Texas Sen. Cruz plans four stops on Tenn. trip

NASHVILLE — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz now has four stops scheduled in a planned trip through Tennessee on Aug. 10 to promote himself as the Republican presidential nominee, all at county GOP gatherings.

The Cruz campaign website Friday posted plans for a “biscuits and gravy” breakfast in Chattanooga, a “taste of homecoming” luncheon in Murfreesboro and an afternoon “Southern sweets meet and greet” at Brentwood, Tenn., on that date. The Jackson Sun had previously reported Cruz has plans for an evening dinner event at Jackson on the same day.

As previously reported, other planned Tennessee visits by Republican presidential candidates include a Jeb Bush fundraiser Tuesday in Williamson County and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s Aug. 23 appearance at a fundraiser for state Tennessee Sen. Jack Johnson in Williamson County. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for president, has a fundraising event in Williamson County on Aug. 27. Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., and Donald Trump have both accepted invitations to attend a National Federation of Republican Assemblies forum later this month in Nashville, according to The Tennessean, but the exact dates and details of their appearances have not been announced.

The fundraiser for Bush is being co-hosted by Jim Haslam, founder of the Pilot Flying J chain of truck stops and gas stations. He and son Jimmy Haslam, Pilot Flying J CEO, are both publicly supporting the former Florida governor’s presidential bid while Jim Haslam’s second son, Gov. Bill Haslam, has decided to stay out of the GOP presidential primary for 2016 — though he joined his father, brother and other Haslam family members in backing Mitt Romney for the nomination in both 2008 and 2012.

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“The fundraiser for Bush is being co-hosted by Jim Haslam, founder of the Pilot Flying J chain of truck stops and gas stations. He and son Jimmy Haslam, Pilot Flying J CEO, are both publicly supporting the former Florida governor’s presidential bid while Jim Haslam’s second son, Gov. Bill Haslam, has decided to stay out of the GOP presidential primary for 2016 — though he joined his father, brother and other Haslam family members in backing Mitt Romney for the nomination in both 2008 and 2012.”

The Haslams, Bushes, and Romney—there’s not a dime’s worth of difference between any of these clowns. If the Haslams are backing a candidate, you can take it to the bank that the candidate is an authentic big government, Chamber of Commerce-type, establishment Republican.

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