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I Stand With Ted Cruz
Townhall.com ^ | August 6, 2018 | Erich Reimer

Posted on 08/06/2018 5:37:02 PM PDT by Kaslin

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has made a big splash in Washington D.C. and the nation despite being a freshman Senator. From pushing for constitutional conservative principles in Congress to defeating leftists such as Senator Bernie Sanders in fierce verbal sparring on live television, from nearly winning the GOP nomination for President in 2016 to now standing by President Donald Trump in both up and down times, it’s been a busy first term for Senator Cruz.

Among the 100 Senators in our nation’s upper chamber and the 51 Republicans currently there I have to say I believe Senator Cruz holds a somewhat special place in our national imagination. He is rather young, currently at only 47-years old despite his seemingly many years in the public spotlight already. On a more important note, he has also mastered an intellectual clarity that has often long eluded many evangelists of what can often be rather complex constitutional ideology.

He has inspired new generations of jurists, including at and beyond his frequent appearances at events of the Federalist Society, to countless other activists and citizens in his eloquent advocacy of our nation’s fundamental principles of God-given individualism, federalism, and liberty of all sorts – including religious, Second Amendment, and more.

As Senator Cruz seeks re-election this November it is clear conservatives have strong reason to hope and work for him to return to our nation’s capital this upcoming January. As we’ve seen with many elections across the country, sometimes even the most seemingly safe political situations can result in wild surprises.

Senator Cruz himself recently himself warned against complacency, stating "[w]e do have a real race and we are taking it deadly serious.” Some polls have shown that undoubtedly it is better to be safe than sorry, as the average 6 point lead Cruz currently has over his opponent Beto O’Rourke is too close for comfort and a big ways away from Cruz’s 16-point win in 2012 or Trump’s 9-point win there in 2016.

In my own personal experience as a lawyer and in the legal field I’ve seen firsthand how Senator Cruz has inspired many, both young and old, who are either now in the future making an impact in our courts, legislatures, government agencies, businesses, or civil society in favor of constitutional conservative values.

While a lot of the day-to-day work of the modern United States Senate is difficult to ascertain or monitor in the public eye, particularly in the day of trillion-dollar omnibus bills, Senator Cruz has lived out his words as well. From battling Obamacare even years after it has seemingly left the public eye to having been one of those to lead the charge to confirm Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, he has clearly been pushing the right levers as well.

Some conservatives still hold grudges against him for his fierce final months battling then-candidate Trump for the nomination and then refusal to endorse until weeks after his widely-criticized stunt at the RNC Convention. He is also a favorite of the left to hate, due to a mix of both his prominence and his firmness and unapologetic nature in his conservative beliefs.

No one is perfect and particularly when in such a spotlight at such a turbulent time as these past few years have been. I was no fan of his RNC actions, serving as a Trump campaign chair and Republican Party state official at that harsh time, but politics is chaotic and Senator Cruz remains a vibrant figure with still a lot to offer our country.

It seems strange in some ways that Texas is showing some polling uncertainty but we live in generally unusual times. After all, who’d have thought the long-lost GOP hope of Pennsylvania would finally go red in 2016 let alone states such as Ohio, Michigan, or Wisconsin?

I am no Texan but have had the pleasure of knowing many. Senator Cruz is clearly a fighter who has made an enormous contribution to inspiring conservatives across the nation in recent years and I hope he will continue to do so.

The people of Texas are blessed by such a Senator, and we shall see in just about three months if they – hopefully – send Senator Cruz back once again to this place we call Washington, D.C. to fight for them and us all.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: cruz; iraniannukes; lyingted; tedcruz; texas
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To: ConservativeMind

Sadly, it wasn’t a filibuster.


Apparently, Mitch McConnell is only a liar when Ted Cruz is running for POTUS.


21 posted on 08/06/2018 6:23:31 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: Slyfox

I will support Cruz.

I supported him in the primary, I will support him again


22 posted on 08/06/2018 6:35:43 PM PDT by KittenClaws (What liberals lack in intelligence and/or education, they make up for in furious malevolence)
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To: lizma2

It was a show for a prescribed number of agreed upon hours. It did not hold up any legislation and was not a filibuster.


23 posted on 08/06/2018 6:37:23 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: robowombat

One citizen parent, one foreign national parent, foreign birth, three possible citizenships, natural born citizen have but one.

If the GOP ever nominates an ineligible candidate I will vote my conscience.


24 posted on 08/06/2018 6:44:12 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: softengine

Sadly some forget that Ted Cruz was fighting against the rinos for us when Donald Trump was still supporting democrats. I love Donald Trump but he came late to the conservative cause. He has more than made up for it though!!!


25 posted on 08/06/2018 6:46:03 PM PDT by ontap
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To: Kaslin

So Beto gets elected. He might get appointed as a junior member of the committee on silly walks and a office in the wash room of a GOP senate. And Texas gets what? I hope Texas voters are not that stupid.....


26 posted on 08/06/2018 6:51:42 PM PDT by yetidog
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To: Kaslin
The last Democrat elected senator was in 1988. The last
Democrat elected governor was in 1990. The last Democrat
elected to any statewide office was in 1994.


