Posted on 04/25/2018 10:12:22 AM PDT by conservative98
during a Tuesday interview with SiriusXM hosts Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak on Breitbart News Tonight. Mansour asked Cruz, “Would you be supportive of President Trump if he ran for reelection in 2020?”
Cruz replied, “I certainly assume so. I was supportive of and campaigned for President Trump in 2016, and I am very encouraged with the substantive policy victories we are getting, whether it is an historic tax cut bill, whether it is regulatory reform that’s unleashing jobs, whether it is repealing the Obamacare individual mandate — which I led the fight to do in the United States Senate — whether it is nominating and confirming strong constitutionalists to the courts. On all of those fights I’ve been working to lead the battle. I’m content to continue working to lead that battle and defend our freedoms and defend the Constitution.”
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During the 2016 election, Cruz initially opted against endorsing Trump after Trump secured the Republican Party’s nomination following a heated primary race that pitted the Texas senator against the New York real estate mogul. Republican convention goers booed Cruz during his speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, when he advised them to “vote your conscience.” Two months later, he endorsed Trump and assisted his presidential campaign.
Never Trump media figures lamented Cruz’s support for Trump’s campaign. Glenn Beck, a fervent Cruz supporter during the 2016 primary, described himself as “profoundly sad” following Cruz’s endorsement of Trump, whom Beck strongly opposed. Beck later described America as a “petulant child” worthy of divine punishment for making “the wrong choice” in nominating Trump.
Since the election, Cruz has largely supported Trump’s policies and agenda
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I certainly do hope he was joking. That’s how I took it, anyways.
Fascinating information. I didn’t know any of that about Cruz selling his supporter list, erc. Thanks for bringing me up to speed.
I’ve heard theories like this before, children of alcoholic parents.
Struggling for normalcy, it would seem an obvious problem, developing all sorts of strategies to cope and adopt tweaked lifestyles.
I’m no expert on it but it is something I buy into based on some things I observe in myself, my adaptations to a tweaked model of grandparents vs parents being gardians, the time of lost first relationships with parents and follow on individuals.
Ted seems tweaked to me along the lines you describe.
I agree loosely with your thoughts there.
Did you know that Cruz had two half-sisters? One died of a drug overdose. Here’s a blurb about the other:
‘The other half-sister, Roxana Cruz, 52, is a medical doctor, who practices as an internist in Greenville, Texas, 45 miles northeast of Dallas. Asked if she was available to speak about her brother, her office manager, Cindy Paxton, said, “Dr. Cruz is here to practice medicine and she is here to see and treat her patients. Other than that, she has no comment.”’
Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article24782596.html#storylink=cpy
Beck is still a Never Trumper.
Thanks for the information. Two bad about the sister that died. The other one may not want to say something wrong, so she refuses interviews. I don’t know.
His dad was a member of a tweaked religious sect too wasn’t he? I suspect that may have been problematic too.
It seems evident to me that some issues related to his upbringing still hang around today.
Thank you.
You know, in fairness you can’t fault Cruz if he does have some scars from his youth. Many of us do.
Sometimes you can’t shake them.
Agree. My heart goes out to Cruz and both sisters. It was a rough row to hoe.
Otoh, the idea of trusting Cruz is foreign to me. I have watched him lie. His skill in that arena is frankly scary. Yes, it’s no doubt the outgrowth of a defense mechanism engendered by his upbringing. But the end result is the same regardless.
From your response, it is implied that a NBC is specific to ‘my interpretation.’ Well, what is an NBC, if not a person born here to Americans?
Ponder this:
1. Is Prince Hussein of Jordan born to Queen Noor of Jordan (AKA -American born and Harvard educated mother Lisa Malaby) qualified to be president?
What if the prince was born on foreign soil, just like Ted?
2. If a foreign child of an American soldier born in Korea or Vietnam is unable to obtain US citizenship after decades of begging (there are thousands of them), how is a person born on foreign soil to non military parents granted citizenship and considered a natural born citizen? Clearly the Amer-Asian military brat child is more qualified than Ted
Note: There is a distinct reason that Eleanor Cruz was not interviewed and kept sequestered from the press., just like BHO’s “Granny Dunham.” Rafael, Sr. had already spilled the beans about his rescinding his Cuban citizenship and becoming a Canadian in the late 1960’s. In fact, Senor Cruz did not become an American until Ted launched his political career (2005.) At that time, Ted was employed in “43’s WH administration and could ‘cauterize & expedite’ his own father’s application.
Aside from his attempt to fool fellow Texans and conservative Americans regarding his NBC status, there was a huge ethical problem during the primary election process with your man.
Candidate Trump was overwhelmingly winning nearly every major delegate rich state (minus TX). Sneaky Ted was coming in behind him, like a thief in the night, attempting to bribe, coerce, or otherwise wrangle Trump’s delegates. Ted was undermining state elections and negating the vote of the people in several states. He was subverting the R primary process on a grandiose scale, much like Clinton’s DNC super delegates usurping the D’s primary process, but worse.
And so that is a valid excuse to vote for Lyn’ Ted? Where are your values and principals that you sell out so easily? The ends do not justify the means. All you will do is enable Lyn’ Ted to lie some more and you tell everyone liars are okay so long as they are yours.
Troll elsewhere.
Suck on Schumer.
Who’s your pick in Texas. Go spew your vitriol to someone who cares.
We are in agreement on all aspects of this.
Good call > IMO.
Ted Cruz is stuck on jackass - master debater - what a wanker. Bizarre how speaking the truth about Ted make one a Schummer Devotee. I liked Ted before the campaign - I can't understand how folks can still carry water for this Ompa Loompa it is seriously retarded.
You saying this about Beto just goes to prove that you know nothing.
Comment coming from a person from a State with more fags and wetbacks and LIBERAL Senators/Representatives than The Great State of Texas will ever see.
Exactly - and for those who are obsessed with vilifying Cruz or others who are now giving support to our president, I’d suggest you take your cues from Trump himself, and embrace those who he embraces, and save your attacks for those who he attacks.
Not that y’all shouldn’t think for yourselves, but when there’s such a gulf between your enemies lists and Trump’s friends lists, then those Trump supporters should really consider if they are being rational and helping the cause.
Some FReepers are permanently soured against Cruz. They have swallowed all the smear, gulped it right down, and it’s now part of their permanent disposition.
Anti-Cruzers are pathetic, and it’s best that they be either ignored or ridiculed. There’s no benefit in reasoning with them. They are beyond redemption.
No. From my response, it is implied that neither you nor I have the authority to define the term. The rest of your post is a rehash of arguments that have been done to death on this and other forums, in which the matter CANNOT be resolved. None of the participants have the authority to resolve it.
So, as I said, it's nice that you have an opinion. I have one, too. They are equally worthless.
“anti-Cruz idiots on this forum will celebrate as the democRAT Senate convicts Trump under articles of impeachment approved by the democRAT House ... “
Exactly, they simply can’t understand the centuries old practice of conquer and divide strategy that is fueled by the rat party and the old media. I’m not from Texas but I have the good sense to observe the actions of an American patriot. No one stood up to the Muslim faggot in the WH like Ted Cruz. And actually Cruz is more conservative, aka normal, on social issues than Trump.
Ted is a smart guy. He doesn’t want to end up like Beck.
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