Ted Cruz says Trump “wisely” released Ukraine call transcript, saying it didn’t show an illegal quid pro quo.
AND recommends Trump now release Joe Biden’s transcripts of the then-VP’s calls with Ukraine during Obama admin. https://t.co/Jh9KnswnWJ— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) October 13, 2019
Does an American citizen getting 1.5 billion dollars from any other country mean nothing to him.
He really is NOT as smart as I once thought he was.
Perhaps he should think about the Private Sector.
Hillary and the dems do this ALL the time. Here is just 1 example
Give Ted a break. He is a Cubanadian. They don’t understand our laws.
Pompous Ted couldn’t figure out Trump was trolling.
How's your wife's plan for the North American Union coming along, Ted? Does the unrestricted flow of illegal immigrants need a precedent for the President not being able to ask for or dicker for help from another nation without the wise men in the Senate giving him a hall pass first?
The RINO King comes out of the woodwork to defend the Bidens, how quaint. Gee, I feel so bad that he didn’t become president. Talk radio did right selling out to this puke before the election. Great plan, DemoRats, talk radio people always do what they’re told by Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin, right?
Imagine a world where Republicans stuck together like Democrats. Oh well, just a fantasy thought.
So who’s the right person to do the asking Teddy? You have potential blackmail and corruption by an officer of the United States with China.
The head of the Justice Department? (Picked by Trump)
The ambassador to China? (Picked by Trump)
The head of the FBI? (Who would’ve been ordered by the guy who was picked by Trump)
If Trump asks - or one of his appointees asks - what’s the difference?
it’s not a crime no moreso than the last 2 years of political coup the Democrats AND YOU have been doing against Trump.
I don’t think Trump should have asked China to investigate the Bidens, but not for the reasons stated by Ted Cruz.
It’s not a matter of it being inappopriate to ask, but it’s because its silly. The Chinese investment firm was created to buy sensitive dual-use American technology companies. The $1.5 billion is the amount under management, not the amount that flowed to Hunter and indirectly, Joe Biden. The Chinese government approves of the company’s purpose and acquistions, and how they spend the management fees necessary to perform those acquisitions is a business matter. It’s bribery, and the government approves as long as it helps their acquistions get through the CFIUS process.
The size of the bribe in China isn’t billions... it’s more like a percentage of the management fee (I think Hunter was a 20% owner). So, if there was a 1 % of assets management fee, the total management take was about $15 million; after operating expenses, Hunter’s take might have “only” been a million or two per year, maybe less. It doesn’t take billions to bribe Joe Biden. It takes a few millions; but for those few millions, he will help control the flow much larger amounts.
Since this is an implementation of Chinese strategic policy, its naive to expect the Chinese to investigate it in any meaningful way. The situation is different than that in the Ukraine, where the new Zelensky government, and much of the population were sick of corruption and wanted it investigate.
Also, the corruption of the Ukraine and the corruption of China are entirely different. In China, the bribing of influential foreigners is consistent with national policy. In the Ukraine, there appears to be a lot of private corruption and skimming of revenues from the gas business and foreign aid, diverting national revenues into private hands.
In both cases, bribing the Bidens (and Kerry stepson Chris Heinz) was useful in influencing US policy, but in different ways. PS—it also appears that Nancy Pelosi’s son got involved in some Ukrainian action, as well.
Exactly where does the Constitution state what is or is not ‘appropriate’ for the President of the US to ask a foreign nation to do A, B, C?
Raphael Cruz preened himself at Harvard as a follower of the ‘original intent’ of our US Constitution... but, he ignored for himself, that ‘natural born’ requirement. I despise these that in the name of ‘right’, for self interest willingly pervert our Constitution.
The Cuboid-Cunuck is a solid ally of the president and for that I give him credit. But there is a reason Trump is the president and he isn’t.
It’s all smoke. The investigations into Biden’s “dealings” are already done. All this talk is causing the MSM to focus on China just like Trump did with Ukraine. Cruz isn’t hurting the cause with this statement, he’s helping.
The MSM won’t cover a story unless there’s a chance that it may implicate Trump. He’s taking it for the team. The Swamp is being drained.
But itt is ok to shame voters with bogus campaign letters.
Just when you want to cut Ted some slack, he reminds you of how much he sucks.
Did I miss something? When did Trump ask the Chinese to investigate the Bidens??
I wonder what business Heidi Cruz has in foreign countries through Goldman Sachs?
“Ted Cruz: It Is ‘Not’ Appropriate for Trump to Ask China to Investigate Biden Family”
Someone has to do it ye punter.
And, this after Trump dragged Cruz over the finish line in his Senate race against Beto.