Primary races
GOP
Sen Cruz 1,322,724 85.36% Gov Abbott 1,400,647 90.42% DEM O'Rourke 644,632 61.81% Others 397,282

O'Rourke has a hill to climb.
I don't think that will happen

28 posted on 08/06/2018 7:09:03 PM PDT by deport
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To: softengine

Cruz or Rand after Trump’s 2nd term ends....


Ocasio will not allow males on the ballot in any state by then. Her presidential term will be declared “unlimited” by Supreme Court Chief Justice Elizabeth Warren’s majority opinion on reparations required of males. Hillary herself predicted it on her nightly prime time talk show on NBC.

Can someone wake me up now?


29 posted on 08/06/2018 7:14:42 PM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud , non citizen voting & leftist media news censorship we're finished.)
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To: ontap

“I love Donald Trump but he came late to the conservative cause. He has more than made up for it though!!!”

And Trump is in his 70s! I suspect Cruz will grow with age and experience.


30 posted on 08/06/2018 7:21:24 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown
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To: lodi90
this past year and half Ted Cruz has been nearly always AWOL on the greatest political crimes in our nation’s history. He could have been a powerful ally of POTUS given the rancorous primary season but he has chosen not to be.

We noted that too...Has he taken to the podium and demanded Mueller cease this BS? Has be demanded this corrupt political attack stop? Where are Cruz's speeches/comments voicing outrage regarding people in D.C. literally attempting to illegally undermine, compromise, frame and overthrow the President of the United States?

31 posted on 08/06/2018 7:25:20 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: SarahPalin2012
Same here!!

I got to hear him and meet him in 2015. The night was so invigorating that I barely slept all night. If he could do what he knows, we'd be a different country overnight!

Now, I voted for Dewhurst in round one as a really not informed voter. Second round talked to many who closely follow all candidates statewide and was told to really look at Ted Cruz and when I did, my opinion quickly changed. I really almost campaigned for him to others who were not watching as close.

God bless Texas and Ted!!

32 posted on 08/06/2018 7:26:09 PM PDT by YouGoTexasGirl
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To: lodi90
The chart below reports missed votes over time.

Show the numbers...

Time Period Votes Eligible Missed Votes Percent Percentile
2013 Jan-Mar 92 1 1.1% 62nd
2013 Apr-Jun 76 1 1.3% 36th
2013 Jul-Sep 43 1 2.3% 73rd
2013 Oct-Dec 80 13 16.3% 95th
2014 Jan-Mar 93 0 0.0% 0th
2014 Apr-Jun 123 14 11.4% 90th
2014 Jul-Sep 54 1 1.9% 61st
2014 Nov-Dec 96 13 13.5% 93rd
2015 Jan-Mar 135 21 15.6% 98th
2015 Apr-Jun 85 32 37.6% 99th
2015 Jul-Sep 52 7 13.5% 91st
2015 Oct-Dec 67 20 29.9% 97th
2016 Jan-Mar 38 36 94.7% 98th
2016 Apr-Jun 79 44 55.7% 98th
2016 Jul-Sep 34 1 2.9% 61st
2016 Nov-Dec 12 1 8.3% 90th
2017 Jan-Mar 101 3 3.0% 86th
2017 Apr-Jun 54 1 1.9% 62nd
2017 Jul-Sep 53 0 0.0% 0th
2017 Oct-Dec 117 3 2.6% 79th
2018 Jan-Mar 63 5 7.9% 89th
2018 Apr-Jun 80 5 6.3% 88th
2018 Jul-Aug 38 0 0.0% 0th

33 posted on 08/06/2018 7:27:57 PM PDT by deport
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To: DaxtonBrown

Let us not form a circular firing squad here. The campaign was brutal. The invective was strong. However, each man has to reach a truce to save or Union. DJT and Cruz and Paul are on our side. So let’s us go kick some lefty azz.


34 posted on 08/06/2018 7:32:12 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought.)
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To: Kaslin

I don’t believe Cruz would have been as effective in the White House as Trump has been so far, but there’s no question that Cruz is one of the strongest, most articulate and most principled conservatives in the country right now. Texas needs him, conservatives need him, and the president needs him.


35 posted on 08/06/2018 8:01:01 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek (q)
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To: TXSearcher

Beto in not a Kennedy wannabe.
Beto is Wendy Davis with a penis.


36 posted on 08/06/2018 8:28:04 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: softengine

Cruz is not eligible for the presidency.


37 posted on 08/06/2018 8:36:14 PM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Slyfox

Either you support and abide by the constitution or you don’t. Cruz is not a natural born citizen. He is not eligible for the presidency.


38 posted on 08/06/2018 8:37:54 PM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: robowombat

the size of the Dem led pushback on Cruz not being eligible Constitutionally to be President............
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Dem led my foot!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Constitution is clear on the subject and Cruz is NOT a natural born citizen. I’m a dyed in the wool Republican and I DETEST the fact that Cruz tried to pull the wool over everybody’s eyes, directly against the Constitution. i would never ever vote for him for president! I believe in the Constitution AS WRITTEN!


39 posted on 08/06/2018 8:44:28 PM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Kaslin
After reading the post on this thread I feel like I entered the Twilight Zone!

40 posted on 08/06/2018 8:44:30 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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