD PLACE
SAME AS 4TH, 5TH, & 6TH!
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ALL THE LOSERS ARE WINNERS, TOO!
Posted on 02/21/2016 5:53:10 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said he "effectively tied" Florida Sen. Marco Rubio for second place in South Carolina's Republican primary, as the two senators were separated by a little more than 1,000 votes, but both finished far behind front-runner Donald Trump.
Despite only winning one of the early voting states so far, Cruz believes his combined results show he is the "only one strong conservative remaining in this race who can win" the Republican presidential nomination.
"Our game plan from day one was do well in the first four states and consolidate conservatives to go forward into Super Tuesday," Cruz told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos Sunday on "This Week." "I think we're positioned ideally to do exactly that."
What we're doing -- systematically, nationally -- is unifying conservatives," Cruz added.
Cruz, who finished first in Iowa and third in New Hampshire, said his base remains strong going forward, especially among young Republican voters.
"We won young people in South Carolina," Cruz said. "We also won young people in Iowa."
Cruz further used his first place win in Iowa, a state in which he said he had "heavy hitters" behind his campaign, to distance himself from Rubio, who had strong endorsements in South Carolina but failed to win the state.
"All the establishment circled their wagons around Marco and yet he still only came in second after his campaign promised they were gonna win the state," he said. "We won Iowa with a big margin."
While Cruz acknowledged there was "no doubt" the attacks he and Rubio continue to level against each other are helping Donald Trump, he said that his campaign is the "only one campaign that has beaten or can beat" the real estate mogul.
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Pride goeth before the fall. They thought they were going to win SC. I think the results surprised them.
Bwahahaha!
ZERO delegates is still ZERO.
That’s the the Titans boasting that they got the same number of wins as the Browns.
I wonder what Cruz’s internals were showing? How could they not see they needed to go after Rubio?
Apparently, the late breaking low info vote is breaking heavily to the cute cabana boy.
It’s bad enough that Cruz lies to the voters but lying to himself - that’s a mental problem.
Is that like saying that he’s effectively a natural born citizen?
I wonder if Rubio sees it as a virtual tie? LOL
Dumb people running Cruz campaign
I keep saying he has the worst advisors ever.
It’s almost like they want him to lose. GOPe moles??
Bwahaha! Perfect!
The Cruz campaign is making a lot of questionable moves that inspire head scratching. I understand spinning and trying to maintain support, but that can be done without being silly about it.
;0)
There’s a lot of complaints about Trumps ego but maybe Ted’s ego is getting in the way.
As a Cruz supporter, I thought Ted should have gotten rid of his campaign manager long ago. But in a one on one contest, Ted would bury Rubio. Rubio is a lying weasel
Well, Cruz certainly tied with Rubio as to delegates in South Carolina. Tied with Bush, as well. So I guess we can give all 3 a second place ribbon.
Cruz knows what he’s doing...
Making the case he’s the only one who can beat Trump.
Then blasting Rubio with everything he’s got.
Rubio vs Cruz is going to be a blood bath.
LOL, Cruz is claiming he should get the same size trophy as Rubio! 8^)
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