Posted on 04/01/2016 9:46:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
MILWAUKEE — In her Wisconsin debut as a Donald Trump surrogate, Sarah Palin was met with tepid applause and stone-faced silence Friday night at a Milwaukee County Republican gathering.
In contrast, the 750 Republicans at American Serb Hall cheered enthusiastically for Sen. Ted Cruz, who was introduced by Gov. Scott Walker and talk radio host Vicki McKenna.
The contrasting receptions illustrated why the Texas senator has surged past the real estate mogul and reality TV celebrity in the latest polls, especially in southeastern Wisconsin.
Palin opened with a call for unity among the candidates in supporting former Green Bay Packer offensive lineman Jerry Kramer’s induction into the NFL hall of fame, a joke that mostly fell flat. Her free-flowing, seemingly stream-of-consciousness speech from prepared notes criticized crony capitalists on Wall Street for profiting from open borders, free trade and military intervention while regular people suffer.
“The establishment’s interest runs counter to the interests of the people,” Palin said. “Common sense is an endangered species in Washington.”
Palin said Trump is the only candidate who creates jobs, balances budgets, builds “big things” and “understands this reality.”
After Palin, McKenna, who Trump hung up on during an intense interview earlier in the week, fired up the crowd by slamming Trump’s criticisms of Walker and the Wisconsin economy.
“Governor Walker is the single most substantive governor in the history of this state,” McKenna said. “I am tired of people coming into my state and telling me how bad it is.”
Walker then introduced Cruz as a candidate who would bring to Washington the same “common sense conservative leadership” that Walker brought to Wisconsin.
Palin was the second featured speaker after Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who had a small contingent of supporters in the crowd and was introduced by former Gov. Tommy Thompson.
Kasich noted that recent polls have shown 38 percent of voters in the state don’t know enough about him to form an opinion.
“I guess that’s what happens when you’re positive all the time and don’t enter a demolition derby,” Kasich said.
Palin is also scheduled to join Trump at town hall events in Racine and Rothschild on Saturday. Palin will also participate in a solo meet-and-greet event in Marathon City on Sunday afternoon.
The former Alaska governor’s past visits to Wisconsin include a 2013 book signing at a Wausau Wal-Mart and a 2011 tax day rally in Madison, where she defended Walker’s controversial changes to public sector collective bargaining.
“Your governor did the right thing, and you won,” Palin said in 2011. “Your beautiful state won.”
This week, after Walker endorsed Cruz, Trump laid into Walker for the performance of Wisconsin’s economy, telling hundreds of supporters in Janesville “he’s not doing a great job.”
Milwaukee County has become Cruz country as conservative talk radio has aligned against the real estate mogul and reality TV celebrity and behind the first-term senator. The latest Marquette Law School Poll found Cruz leading Trump 53-15 in Milwaukee County. Kasich came in second with 22 percent support.
Attendees at Friday night’s event said the vast majority of the crowd were Cruz supporters, which was borne out by the response to the speakers.
Among the Cruz supporters was Christina Bauman, 53, a registered nurse from Waukesha who said Republicans in Wisconsin are supporting Cruz because “we are ground zero for conservatism.”
“People are just fed up,” Bauman said. “We want results.”
Warren Matson, 57, a Realtor from West Allis, said he is undecided, but has been leaning toward Trump after Ben Carson dropped out of the race. However, Trump’s gaffes over the past week, such as reversing a statement that women who receive abortions should be punished if abortion were to become illegal, have raised doubts about Trump. Matson’s wife Maggie is supporting Cruz.
“We may need marriage counseling after this if I vote for Trump, and I almost want to do it,” Matson said, adding the way the Republican establishment has moved to stop Trump illustrates how “he isn’t beholden to anyone.”
Michael Willner, a cable CEO from New York, traveled to Wisconsin Friday to volunteer for Kasich.
“He has a fabulous record,” Willner said. “He really was the Republican architect of the last balanced budget this country has had.”
His assessment for why Kasich hasn’t caught fire in Wisconsin, a purple state, is because it is less moderate than states such as Ohio and Pennsylvania and more divided between conservatives and liberals.
Thomas Kroon, 50, a truck driver from Oak Creek, said he supported Walker for president, then Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and now Cruz. He said the antipathy toward Trump among many Wisconsin voters is driven by how he distorted Walker’s record during last August’s Republican debate.
“There’s nothing about Trump that’s conservative,” Kroon said.
Kroon also knocked Kasich for taking federal money as part of a Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, something Walker has resisted.
“Kasich wants to keep everything the way it is,” Kroon said. “We need bold changes at this point.”
They lied about the NAU concept and denied the Amero concept while the Euro concept became a reality and a currency - that should have woke them right up. It was right in front of everyone the whole time.
It’s less the Walker endorsement that helps Cruz than it is Trump’s criticism of Walker that hurts Trump. That was an error Trump cannot recover from. He should cut his losses and move on to the northeast now.
