Posted on 03/05/2016 10:17:38 AM PST by GilGil
During the debate last night Senator Ted Cruz was asked a direct question by Megyn Kelly about why didn’t Senator Jeff Sessions endorse him. Cruz artfully avoided answering and instead deflecting his response to falsely accuse Donald Trump of sending Hillary Clinton four campaign contributions in 2008.
Senator Cruz never answered the question.
So why doesn’t Senator Jeff Sessions support Ted Cruz? The answer is within this video:
(Excerpt) Read more at theconservativetreehouse.com ...
If you are in business you have to grease palms unfortunately otherwise you do not stay in business. That example does not count not to mention Cruz voted for TPP/TPA and voted for the Corker bill which made it possible for Iran to get nukes and the $150 billion.
Minor details here.
The point is Ted “A Time For Truth” Cruz once again didn’t tell the truth.
And Trump has given $150,000 to CPAC.
This is an eye opener for sure. Thanks for posting.
The dots:
Reagan’s North American Agreement
Bush’s New World Order
CAFTA
NAFTA
Globalism
The Council on Foreign Relations
“Building a North American Community”
Heidi Cruz
Connect them.
Will be interesting to read comments on this video.
I hear this defense of Trump a lot, but is bribery ok just because you are a rich businessman?
Yep, Trump (LIKE EVERY OTHER SUPER WEALTHY PERSON IN THE COUNTRY) PAID UP IN THE POLITICAL SHAKE DOWN...
TRUMP KNOWS HOW THE GAME MUST BE PLAYED AND HE PAID OFF POLITICIANS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ASILE.
IT’S WHY TRUMP’S NOT TAKING ANY MONEY...HE KNOWS THE SYSTEM IS CORRUPT.
Trump didn’t make the rules he just played by them. The rules have been in effect since the beginning of time.
Of course. It’s the norm for all businesspeople. That’s why companies have customer golf outings, for instance. It’s an effort to show appreciation for their business. Many need to buy a clue about running a business. It’s different from being a clerk or school teacher.
I personally think it should be illegal for anyone to make contributions to politicians and/or office holders who might have to make decisions affecting the interests of those making donations. But, that's not the way it is. Just about anything is legal except for the quid pro quo that is virtually impossible to prove. Politicians have passed laws that allow this, and those laws serve the purposes of the politicians.
So, Trump's contributions are not bribes under the law. The are perfectly legal and practically any large business makes contributions to politicians to whom they might need future access, to politicians of both parties.
That's the way it is.
I think he’s changed his mind about giving to them.
Jeff Sessions Praises Donald Trump’s Answers to ˜Sessions Test™
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3398638/posts
Sessions noted that to date “Trump is the only candidate who has “answered to my satisfaction”.
You are naive beyond all belief
Sessions has been a leading critic of U.S. immigration policy as one of Congress’ top border hawks long before Trump talked of building a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico.
“He was certainly one of the key people opposing the ‘Gang of Eight’ bill back in 2013,” said Ira Mehlman, spokesman with the Federation for American Immigration Reform. The “Gang of Eight,” included, among others, GOP presidential hopeful Marco Rubio of Florida.
The federation – better known as FAIR – calls for tighter border security, an end to illegal border-crossing and a national debate about immigration objectives.
“He seems to be among a small group of members of Congress who stand on the interest of the American people,” added Mehlman.
Jonathan Gray, a consultant for Shelby’s re-election campaign, said Sessions’ conservative stance on immigration dates back to when the Alabama Legislature took up the issue and approved a law that allowed police to hold suspected illegal immigrants without bond. Much of that controversial law in 2011 has since been invalidated by federal courts.
“It got on Jeff’s radar and he’s focused in on it,” Gray said. “If you want the conservative platform on immigration, he’s the scholar. He knows the in’s and out’s and the loopholes.”
Brent Buchanan, a Republican campaign strategist and political consultant based out of Montgomery, said Sessions’ position stretches back even further, to 2007, when President George W. Bush floated amnesty for illegal immigrants who had been in the U.S. for years. “He was one of the folks pushing back on that,” Buchanan said.
Buchanan said he believes Sessions’ outspokenness is politically doable – and sustainable — because of geography: Alabama voters are among the most conservative in the country. “If he were from Missouri, he may not have the latitude to talk like he does,” Buchanan said. “But because he’s from a very red state, he has to.”
Konnected by Kooks.
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