I saw the interview and was disappointed in Ted Cruz’s performance. he refused to clarify his earlier statements about the 14th Amendment and wouldn’t answer her question about deportation of changing the condition we have regarding protecting our borders. I’ve been a solid Cruz supporter since his stand on the budget as a senator, but this showing was sad.
Cruz dodged Kelly’s question about deporting illegal parents along with their US citizen children.
He should have answered it directly, the way Trump did when O’Reilly asked him the same question.
I thought he made it plain that after the border was secure “There has to be a discussion.”
In other words, Congress and the public would need to decide what to do with the illegals already here as well as decide how to do it.
It may or may not be constitutional. It may require additional laws.
At any rate, it seems to be his position that it is not something the president should do unless the congress and the public will support it.
I think he is correct.
I like Cruz and support him, but there is another story here on FR tonight that gives me insight into what is making Trump so popular.
That is: Trump is a leader. Think of General Patton or other war heroes who had the ability to inspire followers.
And then they led the charge.
Instead of a thousand words that put listeners to sleep, they leap up and shout “Charge”.
I have seen the same thing in business, people who got workers to do impossible things because they inspired loyalty.
My point is that both Cruz and Trump have the same goals. Their difference is in how to go about it.
Cruz is the anti-establishment working within the confines of the system. Trump is the anti-establishment working outside the confines of the system.
You want to build a wall? “Yes”. You want to deport all the illegal immigrants? “We have to secure our border first, then find bipartisan support for how to proceed”. But that’s not a yes or no answer ... ad nauseum.
I should have added that we see the same traits as Trump has in sports team coaches, Marine drill instructors, etc.
Not sermons that put you to sleep, but get off your butts and go get them.
Inspirational, not intellectual droning.
I’ve seen similar attitudes from people on Facebook.
The fact is there is no way Cruz could have answered the questions the way Megyn framed them. He was exactly right to pleasantly go back to a solid plan for dealing with illegal immigrants.
Megyn actually expected him to deal with a sad little scenario in which she pictured two innocent but illegal parents with two anchor babies. Was mean old Cruz going to send the illegal parents back without their babies? Or was he gonna send the whole family back even though two are American citizens.
She did not want a sensible answer and this was obvious to Cruz, so he pleasantly kept to his theory about how to handle the big picture of illegal immigration.
Ted Cruz was right in his answer,Secure the border FIRST,then talk about the rest after,we have had the other debate before about the ones already here,and they all got to stay and the border is still wide open.
Shut the damn border First and don’t fall for liberal scenarios that are designed to just make you look evil.