Trump doesn’t cut and run.
He’s in this to win this!
You mean the same Sarah Palin who thrust a knife in J D Haywoth's back and allowed McCain to be re-elected in 2010?
Trump routinely pulls in crowds in the 10’s of thousands, ...
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So does NASCAR. Also, the “Crash at Crush” did long before there was TV (look it up if you aren’t familiar with the event). ............Crowds gather in large numbers when they want to see a spectacle and potential disaster to entertain them.
Sarah Palin schooled them and they listened intently. Her command of the subjects, immigration, National Defense and Trade was outstanding. She has the unique gift of communication ...
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Would have meant something to Cruz supporters who understood what she was talking about.
When Trump comes into this state with no idea of what we’ve been through and says he should have raised taxes and the schools have gone begging. He sounds like a fricking liberal. He’s spouting all the same crap the libs here have been spouting for the last 5 years. Just like the liberal he is.
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Total content of your posting = very good! Nailed it!
Teddy is just a lying smarmy lawyer Senator, who will never be elected again!
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I expect him to be the next POTUS and then TX will replace him with another Conservative in the Senate.
Did Ted talk about his numbers being on the DC Madam’s list?
Did he mention or explain he was also on the Ashley Madison list?
Did he mention how much he was all for women?
Very interesting and valid point. It put the whole event into perspective.
OH, NOES!!!
THE DOWNFALL BEGINS, AGAIN!!!
THE END OF TRUMP!!!
752-435
Expected nothing more (”a tepid response”) from a Wisconsin reporter...
Trust me...you're 'luzin with cruz'
The DC establishment will take Trump over Cruz if they can't have Ryan.
And the Cruz supporters accuse Trump of supporting liberals when Cruz has basically done the same:
Ted Cruz’s law firm where he was a partner with Morgan Lewis & Bockius gave 100s of thousands of $$ to Obama, Hillary, and the DNC and along with campaign shady practices said in this article.
http://linkis.com/www.texasinsider.org/zdEEh
750 wow. Cruz is also getting those Muslims out to vote.
The media and the Cruz campaign have spun every Cruz loss into a win. The numbers tell the real story.Even at FR, People don’t see how successful Trump’s campaign has really been. It’s a lopsided win for Trump. But, We are stuck with the GOPe and a guy trying to steal delegates from a winner. Ted is in cahoots to promote a rule change to qualify a win for himself or get something for ruining Trump’s win.
Trump has 21 states w 6,020,000 win votes Cruz has 10 states w 1,724,000
Cruz has weaseled wins in small caucus states with oddball vote counting methods and some are certainly questionable.
Cruz carried these states:
Virgin Islands. by 30 votes
Wyoming........by 480 votes
Alaska............by 600 votes
Maine.............by 2,500
Ted’s total votes from 9 wins.
Wyoming....... 620 people and
Virgin Islands 200 people
Alaska..... 8,400
Maine...... 8,500
Kansas... 35,000
Iowa...... 52,000
Idaho.....100,000
Utah..... 122,000
Okie..... 158,000
That’s nine states totaling 485,000 votes.
If it wasn’t for Texas, he’d have a pile of beans!
Ted Cruz’s Texas win was 1,239,000
Cruz won 9 states with..... 1,724,000 votes
Trump won 21 states, and nearly all the states were won by tens and hundreds of thousands of votes. The millions that have attended his rallies have voted.
Marianas (343peeps)... Hawaii...........6,000
Vermont...... 20,000.....Nevada.........35,000
Kentucky..... 83,000.....N. Hamp.....101,000
Louisiana.... 125,000....Arkansas....133,000
Mississippi...191,000....S. Carolina...241,000
Arizona........250,000.....Mass...........311,000
Tennessee....333,000.....Virginia.......356,000
AlaBama.......372,000.....Missouri......382,000
N. Carolina...458,000.....Michigigan...483,000
Georgia........503,000......Illinois.........557,000
And Florida 1,079,741
Trump won 21 states with 6,020,000 votes. He has a total of 7,897,990 votes and 755 delegates. Thats 290 more than Ted.
Cruz’s only way to prevail now is by pure chicanery, just how he began this campaign. It is impossible now for him to have a clean delegate win. And it’s impossible for Cruz to qualify for POTUS since he is a NBC of Canada.
“When Trump comes into this state with no idea of what we’ve been through and says he should have raised taxes and the schools have gone begging. He sounds like a fricking liberal. He’s spouting all the same crap the libs here have been spouting for the last 5 years.
I totally agree that Trump pissed off a lot of people, especially in Waukesha and Washington Co. I am also very annoyed at McKenna and Sykes trashing Trump like MSJ reporters. To Sen.Cruz and Mr. Trump: Knock the &*((* off and focus on what can be done to prevent the third term of the USSA.
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