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Ted Cruz: 'My Vote on Loretta Lynch is Unambiguously No'
Newsmax ^ | Saturday, 18 Apr 2015 06:35 PM | Todd Beamon

Posted on 04/19/2015 1:43:29 PM PDT by SoConPubbie

exas Sen. Ted Cruz said Saturday that he would not support Loretta Lynch for attorney general and that the only "way to defeat ISIS is a simple and clear military objective.

"We will destroy them," Cruz said of the Islamic State to cheers at the Republican Leadership Summit in Nashua, N.H.

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"We need a commander-in chief who says the objective is not to weaken, not to degrade ISIS," Cruz said in answering a summit participant's question. "It is to utterly and completely destroy ISIS.

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Any decision on whether to use American combat troops should be "driven by the military necessities of accomplishing the goal of destroying ISIS," he said, and any U.S. involvement in any military conflict "should begin with a congressional authorization or a declaration of war."

Regarding Lynch, the senator said to applause: "My vote on Loretta Lynch is going to be unambiguously no. Unequivocal."

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He said that when he asked Lynch whether she would support Obama's amnesty orders, "she said absolutely yes.

"I asked if there were any limits to this executive amnesty," Cruz added, and the nominee "refused to answer this question. She refused to acknowledge any limits on the president's authority.

"In my view, when you have an attorney general nominee who looks at the United States Senate and says he or she will not enforce any constitutional limits whatsoever on the power of the president, there is no way in good conscience … to vote to confirm such a nominee."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; cruz; election2016; lorettalynch; paultardation; paultardnoisemachine; randpaulnoisemachine; randsconcerntrolls; tedcruz; texas
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

lol, 2 for speeding (which is legal but very shady), going through light, passing on the right, tailgating, swerving. 40 minutes went by and I was wondering if I was going to get arrested, lol, but all that time he had been searching for my license :) Divine intervention for breaking the law? who knows lol


41 posted on 04/19/2015 4:04:59 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: SoConPubbie

“Unambiguous.” “Unequivocal.”

That is why Ted Cruz should and will be our next president!

Ted Cruz - 2016


42 posted on 04/19/2015 6:09:04 PM PDT by TigersEye (STONE COLD ZOMBIE SCOURGE)
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To: manc
You know when you are getting old when the police look like kids.

The first time I consciously noticed that I was 24. The kid almost drew down on me. In a grocery store.

43 posted on 04/19/2015 6:15:17 PM PDT by TigersEye (STONE COLD ZOMBIE SCOURGE)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
"I asked if there were any limits to this executive amnesty," Cruz added, and the nominee "refused to answer this question. She refused to acknowledge any limits on the president's authority. In my view, when you have an attorney general nominee who looks at the United States Senate and says he or she will not enforce any constitutional limits whatsoever on the power of the president, there is no way in good conscience ... to vote to confirm such a nominee."
Meanwhile, Jeb sez, don't be so hardheaded, vote to confirm her, for the sake of going along to get along.
44 posted on 04/20/2015 12:25:11 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: SoConPubbie

Sometimes you have to scorch the earth that it might repair itself and grow back more productive.....


45 posted on 04/20/2015 3:03:46 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: SoConPubbie

SoCon, please take me off the list. Too much to read through.

Still on the Cruz train, though.. thanks!


46 posted on 04/20/2015 9:06:02 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Good news, and his reason is sound.
Looking forward to the vote. It will separate the goats from the sheep, in my opinion.


47 posted on 04/20/2015 1:06:09 PM PDT by Jack Black ( Disarmament of a targeted group is one of the surest early warning signs of future genocide.)
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