Posted on 08/11/2015 6:23:57 AM PDT by don-o
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, says Chattanooga unfortunately has joined a group of U.S. cities that have been the victims of what he called radical Islamic terrorism.
And if he's made president in 2016, he would stop that trend, he said Monday.
Cruz, who is seeking the Republican nod in the 2016 presidential election, stood before a crowd of more than 800 Monday during a Tennessee campaign tour that started in Chattanooga.
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Monday's event was held at GraceWorks Church, on Lee Highway. The rally was first planned to be at Republican headquarters, but Chattanooga Tea Party President Mark West, who is also chairman of Cruz's campaign in Southeast Tennessee, said public interest quickly outgrew the space.
And minutes before Cruz arrived Monday, West was still moving chairs and trying to make more room.
"We really kind of exceeded the capacity of this auditorium , " West said ... after the event.
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During an event in Murfreesboro, Tenn., later Monday, Cruz filled a gymnasium and event staff eventually had to turn away supporters because of local safety codes, West said.
From there, Cruz went to Franklin, Jackson and into Mississippi today. He also plans to visit the Memphis area today, West said Monday.
Cruz's strategy appears to be to target mid-sized cities and energize local Republicans on their home turf. And that plan seems to be unfolding after Cruz picked up support after the first GOP presidential debate last week.
He said Monday that Tennessee would play a "critical role" in the primary.
Tennessee will be an early battleground after primaries in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. So-called Super Tuesday is a mere 10 days after South Carolina's primary.
"Tennessee is going to play a critical role in the Republican presidential primary," Cruz told the crowd of supporters.
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If that is just the beginning I’m all for him.
I think a Cruz/Trump 2016 ticket would be the best. Cruz could make Trump his attack dog on any and all matters that require such.
Cruz says if he becomes president he'll stop trend of 'radical Islamic terrorism'He'll give them green cards and H1B visas to so they'll love us.
I was really hoping he'd be a tad more specific, like...
Cruz says if he becomes president he'll stop trend of 'radical Islamic terrorism' in Washington D.C.!
That statement is demonstrably false!
Look at what the First Muslim has done to us in the last 7 years! All by himself. The direct opposite!
Works for me!
But then I have OD'd on the last 1300 years of muslim history.
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