I think Sen. Cruz has comparable or better positions on all these things.
1. trump has proposed a 90 day moratorium on moslems entering the US. It will take them 90 days to figure out moslems from genuine Christian converts of recent vintage. See Western Europe where they’re currently grappling with this problem. Sen. Cruz, on the other hand, proposes a three YEAR moratorium on entry from the 30 nations most incomes in terrorism, which also happen to be most of the countries with the highest moslem populations. trump:3 months. Sen. Cruz: 3 YEARS.
2. Sen. Cruz will build the wall. And put the personnel and resources necessary to patrolling the border. Sen. Cruz will immediately deport all illegals who have committed a crime. He will strengthen e-verify (I’m hoping he will implement a policy to retroactively apply e-verify to ALL workers over a reasonable period of time). What do you think most employers will do when President Cruz starts doling out prison sentences for employing illegals? How many illegals will stay when they can neither work nor get welfare? How many will be left after strict enforcement of these enhanced laws? How much will it cost us to rid ourselves of nearly all illegals?
What is trump promising? To hire loads and loads of immigration workers to round up all the illegals and throw them out. Good luck. There will be riots before the first bus leaves. But let’s say trump doesn’t waffle in the face of major protests. Let’s say he doesn’t walk it back, as he has previously done. So, he actually deports every last illegal. What does he do next? He lets all the “productive” ones back in through an “expedited process.” I assume by “productive ones,” he means the roughly half who aren’t on any form of welfare, and half jobs, and no criminal record. That probably amounts to 6+ million - 15 million. In the long term, how is that better than Sen. Cruz’ policies?
3. Sen. Cruz has said that he will cut off all federal funding to sactuary cities, and will end anchor babies.
Sorry for the length of this post and any typos. I’m posting from a phone.
You don’t have to convince me. Cruz needs to convince the nation. He needs to go bold.
And unlike Trump, he won't want to paint his name all over it in big gold letters.