Posted on 11/22/2016 3:21:21 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
On the list of surprising visitors calling on president-elect Donald Trump last week, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas ranks right up there with alleged Secretary of State candidate Mitt Romney.
While Romney who called Trump a phony and talked openly about derailing his candidacy during the campaign had an actual job attached to the meeting with his former nemesis on Saturday, Cruzs visit was billed as more of a drop-by.
Its true that after the name-calling between Cruz and Trump (who tagged him Lyin Ted) during the primary campaign; after Trumps derogatory comments about Cruzs wife; after Trumps suggestion that Cruzs father had a role in the JFK assassination; and after Cruz neglected to endorse Trump at the Republican National convention, they did in the end come together. In September, Cruz finally endorsed Trump and campaigned for him....
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A lot of ignorant comments here. There isn’t a better constitutionalist out there than Cruz.
Yes the RINO’s hate him and he would have a hard time getting confirmed. But if he was - he would poke the left in the eye for decades. Brilliantly.
Cruz wont be re-elected to his Senate seat; Texans are done with him.
‘Sure beats having Hillary, who is now considered white as snow by the Trump campaign’
“Btw, wild reckless comments like yours are exactly why Cruz and his supporters got smoked. Learn it.”
Second that, dragnet. Leftists and anti-Trumpers are slow learners.
Btw, unless Conway’s name is Trump, the statement is BS. Trump said a Hillary prosecution is still on the table. Sorry to interject facts into a Trump-smear, but that’s what he said.
(Plus, as Bill Mitchell pointed out, there may be an effort at work to keep Obama from pardoning Hillary. But that is too strategic for most to comprehend. )
ZERO chance. He could never be confirmed to anything. Great senator, though; needs to stay right there, IMHO.
Cruz wont be re-elected to his Senate seat; Texans are done with him.
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Who do you think would be the odds on favorite to defeat Cruz?
Were you not aware Clinton is not under consideration for SoS?
Not yet but going by the rate of his recent backflips...should I be too surprised if she will be?
But don't feel too bad, at least Cruz beat his wife.
Think Cruz needs to stay in the Senate for now and continue the work of getting more “like minded” candidates elected.
I am sorry but I simply do not trust him in any way. I do not want him on the SC.
Agreed. He quit very abruptly after a photograph of his father was released passing out flyers with Oswald. If his father did work for the CIA, even peripherally, no way. Trump will get people on it that can figure if the image is really Rafael.
Cruz apparently never read Pub.L. 82-414 § 301(a)(7), 66 Stat. 236 or Rogers v. Bellei, 401 U.S. 815 (1971)
What back flips are you talking about?
I speculate there is a real chance this will happen quickly. We are aware that he met in Trump tower for 5 hours. Why? He was with Trump over an hour. This is the Scalia seat. I was a Trump guy but I admired Cruz staunch constitutional fights in the Senate.I would be elated if he was our pick on day one. This would be a bomb shell in the communist head quarters that we deserve in our fight to save this country. I urge and support Ted Cruz for SCOTUS NOW!! This is the Scalia seat!! If they filibuster NUKE THE BASTARDS!! — They did that to us. There are consequences to elections.!!!!!Go CRUZ SCOTUS!!
What, specifically, did he say about Ted’s wife?
If he’s unable to get that simple premise correct, I’ll pass.
Yeah, Cruz. The most unethical, scumbag, sleaze balll, POS in DC.
Lol.... nice combo there. Right cross to the nose, followed by a vicious elbow to the chin. Maybe Cruz could get into women’s MMA fighting after he loses his senate seat.
Give it up!!! Lyn’ Ted ain’t getting anywhere near the Supreme Court, except maybe to defend his US citizenship. What a loser. People need to seriously give it up, no way Lyn’ Ted ever recovers his lost reputation. Please stop embarrassing yourselves thinking otherwise or that somehow he might slip in somewhere.
Stop with this garbage. Trump said nothing unforgivable about Ms Cruz. On the other hand a Cruz campaign spokeswoman said disgraceful things about Melania Cruz, that began the whole wife issue, in March 2016.
Ms Cruz has said and published things that no conservative should be on board with. Her & his long time associations with Goldman Sachs & the lies, mischaracterizations & omissions in Cruz’s campaigns should give any objective person pause. For Trump to say that “wives should be off limits remember there are things I could say”, or words to that effect, was a restrained and factual statement referring to the Goldman Sachs connection.
Since Ms Cruz repeatedly said “they” were running her past position statements and employment record are relevant.
considering Romney for SoS, not pursuing Hillary, backtracking on global warming
No, he would be easily confirmed. The Senate would love to get rid of him. And the Senate is right where he belongs right now.That’s about the only senator I can think of who will keep the bastards honest, including the president-elect.
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