[DouglasKC]

I am just so tired of the flat-out lies. Cruz placed the blame for the violence on the protesters. Read his quote. Then he went on to talk about DTs ‘culture’ (like his quote ‘knock the crap out of them’ maybe). Much like Obama ‘bring a gun’, the words mean something. I think it was quite obvious what Cruz was talking about, if you slow down and read the word ‘but’ in his quote, it seems to me that ‘knock the crap out of them’ would be ‘affirmatively encouraging violence’.

Again what seemed VERY clear was that Cruz linked together the violent protesters in Chicago with his "spin" of Trump's rallies. There was no other way to interpret this in the context of what he said. He was clearly saying that Trump's actions and attitudes encouraged and caused the violent protests in Chicago. It's like saying "Well, yes, it's clearly the rapists fault...but if that slut wouldn't have been walking around with her short skirt on doing whatever she wanted then this wouldn't have happened."

[MNJohnnie]

No the “flat out lie” is to try and spin Cruz's statements to say something they do not.

Cruz is acting like a Defense Lawyer trying to use “She was asking for it” rape defense

Cruz is making a “Yes but”, defense.

Cruz is saying

Yes what was done was wrong BUT it is justified because the victim...

Anyone NOT welded at the hip to a candidate knows that is exactly what this is and will hold Cruz accountable

There was such an opportunity here for Cruz and he totally blew it.

Can you imagine what the result would of been if Cruz had come out and supported Trump and soundly castigated the media and the rioters? If he had made a full throated defense of the Constitutional principals of Free Speech and Free Assembly?

But instead he weaseled just like the standard issue GOPE politicians.

[ichabod1]

WHat he was doing was trying to capitalize on it like a damned rat.