Posted on 04/22/2016 11:51:18 AM PDT by Mariner
Ted Cruz's campaign produced and released this attack ad overnight, after Donald Trump came out in favor of allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice, rather than the bathroom corresponding to their birth. The Cruz campaign has seized on this issue as a clear indicator that Donald Trump is "not a conservative."
"Leave it the way it is," Trump said. "There have been very few problems."
"Should a grown man pretending to be a woman be allowed to use the women's restroom?" asks the Cruz campaign, calling the bathroom issue "PC Nonsense that is destroying America."
"North Carolina, what they're going through with all the business that's leaving, all of the strife -- and this is on both sides. Leave it the way it is," Trump said at a town hall on NBC's 'Today Show' Thursday. "People go, they use the bathroom that they feel is appropriate."
Cruz has launched an extended media attack campaign against Trump on this issue, doing interviews with his two biggest media backers -- Glenn Beck and Mark Levin -- about the transgender issue Thursday.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
Good grief.
2 years ago, anyone who would dare to suggest on FR that cross-dressers should have access to the “public bathroom of their choice” would have been run off the site on a rail (probably after a hefty dose of tar and feathers).
Now that Trump has come out in support of it? People are pooh-pooh-ing it, minimizing it, excusing it, pointing to everyone else in a frenzy of “tu quoque” distractions, and basically everything EXCEPT a conservative, honest response. What’s so wrong with saying “I support Trump, but this is just bad”?
Let’s be honest, here: this position (as with the “abortion exception allowances”) is a bad one (i.e. morally wrong) for Trump. Circling the wagons around your favorite candidate can become dishonest, after a certain point... and I think we’ve reached that point, and then some.
(And please... don’t waste my time with the liberal line of “who are you to judge morality of someone else?” If you’d like to spout that amoral, relativistic nonsense, go try it on DU.)
Actually, this makes Cruz look small.
Cruz, Beck, Levin 24/7 Trump bashing isn’t working. Why do they keep doing it?
Cruz is now going to build a “wall”. I wonder WHERE he got the idea? Especially since EVERYONE used to call it a “fence”. Only Trump said he would build a “WALL” (not a fence).
Without Trump, Cruz wouldn’t know what to say.
“But I have yet to hear Ted Cruz state his position on it...does he support laws against Trans using the bathroom of their choice?”
It would be nice if someone would commit an act of journalism and ask the obvious question, but I’m not holding my breath.
What we do know is that Cruz has stated his support of states’ rights many times, including regarding gay marriage. Nineteen states have laws allowing transgendered people to choose their bathroom. Does Cruz support those states’ rights or is his support of states’ rights selective?
If he doesn’t support states’ rights on this issue, what are his criteria for deciding which states’ rights he supports and which he doesn’t?
Dude Bruce Jenner is famous. Others are just giant hairy men in dresses with 5 o’ clock shadow. Come on, it’s not that hard. These guys come in all shapes and degrees of simulation, right?
But in any case, why should there be a law saying a business can’t keep men from using the women’s bathrooms if they want to? My goodness what is the problem with answering this question?
Freegards
I think both Cruz and Trump are complete stiffs, but you nailed it on the Trump thing here.
Freegards
“But I have yet to hear Ted Cruz state his position on it”
Only because you dont want to see it. He has been very clear.
But hey, anything to criticize right. The reality doesnt matter when there are talking points to push.
That’s creepy right there, I don’t care who you are.
That’s creepy right there, I don’t care who you are.
The polity of potty. There’s no law that will prevent bad actors from assaulting little girls or little boys in either the men or women’s public restrooms.
Who the heck are you really? Now you are supporting admitting perverts into restrooms.
I think you are assuming what his position is because he's attacking Trump for stating his.
Do you have a source for Cruz stating his position on letting Trans use the bathroom of their choice?
I would like to see it if you do.
No way.
:)
I would not be please if that person walked into the ladies room.
Trump is pro pervert.
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