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Cruz Disagrees With Trump on Muslim Registry
Texas Tribune ^ | 11/20/2015 | Patrick Svitek

Posted on 11/20/2015 9:26:47 AM PST by GIdget2004

Ted Cruz on Friday put a bit of distance between himself and arguably his closest ally in the presidential race: Donald Trump.

Kicking off a two-day swing through Iowa, the U.S. senator from Texas was asked about Trump's apparent openness Thursday to a national registry of American Muslims in the wake of the recent Paris terrorist attacks.

"I'm a big fan of Donald Trump's, but not a fan of government registries of American citizens," Cruz told reporters before a town hall at Briar Cliff University. The "First Amendment protects religious liberty."

Asked Thursday by NBC News if he wanted to monitor Muslims in America through a database, Trump replied he would "certainly implement that." The suggestion has drawn comparisons to Nazi Germany and has sparked bipartisan criticism.

Cruz has cultivated a chummy relationship with the billionaire, declining to directly criticize him on a host of issues. He refused to go further Friday when asked again about Trump's idea, reiterating his belief that reporters just want to see the two duke it out.

Cruz was joined at the town hall by U.S. Rep. Steve King of Iowa, who endorsed the senator Monday. Speaking with reporters, King also expressed some opposition to Trump's idea of a Muslim registry, saying he did not know how it would work in practice.

(Excerpt) Read more at texastribune.org ...


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To: John S Mosby

Cruz didn’t actually say anything about Trump. The MSM strikes again.


101 posted on 11/20/2015 10:27:08 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

yeah, Cruz is too smart to fall for this ... trust but verify when asked ANYTHING by the MSM (or anyone else)


102 posted on 11/20/2015 10:28:24 AM PST by EDINVA
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To: sheik yerbouty

Effing spell correction! “Just call it a jihadist sympathizer registry”..


103 posted on 11/20/2015 10:31:55 AM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: FreeReign

Why am I not surprised. Some of you Trump supporters have lost all sense of objectivity.
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Some of you Cruz supporters think he is the brightest light in the Universe. A lot of us were formerly Cruz supporters until he made some DRASTIC errors that showed his neophyte weaknesses. We switched to someone who holds the aces in what counts at this period of time, the ECONOMY. Cruz is for Free Trade and jobs for foreigners. Trump is for FAIR TRADE and jobs for AMERICANS. First things First.


104 posted on 11/20/2015 10:31:56 AM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

“Cruz should have checked Truth or Fiction before stepping in it.”

Yeah, isn’t it strange how at every turn of the road, the MSM tries to create misinformation when it comes to Trump, and yet, Trump drives right by the “bump” they’ve created and up he goes in the polls again.


105 posted on 11/20/2015 10:32:34 AM PST by vette6387
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To: DJ MacWoW

“Or that he doesn’t like registries?”

There is an implication there and it should to be cleared up.


106 posted on 11/20/2015 10:32:54 AM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Trump should know better than to accept some stupid reporter’s premise and say that we should require all Muslims to sign up in a national registry, an insanely stupid concept.


107 posted on 11/20/2015 10:33:39 AM PST by JediJones (The #1 Must-see Filibuster of the Year: TEXAS TED AND THE CONSERVATIVE CRUZ-ADE)
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To: b4its2late

Hell Trump was a Hillary backer...


108 posted on 11/20/2015 10:33:56 AM PST by carjic (Media and GOPe are making the only people I trust not electable)
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To: Monty22002

You can’t stand your second and he sucks?

Okay then.


109 posted on 11/20/2015 10:35:09 AM PST by CatherineofAragon ("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Yes Cruz should know better. It gets all of us from time to time. You would think we would test it first. I won’t hold it against either candidate. I hold it against the media.


110 posted on 11/20/2015 10:35:24 AM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: Mollypitcher1
Some of you Cruz supporters think he is the brightest light in the Universe.

Do me a favor Molly.

