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["The Nation"] Ted Cruz Would Be a Very Dangerous Attorney General
The Nation ^ | 11/16/16 | George Zornick

Posted on 11/16/2016 5:31:59 PM PST by markomalley

 enator Ted Cruz surfaced as a possible nominee for US attorney general Tuesday night, following a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump in Manhattan. A Cruz spokeswoman did not confirm nor explicitly deny the reports, telling telling Bloomberg, “Cruz is focused on serving Texans in the Senate. He was there today to offer help in promoting the conservative policies that were campaigned on and that he’s long fought for.”

It’s those exact policies that should raise significant alarm about his potential nomination as attorney general. Throughout his failed presidential campaign, Cruz promised to focus law-enforcement efforts on abortion groups, Muslims, and other perceived political enemies and out-groups.

As he crisscrossed the country, Cruz would often begin his stump speech by outlining his first day as president. After promising first to rip up all of President Obama’s executive orders, Cruz would pledge that “The second thing I intend to do on the first day in office is instruct the US Department of Justice to open an investigation into Planned Parenthood and these horrible videos.”

Taken at his word, it is fair to conclude Cruz would do the same thing as head of the Department of Justice. He is referring to the videos produced by the Center for Medical Progress, a radical anti-choice group, which purported to show Planned Parenthood officials making deals to sell fetal tissue for profit. The videos were deceptively edited, and widely discredited. It’s legal and commonplace for entities to sell human tissue for research purposes, and it only becomes illegal if they turn a profit—which Planned Parenthood didn’t do. The unedited version of the tapes repeatedly captured Planned Parenthood officials saying they did not intend to make any extra money from the sales.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: cruz2016; cruzwald; fearfuldems; goldmansachs; lyingted; northamericanunion; plannedparenthood; projectveritas; thenation; trumpcabinet; trumptransition
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To: markomalley

I am totally ok with whatever Trump decides. He can take the measure of a man quite capably.


41 posted on 11/16/2016 5:55:45 PM PST by Buttons12
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To: phoneman08

If, in fact, Cruz is being ‘interviewed’ for A-G — a position that often gets consideration for the high court — it means that Trump already has a pick in mind to fill Scalia’s seat, and that Cruz is effectively in the on-deck circle. If he’s A-G, it will be only for as long as Ruth Ginsburg continues to draw a breath.


42 posted on 11/16/2016 5:56:18 PM PST by Tallguy
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To: markomalley

Janice Rogers Brown would be higher on my list for SCOTUS but that’s probably asking for the moon.


43 posted on 11/16/2016 6:00:22 PM PST by Buttons12
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To: markomalley

No Lyin’ Ted! The man has proven himself to be a snake.


44 posted on 11/16/2016 6:00:32 PM PST by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: ChuteTheMall

I like that idea.


45 posted on 11/16/2016 6:05:15 PM PST by MrEdd (MrEdd)
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To: Hugin

Janice Rogers Brown is no longer young. We need someone young so that we can hopefully forget it.


46 posted on 11/16/2016 6:05:23 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: markomalley

The libs just cannot wrap their minds around the fact that it’s not about the money it is about the morality.


47 posted on 11/16/2016 6:07:26 PM PST by piasa
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To: markomalley

When I think of Ted Cruz, the word “smarmy” comes to mind.


48 posted on 11/16/2016 6:07:38 PM PST by Crucial
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To: markomalley

All the more reason to support him.


49 posted on 11/16/2016 6:08:27 PM PST by IronJack
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To: Rashputin

...He’s very close to Glen Beck....

Glen Beck had a very “traumatic” breakup with Ted after an interview with him and apparently hasnt uttered his name in weeks.


50 posted on 11/16/2016 6:11:09 PM PST by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016 or anytime before the Statute of Limitations runs out.)
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To: Rashputin

Nonsense. He’ll stick with the rule of law as his mentor, William Rehnquist, did.


51 posted on 11/16/2016 6:12:31 PM PST by piasa
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To: Crucial

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When I think of idiots that foolishly attack Cruz, slimey, and fetid come to mind.
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52 posted on 11/16/2016 6:14:23 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Darteaus94025; LydiaLong; markomalley

How stupid are these people? They tell us who they’re most afraid of, which is like a magnetic pointer for conservatives to root for that person.


53 posted on 11/16/2016 6:16:21 PM PST by Hardastarboard (Freedom Trumps Fascism)
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To: MotorCityBuck

Not likely.


54 posted on 11/16/2016 6:16:55 PM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

You addressed you post to the wrong person. I think we’ll probably be good with any of the people on Trump’s list, although from what little I know, Diane Sykes sounds really good. She ruled that shooting ranges cannot be banned in Chicago because they are protected under the Second Amendment, which is a very good sign.


55 posted on 11/16/2016 6:18:45 PM PST by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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NO CRUZ.


56 posted on 11/16/2016 6:23:05 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I am so very blessed! Thank You, JESUS!)
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To: MEG33

We will see.
Are you thinking we have No One else qualified for the position than a Lyin’ Snake Charmer. Maybe Gleen Beck. Ya. Gleen Beck. Thats the ticket.


57 posted on 11/16/2016 6:27:17 PM PST by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: MotorCityBuck

Glenn Beck won’t be running...

What state are you voting in?


58 posted on 11/16/2016 6:30:06 PM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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To: LydiaLong

Excellent endorsement


59 posted on 11/16/2016 6:30:41 PM PST by D Rider
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To: MEG33

Michigan.


60 posted on 11/16/2016 6:31:27 PM PST by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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