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Ted Cruz: Obama has enflamed race relations
The Washington Examiner ^ | 2015-04-29 | David M. Drucker

Posted on 04/29/2015 6:21:51 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday asserted that President Obama has irresponsibly enflamed race relations in the United States and wasted a unique opportunity to heal old wounds and bring Americans together.

The Texas Republican, a candidate for president in 2016, made those comments during an appearance in Washington hosted by the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, in the midst of continuing unrest between African-Americans and the police in Baltimore. Like Obama, whose mother was Caucasian and father an African from Kenya, Cruz is biracial — the son of a white mother and Hispanic father who was born and raised in Cuba.

During a question and answer session with USHCC President and CEO Javier Palomarez, Cruz alluded to his belief that Obama has been a racially divisive president. Asked by CNN's Dana Bash in a short news conference that followed if that's what he meant, Cruz didn't back down.

"I think he has not used his role as president to bring us together. He has exacerbated racial misunderstandings, racial tensions, from back at the beer summit to a series of efforts to pit Americans against each other. And, part of the problem is the way he advocates for any given plan, is to build a straw man of the opposition and then to vilify their position. So that, in the president's telling, anyone who opposes Obamacare wants people to be denied healthcare and to get sick and pass away. That's the only reason someone could oppose Obamacare, is because you malevolently want people to suffer," Cruz said. "When you come to the Iran deal, anyone that opposes this terrible Iran deal, must be because they want war. Dividing us over and over and over again is a dangerous approach for a president. It's an irresponsible approach for a president. I think we need to be looking to unity."

Earlier in the program, Palomarez asked Cruz to comment on the riots in Baltimore and other cities where African-Americans and the police have clashed, and specifically how he would address the "racial tensions that stubbornly, stubbornly, still exist in this country."

"What has been happening in Baltimore has been heartbreaking. And, you're seeing a city right now that is breaking," Cruz said, adding: "One of the things that has been very disappointing when it comes to questions of race relations: President Obama when he was elected, he could have been a unifying figure. He could have chosen to be a leader on race relations in the United States. And, he hasn't done that. He's made decisions that I think have enflamed racial tensions, that have divided us rather than bringing us together."


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To: E. Pluribus Unum; Kale; Jarhead9297; COUNTrecount; notaliberal; DoughtyOne; MountainDad; ...
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21 posted on 04/29/2015 8:00:34 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Ted is telling it like it is.


22 posted on 04/29/2015 8:07:49 PM PDT by boycott
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To: ConorMacNessa
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke: Obama ‘Quietly Enjoying’ Unrest in Baltimore

therightpundit ^ | 4/29/15 | David Clarke

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3284576/posts

Not holding back one bit. Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke says O is “quietly enjoying” what’s going on in Baltimore because he’s a ‘promoter of division’ and has ‘benefitted politically’ from ‘dividing’ people.

Sheriff Clarke points out all the times President Obama has pitted one group of Americans against another. He also questions why Obama didn’t come out and speak about the Baltimore riots earlier. He was interviewed here on the Mark Levin Show

Triplegate: It's Like Saul Alinsky is Running the Country

Townhall.com ^ | May 20, 2013 | Rachel Alexander

http://www.christianpost.com/news/obamas-triplegate-its-like-saul-alinsky-is-running-the-country-96251/

The level of corruption is so high right now it is like Saul Alinsky is running the White House.

Alinsky, the radical activist who wrote Rules for Radicals, which he dedicated to Satan, taught the radical left to use dishonest tactics in order to achieve their agenda – “by any means necessary.” He advocated lying and harassing those with opposing viewpoints. Both Obama and Hillary Clinton were deeply influenced by Alinsky. Alinsky biographer Sanford Howitt has said Obama's 2008 election campaign was influenced by Alinsky, and that Obama followed in his footsteps as a community organizer.

Alinsky's son David wrote in an article that appeared in the Boston Globe, “Obama learned his lesson well. I am proud to see that my father’s model for organizing is being applied successfully beyond local community organizing to affect the Democratic campaign in 2008. It is a fine tribute to Saul Alinsky as we his approach his 100th birthday.” Obama revealed a few years ago that his years training as a community organizer at Alinsky's Industrial Areas Foundation, “gave him the best education of his life.” He has quoted Alinsky in speeches.

23 posted on 04/29/2015 8:25:47 PM PDT by Dqban22
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To: boycott
Ted is telling it like it is.

Liberal (and Black) CNN commentators laughed at his comment. The host (Don Lemon) in Baltimore made a point to have the camera look at their smiling faces. The woman commentator says the Cruz remarks were patently untrue.

24 posted on 04/29/2015 8:59:05 PM PDT by CedarDave (Bush vs. Clinton in 2016? If you have a 24-year old car, the bumper stickers are still good!)
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To: markomalley

Meanwhile, Walker is likely trying to evolve an opinion. Jeb is somewhere babbling something in Spanish, while Paul is calling his daddy.


25 posted on 04/29/2015 9:24:52 PM PDT by Gator113 (Cruz, Lee, and Sessions speak for me.... most anyone else is just noise.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Hmm. Why is it that only Cruz is able to tell the true about O?

All of the others just keep silent while this disaster stumbles on and on.


26 posted on 04/29/2015 9:47:08 PM PDT by garjog (Obama: bringing joy to the hearts of Terrorists everywhere.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The third sentence could be read to mean that Ted Cruz himself was born and raised in Cuba.


27 posted on 04/30/2015 10:24:53 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

Bookmark


28 posted on 04/30/2015 5:49:52 PM PDT by publius911 (If you like Obamacare, You'll LOVE ObamaWeb.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

FLASHBACK: KENYA 2006 - Welcome Home Senator Obama

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCxCg6Y5w6Q


29 posted on 04/30/2015 5:50:44 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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To: Verginius Rufus
Just like he did in Kenya in 2006, Hussein Obama foments riots to further the MARXIST cause.

To: Syncro

Supporters of Raila Odinga(BARAK OBAMAS FIRST COUSIN), the leading presidential challenger, rallied in Kibera, a slum near Nairobi.(According to the NY Times, this is a "rally")

Mr. Odinga’s (BARAK OBAMAS FIRST COUSIN, WHO HE CAMPAIGNED IN KENYA FOR)followers tried to march from Kibera to Nairobi.

A supporter of the presidential challenger Raila Odinga (OBAMAS FIRST COUSIN, WHO HE CAMPAIGNED FOR IN KENYA IN 2006) in Kibera, a sprawling slum near the capital, Nairobi.

Odinga supporters riot in December 2007(ODINGA IS BARAK OBMAMS FIRST COUSIN, OBAMA CAMPAIGNED FOR HIM IN KENYA IN 2006)

30 posted on 04/30/2015 5:53:47 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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