Posted on 02/27/2016 10:15:58 PM PST by JediJones
Sen. Ted Cruz drew a stark contrast between Democratic donors and Republican donors during a floor speech late Monday.
Democratic donors, Cruz said, don't hate the liberal base, but Republican donors "actively despise" conservatives.
"On the Democratic side, the major donors that fund the Democratic Party, they don't despise their base. The billionaires who write the giant checks that fund President Obama and Hillary Clinton and the Democrats on that side of the aisle, they don't despise the radical gay rights movement or the radical environmentalist movement or all of the people that knock on doors and get Democrats elected," Cruz said.
By contrast, the 2016 Republican presidential candidate continued, "Republican donors actively despise our base, actively despise the men and women who showed up and voted you and me into office."
"I can tell you when you sit down and talk with a New York billionaire Republican donor — and I have talked with quite a few New York billionaire Republican donors, California Republican donors, their questions start out as follows," Cruz said. "First of all, you've got to come out for gay marriage, you need to be pro-choice, and you need to support amnesty. That's where the Republican donors are. You wonder why Republicans won't fight on any of these issues? Because the people writing the checks agree with the Democrats."'
Those donors, Cruz added, also view the people who elected the Republican majorities in Congress "as a bunch of ignorant hicks and rubes."
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DrewHas2Dads: Nice try, nowhere does Trump say hillary would be a better president then cruz. Again, you have no standing to call anyone ignorant or silly. Add to that, now you have been proven to post false information. There is a word for that, dishonest.
I didn’t say that.
I said that he said Cruz was worse than Hillary. Of course he likes Hillary better.
But you go ahead with your Trump worship.
When America goes to Hell, the Conservatives that have been here all along, will pick up the pieces and try to save the country from another Obama. And the Trump supporters will be no where to be found.
The other whisper going on is that Cruz approached Trump and Rubio with the offer to drop out of the race if either of them nominates him to the supreme court.
If you are wondering, I am actually married to drewsmom who registered but never really posted. You may find it hard to comprehend, but there may be more than one Drew.
I think you owe DrewsMum an apology. You twisted her words and called her ignorant and dishonest when you were wrong. You reflect your candidate rather accurately.
And your tagline is overplayed as well. Individual donors from Goldman Sachs have donated to Cruz just as they have donated to pretty much all the candidates.
Tell me something. Just who is this Manchester Financial Group that is donating ($50,000) to Donald J Trump close to the same amount that individuals at Goldman Sachs donated ($58,780) to Cruz?
Maybe you can add this to your tagline:
Donald Trump (RIDRDR - Manchester Financial Group)
DrewHas2Dads: Trump has no PACs, nor are there any running pro-Trump adds. cruz has supper PACs running negative Trump adds and pro-cruz adds. You are posting more ugly lies.
When are you going to apologize to DrewsMum for calling her truthful statement dishonest? Do you have the humility to admit when you are wrong? Does Trump?
DrewHas2Dads: And I told you Trump has no PACs, so no PAC donors. You’ll have to do better then that, maybe list the name of a Trump PAC. You can review the sleazy funding for some of cruz’s PACs yourself, here are a few for you to start with:
Keep the Promise PAC
Keep the Promise I
Keep the Promise II
Keep the Promise III
Thank you. Sorry you got dragged into the mess even though it’s not our first round of mistaken identity.
But hey, at least this time you weren’t being pinged a congratulations on your pregnant wife whom you didn’t know was pregnant....
Not even sure if you remember that, I was mortified, however. Lol
What Trump said was he was as much of a crook as Clinton. It was over the top, but Cruz is a crook.
My Drew is about to graduate, so the time flies by quickly. Enjoy it while it lasts.
I don't think Jo is willing to admit when he's wrong. It's probably time to just move on.
Lol still on the 2 dads thing huh?
And still so worried about Cruz’s donors? My goodness. So we shouldn’t vote for Cruz because he’s a part of a corrupt system where donors can “buy” candidates, but we SHOULD vote for Trump because instead of being bought in a corrupt system, he’s the buyer in the corrupt system. So it’s ok to participate in the corrupt system as long as you’re a billionaire?
I’m not worried about Jo. Apparently us both being in Texas really confounded him. It never occurred to him there could be 2 Drews... in one state at that. Logic is hard.
Yes, I think someone congratulated you when I was pregnant with my youngest.... it came as a surprise to you though of course. He’s 7 now so that was a while ago.... it was during the 08 general election. My Drew is a sophomore now about to get his Drivers license, so yes I feel your pain.
Carry on. Much work to be done trying to stop the Great Orange God.
It was a Hurricane Ike Thread
...but don't tell Jo. It would just add to his pile of denial.
Ahhhhh...yes.... I forget about Hurricane Ike at that time also! Boy how FR was a life saver during those times....
And LOL on Jo.... he’s like the other Trumpsters. Can’t tell them anything. They have their own facts generated in their heads and there ain’t no changing that....
Oh well.... prayers up for Cruz tonight!
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