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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at thenation.com ...


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

It won’t matter who he appoints. They will say the exact same thing.


61 posted on 11/16/2016 6:33:16 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

O.J. Simpson was eligible to be President after his acquittal.

Eligibility is not designed to keep every unsavory character out of the presidency. The voters get to make the call.


62 posted on 11/16/2016 6:35:37 PM PST by JediJones (Social conservatism is the root of all conservatism.)
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To: MotorCityBuck

I vote in Texas.


63 posted on 11/16/2016 6:37:29 PM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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To: Hardastarboard

Is it hard to find conservatives criticizing their most hated leftists online? None of us are good at keeping secrets.


64 posted on 11/16/2016 6:39:03 PM PST by JediJones (Social conservatism is the root of all conservatism.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Get over it. Cruz is a staunch, true conservative who should be placed at the highest levels of government where he can do the most damage to the left-wing agenda.


65 posted on 11/16/2016 6:40:25 PM PST by JediJones (Social conservatism is the root of all conservatism.)
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To: MEG33

Ah. Sometimes im a little slow on the sarcasm. Let me elaborate. I live in Mich. Worked in the Aerospace industry in Texas, and Georgia this last year. I’m a contractor so I get around a lot. My experiences in those Great States with the exception of Austin, and Atlanta is that Lyin ‘ Ted is a D*chebag. Just saying. Your results may vary.
Go Trump!! Love staying that to Cruz Lozers. We Won. Go. Away. Lol.


66 posted on 11/16/2016 6:40:26 PM PST by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: MEG33
Wai for it. ☺
67 posted on 11/16/2016 6:41:11 PM PST by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: MotorCityBuck

I just a TRUMP celebration with my family..We are over the moon that he will be President.

Counting the days.


68 posted on 11/16/2016 6:44:12 PM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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To: MEG33
Its Cool Man. We should All enjoy the Victory for our Country. Peace. ☺
69 posted on 11/16/2016 6:45:40 PM PST by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Good thought. He would probably work something into the law to help those born in Canada run for President, too. LOL.


70 posted on 11/16/2016 6:46:30 PM PST by kiltie65
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To: MotorCityBuck

GO TRUMP GO!


71 posted on 11/16/2016 6:50:39 PM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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To: reasonisfaith

“reverse psychology” “Don’t throw me in that briar patch ... “
Exactly. Trump will follow his conscience.


72 posted on 11/16/2016 6:53:49 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers, all armed conservatives)
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To: ChuteTheMall

That’s bout right,


73 posted on 11/16/2016 7:05:10 PM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies ('45 will be the best ever.)
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To: ASA Vet

A two-fer!


74 posted on 11/16/2016 7:07:25 PM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies ('45 will be the best ever.)
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To: markomalley; All

Triple thanks for posting this. No barf alert necessary; it’s a great Cruz endorsement. Trumpster I was and extaticlly remain, but Cruz would be a great AG for all the reasons in this article.


75 posted on 11/16/2016 7:09:46 PM PST by libstripper (oHillary is willing to risk her own life to protect her secretive nature. She would rather go to her)
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To: markomalley

Yes, he would. To whom though?


76 posted on 11/16/2016 7:15:59 PM PST by Lopeover (The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: phoneman08

Cruz in the AG spot would be epic. I’d be munching on popcorn just laughing my head off for the next 4 years.


77 posted on 11/16/2016 7:17:23 PM PST by glorgau
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To: JediJones

Natural born citizen was chosen to ensure that only those with undivided loyalty would be eligible.
That’s why foreign birth and foreign national parents negate that status.


78 posted on 11/16/2016 7:33:27 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Even before the Constitution was written, natural-born citizens in Britain included children born to parents who were out of the country.

Traveling outside of your country while pregnant was never intended by anyone to deprive your children of citizenship. Only an insane person would have ever written a law so ridiculous.


79 posted on 11/16/2016 7:53:16 PM PST by JediJones (Social conservatism is the root of all conservatism.)
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To: glorgau

I’m a 47 year Texan and the lyin Ted talk I never got, he is more honest than the current crop of senators. He did what he said he would for Texas. Ted is a rock solid conservative with balls of steel. He will stand against all the heat and do the job. 95% of Ted’s supporters in Texas supported Trump over Hildabest including myself. It’s a good move.


80 posted on 11/16/2016 8:09:11 PM PST by gameface1
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