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.
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That's all you got in response to a link you cannot refute? That's all you can bring?
LOLOL!!! {^)
The behavior of a candidate's supporters speaks volumes about the candidate.
Red flag of warning -- conservatives, HEED IT.
Ted, there is no registry. Just stop.
I really do not care what you post. Get a life toots.
Too bad, so sad!
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
The intent has always been to make it mandatory.
Check Cruz’s plan.
*If you read his response, you can tell that Cruz did not take the bait.*
Yep.
Cruz didn’t disagree with what Trump didn’t say.
But the media will claim whatever it wants...
So many petty, mean, immature, and disingenuous Cruz supporters on this site. Maybe conservatives need to reevaluate Cruz then.
Having a hit TV show for seven years up to 2013 creating an self-promoted image for Donald Trump as a genius has had its effect. It's probably a big part of why the drawer of that cartoon is apparently convinced that Trump is immune to physics.
The truth, however, always wins out. People who ignore the truth are destined to be disappointed.
Equally true, and IMO, more true, in fact.
The full video and transcript is here. I wouldn’t hold it against him for making a gaffe in this situation and cleaning it up today. But he hasn’t been giving any clear retractions or clarifications in his follow-up responses to this.
IMO, the opposite, with you a point of evidence.
... and apparently, many Trump supporters will happily go along with a media narrative that falsely represents the words here of both Cruz and Trump.
‘Funny how *some* Cruz supporters don’t mind trashing Trump.’
There are a VERY few infantile Cruz supporters here.
They’re disgusting, repulsive and are easily identified and ignored.
There are PLENTY of us rational, adult Cruz supporters if you wish to converse with one.
You don’t see any Cruz ‘supporters’ swallowing the media lie?
Really?
Otherwise, cop to making FALSE ACCUSATIONS against me. One or the other.
And understand that a guy who has to bear false witness in order to make his candidate look good ... makes that candidate look bad.
Where did I ever make that claim?
Again, I never made that claim. And I'll do you one better -- I, a Cruz supporter, have wrongly swallowed several lies about Trump, then did my research, and corrected myself, admitted that I'd swallowed a bit of crafted propaganda because it was something I wanted to believe, and refrained from posting links to false or misleading info that wrongly/disingenuously made Trump look bad.
Can you honestly say the same of yourself with regard to Cruz?
All right.
It was pointless to remark on only one group.
You prove my point RIGHT NOW, you damned fool! You being a piece of evidence necessitates your being in any one of those categories, not all of them! You know this and thus are being disingenuous even as you type...
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