I thought so at the beginning of the campaign, but Trump came out with ‘controversial’ position after position - controversial only because they were very conservative and very pro-America.
Cruz was silent on illegal immigration for months.
For one so eloquent, that was deafening.
His positions were not as conservative as Trump’s in the beginning, yet as Trump’s became popular, Cruz’s changed to become like Trump’s. It was fascinating to watch because I expected mire from Cruz.
Then after promising to run a clean campaign, he did one sleazy thing after another.
He’s not who he pretends. My hubby was right all along (I hate that, he is usually right..) He thought Cruz mapped out how to become president long ago. He didn’t really have a conviction on one side or the other - note how he could debate either side of an issue with equal intensity in school. Winning was all that mattered. Everything he did in the Senate was to set the stage for him being an outsider. It’s all for show. And if he would keep up the show for 8 years, who cares? But I don’t think he will - his softening on positions in the beginning of the campaign is a real problem for me. I don’t trust him.
OTOH, when Trump was attacked by the left and right for deportation, the wall, banning Muslims - he not only didn’t back down, he doubled down even stronger. It could’ve backfired - the MSM spent every day saying he went too far. If Trump was only pandering, he’d take the middle road not the far right attacking ridicule from all sides. It seems quite honest to me.
That’s all completely wrong. Trump literally stole Cruz’s slogan “make America great again” from him, which Cruz used in his campaign announcement ad, months before Trump announced. And Cruz certainly talked about fighting amnesty in this ad, as he has talked about over and over consistently in his career.
1:50 is where you’ll see the line Trump stole.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEOKJRkhpxg