Posted on 01/14/2016 7:59:52 PM PST by Helicondelta
Cruz "insulted a lot of people," Trump said. "I've had more calls on that statement that Ted made. New York is a great place, it's got great people, it's got loving people, wonderful people. When the World Trade Center came down, I saw something that no place on Earth could have handled more beautifully, more humanely than New York."
"[T]wo one hundred and ten story buildings come crashing down. I saw them come down. Thousands of people killed, and the clean up started the next day and it was the most horrific cleanup in the history of doing this and in construction," Trump said.
"I was down there. And I've never seen anything like it. And the people in New York fought and fought and fought and we saw more death and even the smell of death, nobody understood it. And it was with us for months, the smell, the air. And we rebuilt downtown Manhattan and everybody in the world watched and everybody in the world loved New York and loved New Yorkers. And I have to tell you that was a really insulting statement that Ted made."
Cruz did not offer a response to Trump.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
The Cruz zinger, “I’m just sayin’” was hilarious! My only concern is that Cruz might be too smart for the room. Trump knew it too, and he went for an emotional response (also smart). Everyone else on the stage pales in comparison to these two.
Nice cheap shot. trump did well tonight
What exactly have the ^true conservatives^ in congress accomplished?
Obamacare scrapped?
Illegals deported?
Wall built?
Anchor babies outlawed?
National debt reduced?
Abortion restricted?
China trade deficit reduced?
Food stamp growth curbed?
Welfare growth reduced?
Fraud in Medicare & Social Security under control? (25% of Medicare payments go to fraudulent claims, and there are tens of thousands of people over age 110 still getting social security checks automatically)
If Trump can deliver any 3 of above, he is more than enough conservative for most rational people.
Trump is conservative on these issues:
Pro life since at least 2011, wanted to ban partial birth abortion as far back as 2000.
Pro Traditional marriage. ^Gay rights is not my thing.^
Pro capital punishment ^Capital punishment isn't uncivilized; murderers living is^
Hold Judges accountable
Opposes ^Common core is a disaster^ Teach citizenship, quit ^dumbing down^.
Anti education unions (2000)
For school choice
^Climate Change is a hoax^
^No Cap-and-Tax^
For drilling our own.
On Environment ^Good development enhances the environment^
Stressed the importance of a strong family & culture of life (2015)
Supports Israel
Opposes Iran deal and letting Iran obtain the bomb.
Wants to crush ISIS quickly.
Wants a military so strong no one will challenge us.
Against unbalanced trade deals that kill American jobs.
Against warrant-less government surveillance of citizens.
Is against having a high national debt. Warns that $24T is a point of no return.
Against gun control
For assault weapon ban but says the AR-15 shouldn't be considered an assault weapon.
Wants to repeal Obamacare and replace it with market driven polices and increased competition among insurance companies.
Wants to increase military spending.
Will close the border to illegals
Will send the criminals and sponges back.
Will deport all illegals but will let the hard working ones go through the legal process to come back.
Against Anchor babies
Knows unemployment is much higher than official stats.
Will bring jobs back through better trade negotiation.
Attended military academy and Wharton Business School.
Stood up for Birthers and challenged Obama on his fraud.
Believes USA is ^the greatest force for freedom the world has ever known^
Wants to honor commitments on Social Security and Medicare, which we can afford to do if he gets the economy going full steam.
Wants to reduce the fraud in disability and other programs.
Against marriage penalties in tax code.
Wants to simplify tax code with just 3 simple brackets.
Wants to reduce income taxes and reduce corporate tax.
Wants to rebuild our infrastructure.
Wants to apply welfare-to-work to 76 other welfare programs (2011)
Doesn't have time for political correctness.
Not afraid to call out either party or both when they are wrong.
Not a puppet to rich campaign donors. Go Trump 2016! Born in America of two US Citizen Parents! A true Natural Born Citizen!
A plane would fly over, a horn would honk, a bang of something it was jumping for those people, but I have never seen the ‘togetherness’ of people, fire people, police people from all over the country, the love of the world and America wrapped their arms around New York, and not even to mention the Pentagon, and the “Let's Roll” in Pa....
For Cruz to be so immature and ‘punkish’ and ‘stupid’ on a remark like this is disgusting, but then he is a ‘sitting politician’ and we all know they don't have very many brains...
Cruz has lost his bid for President, you just don't come out and say things like this to people that will never forget, the families of lost loved ones, the friends you worked with...
Cruz, you done, go back to Texas where you belong, New York doesn't want you....
There was no need for Cruz to disrespect the casualties from the 9/11 attacks. Teddy would probably feel differently if it happened in Toronto.
Trump has been practicing. His debating skill curve is trending up considerably.
Trump is an ass for comparing 9/11 to NY liberal values.
Might as well invoked Hitler while he was lying about it.
I don’t think it’s a matter of siding with New Yorkers.
It is an issue of whether anyone should dis the people of a state they may need to win the presidency.
It’s a question of insulting people. You just don’t do that to a group, whether you expect them to vote for you or not.
You disagree on policy. You don’t just blanket insult them.
How far we have come where so many FReepers would cheer Trump on rallying us to NYC de Blasio values?
It was personal. He could take it as far as he wanted.
Me: Freeper since 1998
Is it OK if I support Trump?
William F. Buckley actually lived on an island in Stamford, Connecticut.
he said nothing about any casualties nor any attack that was THE THE GUY!!
Freegards!
Whatsamatter? Don’t like the article?
Cruz got too close to the flame. He is finished. He might make scotus if he shuts up!
We castigate Republican elected officials for going to DC and going liberal.
But here at FR those same people who berated officials have
rushed to a Populist instead of a conservative for president.
Seems like any True Conservative here who has a criticism of
this is fully justified.
And new FR’s who contribute little but blind personality worship will have to take their lumps.
Bingo
he found an emotional hook that the DEVOTEES would not notice as same threw it out and they swallowed it and the sinker.
It was REALLY low. Trashy even.
Id did not relate in any manner whatsoever
the MICROAGRESSED are ready for any call to EMOTE
This is no longer a Conservative Forum. I think it once was back 15 years ago when I signed up.
What, all of a sudden I’m supposed to pretend I support pro-abortion, pro-queer, anti-gun values?
Forget that.
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