Find somebody who believes Cruz is "the brightest light in the Universe", and post that nonsense to them.

Spare me the strawman fallacy.

Thanks.

111 posted on 11/20/2015 10:36:46 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: b4its2late

Thanks!

This will not hurt Trump.


112 posted on 11/20/2015 10:38:11 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Syrians escape to live well in US & EU..Our troops go to Syria to die in their place. More Obamacrap)
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To: DJ MacWoW

In the Texas Tribune article, Cruz is quoted as saying “I’m a big fan of Donald Trump”. So let’s ask you— did you read the article. And, that being asked— did Cruz actually even say that? LOL- see how it works?

I don’t want the collateral damage created by this fraud against Trump to extend to Cruz. Cruz has probably dodged it- but... maybe not. I hate the f’n media- scum sucking lowlife queers, queens and a lot in between, who do not work at anything but lies.


113 posted on 11/20/2015 10:38:26 AM PST by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: dforest

Yes, Trump did say it. It’s another example of Trump being really “green” on social/domestic issues and him showing a lack of understanding of the Constitution.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/11/20/trump-causes-firestorm-with-muslim-registry-remarks-but-what-did-really-say.html

Yet the reporter went on to ask Trump directly, once again, about a database for Muslims, and Trump did not dismiss the idea.

Instead, when asked how to do it, Trump said: “It would be just good management.”

Asked if those running it would have to go to mosques, he said: “Different places. You sign them up … but it’s all about management.”


114 posted on 11/20/2015 10:38:29 AM PST by JediJones (The #1 Must-see Filibuster of the Year: TEXAS TED AND THE CONSERVATIVE CRUZ-ADE)
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To: goldstategop

We need to turn it around and ask if Obama has a database on conservative. On the Tea Party. On Christians. On pro-lifers. Etc. In fact his administration has target some of these groups for various reasons. He supporters special interest groups who label them as terrorists. His administration has dragged some of them into court. He wants to seek out Christians who believe the Bible about marriage and abortion and then swipe their tax exempt status and label them in a database as “haters.”


115 posted on 11/20/2015 10:38:43 AM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

“I’m a big fan of Donald Trump’s, but not a fan of government registries of American citizens,” Cruz told reporters ....

How is that skewing what Cruz said, which was criticizing something that Trump DID NOT say?

The thrust of this thread is that Cruz should know better than anyone not to be baited by the MSM, as he obviously was in this instance.


116 posted on 11/20/2015 10:40:29 AM PST by EDINVA
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To: Mollypitcher1

Social issues and national security issues are far more important for a candidate to be correct on. If those are handled right, then the economic issues work themselves out. Whether you elect Cruz or Trump, either one will have almost no discernibly different effect on the economy.

There is almost no difference between Trump and Cruz on trade and immigration. The only difference is Trump will let current illegals come back and be legal citizens while Cruz has consistently ruled out ever giving them citizenship.


117 posted on 11/20/2015 10:44:16 AM PST by JediJones (The #1 Must-see Filibuster of the Year: TEXAS TED AND THE CONSERVATIVE CRUZ-ADE)
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To: EDINVA

Wrong, Trump was baited by the MSM on a Muslim registry and took the bait. He said going to different places and having good management would be used to sign up Muslims into a registry.


118 posted on 11/20/2015 10:45:18 AM PST by JediJones (The #1 Must-see Filibuster of the Year: TEXAS TED AND THE CONSERVATIVE CRUZ-ADE)
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To: Parley Baer
There is an implication there and it should to be cleared up.

LOLOL!!!

Yeah! Let's all dance when the MSM pulls the strings. Not!

119 posted on 11/20/2015 10:46:10 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: FreeReign

Funny how Cruz supporters don’t mind trashing Trump. Cruz has made some very serious errors and his supporters refuse to acknowledge them. When he backtracks and makes excuses, that is also excused. See your man for what he is....Ill Equipped for the immediate problems at hand in the country.


120 posted on 11/20/2015 10:46:26 AM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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