Posted on 09/28/2019 3:14:54 PM PDT by conservative98
While U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz expressed unhappiness Saturday with some of Donald Trump's comments related to the president's call with Ukraine's leader, the Texas Republican emphatically pushed back against the Democratic movement to impeach the commander in chief.
Cruz said that he had read both the recently released whistleblower complaint and the readout of Trump's July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, both of which characterize Trump as soliciting the Ukrainian government's assistance in investigating unsubstantiated allegations against the business activities of former Vice President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden.
"I expected it to be" worse than it was, Cruz said of the phone call summary. He made the remarks in a Texas Tribune Festival interview with MSNBC Host Chris Hayes.
But, he said, he found the president's comments on Biden to be troubling. On the call with Zelensky, Trump said there was talk that Biden had called for the firing of a Ukrainian prosecutor who was investigating his son.
"I would have wished the president have not gone down that road," Cruz said.
"Donald Trump says things frequently that I wish he wouldn't say," he elaborated. "I don't have control over that. The fact that he shouldn't have gone down that road is a long way from saying, 'Therefore, he should be impeached and forcibly removed from office after the American people have voted in a presidential election.'
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So, is anyone concerned about crowd strike and/or Hunter or are they just focused on the call ?
Teddy, what was the problem with any of it, really?
Its the biggest nothing burger it could have been.
Name ONE thing you found “troubling”, Ted. Just ONE. Don’t be a Quisling like so many others, Ted.
Worse than what, O, Canadian? Pick a side and stay there.
I kind of think it would be considerably worse for America if Beto had defeated Cruz. Folks here on FR seem to want those Republicans who do not toe the entire Trump line replaced. But they will more than likely be replaced wiyh Dems not those whom Freeper want. Ronald Reagan was satisfied with 70% agreement. Why can’t Freepers accept the same?
My point was Trump helped Cruz win his Senate Seat.
In fact, Cruz would have lost, if not for Trump.
Cruz should remember that when he is tempted to run his mouth.
Just possibly Trump was thinking of America when he endorsed Cruz. Rather than telling Cruz to be thankful how about telling America to be thankful O’Rouke is not in the Senate.
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