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After Trump Drops Out of Debate, Cruz Challenges Him to a ‘Mano a Mano‘
Mediaite ^ | 1/26/16 | Sam Reisman

Posted on 01/26/2016 5:37:14 PM PST by don-o

As news spread of Donald Trump's intention to boycott the Republican debate this Thursday, Ted Cruz's national press secretary tweeted out that the Texas senator wished to challenge the GOP frontrunner to a "mano a mano."

Cruz made the remarks to Mark Levin on his radio show Tuesday night. "If Donald is afraid of Megyn Kelly," Cruz said, "I would like to invite him... to participate in a one-on-one debate, between me and Donald, mano a mano."

trump cruz 2As news spread of Donald Trump's intention to boycott the Republican debate this Thursday, Ted Cruz's national press secretary tweeted out that the Texas senator wished to challenge the GOP frontrunner to a "mano a mano."

Cruz made the remarks to Mark Levin on his radio show Tuesday night. "If Donald is afraid of Megyn Kelly," Cruz said, "I would like to invite him... to participate in a one-on-one debate, between me and Donald, mano a mano."

Cruz floated Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh as possible moderators -- but he also said he'd be willing to take him on with no moderator at all, should Trump prove to be afraid of all those people too.

He pondered how Trump could be commander-in-chief if he was "terrified of a TV host."

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To: Jane Long
Trump has every right to ask for and expect a fair debate.

Trump should get to submit the questions he is to be asked. Let Megyn ask the others what she wants.

Work for you?

301 posted on 01/26/2016 7:18:23 PM PST by don-o (Why is Trump afraid of a girl? visit duckingdonald.com)
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To: cornfedcowboy
Maybe, we will know Monday. I think it was the press release and Fox allowing a Muslim who called him Hitler to ask a question. Or maybe he knows he will lose Iowa. They have their internal polling. Trump is unpredictable and has run an amazing campaign as a non politico. Maybe this helps him. I believe Fox will hammer Cruz. They want Rubio.
302 posted on 01/26/2016 7:20:30 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 (I like Trump and Cruz. Leave me the heck alone.)
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To: SoConPubbie

I really think it is disgusting that Trump is using the vets and wounded warriors just as a way to try to draw attention to himself because he got his feelings hurt. He could do a fund-raiser for them at any time - heck, he could raise funds for them at every one of his rallies if he wanted. But he specifically uses them to say, “hey look at me! Don’t pay attention to that debate!” As usual with Donald, it is all about him.


303 posted on 01/26/2016 7:20:57 PM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: DoughtyOne

Not until this month have I seen any site that thought of itself as conservative ripping into Ted Cruz in every other post.


304 posted on 01/26/2016 7:21:22 PM PST by JediJones (The #1 Must-see Filibuster of the Year: TEXAS TED AND THE CONSERVATIVE CRUZ-ADE)
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To: Rides_A_Red_Horse

Trump suspends his scheduled campaign for the night. Kind of like McCain suspending his for that bailout Trump endorsed. After which he was, effectively, Prisoner Of Obama.


305 posted on 01/26/2016 7:24:08 PM PST by JohnBovenmyer (Obama been Liberal. Hope Changed)
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To: longtermmemmory

Spot on!


306 posted on 01/26/2016 7:28:16 PM PST by Guenevere (If.the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do....)
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To: don-o

Trump card? So soon?


307 posted on 01/26/2016 7:31:08 PM PST by Jean-Pierre67
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To: Rides_A_Red_Horse

Oh .....can it.....this is tiresome.


308 posted on 01/26/2016 7:31:38 PM PST by Guenevere (If.the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do....)
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To: JediJones

You know what, you guys ripping into Trump didn’t work for you.

Ted’s losing and you’ve already done your worst.

Tried to tell ya.

D1


309 posted on 01/26/2016 7:38:36 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Free Republic Caucus: vote daily / watch for the thread / Starts 01/20 midnight to midnight EST)
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To: don-o

After Trump Drops Out of Debate, Cruz Challenges Him to a ‘Mano a Mano‘

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I hope everybody understands that mano a mano does not mean man to man. It means hand to hand.

So Cruz is challenging Trump to hand to hand combat?


310 posted on 01/26/2016 7:42:36 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Bill and Hillary Clinton are the penicillin-resistant syphilis of our political system.)
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To: sushiman

There is something about Cruz that makes my skin crawl ...

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Yeah, I hadn’t mentioned it before. Glad you said it first.

But I’m sure that many Cruzers think the same thing of Trump.

For a real skin crawler, check out Hellary.


311 posted on 01/26/2016 7:45:41 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Bill and Hillary Clinton are the penicillin-resistant syphilis of our political system.)
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To: libbylu

70% eh? That is in a Canadian accent. Not so much Friend. Better we make peace now. I don’t want you too bitter to vote in the general. Can I offer you pictures of sweet cats? One of my two had to be put down this weekend. My heart is broken, but willing to to take your lost soul in, you poor poor miss guided fool. I miss the cat that was found on the sidewalk, survived breast cancer twice (6 years... unheard of) and IBS till she was under 4 lbs once and was clumsy as all get out but a great cat (got to 16 yrs old). I would hate to lose a well meaning fool too. My My heart is hurting. Please don’t be an idiot anymore. I like silly things, and you are silly and pleasant, and I am working on alpha’ing up the other cat in prep for a kitten. Going to take 6 months. I got mad at my mother when she said “Cruz is a slimy Jerk” Dont blame me for her wisdom.


312 posted on 01/26/2016 7:47:17 PM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools: Go Trump! Fireside brothers for Trump)
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To: JediJones; sushiman

>> There’s a lot about the Donald that makes my skin crawl <<

A lot??? That’s putting it mildly! What about just in the last day or two?

1. He says he would be very PC and very diplomatic if elected. In other words, all his current bombast is just for show.

2. He’s says he will work well with Pelosi, Schumer and their gang.

3. He says Cruz is not only a liar, but he’s also a nasty jerk.

4. He says the Iowa evangelical leader, Bob Vander Plaats, is basically a deadbeat and a fraud.

5. He says he could shoot somebody on 5th Avenue, and his supporters wouldn’t care.

6. He defends Putin against the British judicial finding that Putin ordered the poisoning of a foe in England.

7. He hides behind a veterans’ group rather than debate his fellow candidates.

Hey, this is getting interesting! I wonder what gems tomorrow will bring?


313 posted on 01/26/2016 7:51:12 PM PST by Hawthorn
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To: VanDeKoik

>> Joel Osteen. They have the exact same way of speaking <<

Just the Houston accent. I know another guy from Houston, and he sounds even more like Cruz than does Osteen.


314 posted on 01/26/2016 7:57:46 PM PST by Hawthorn
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To: don-o
After every debate during presidential cycles, Republicans and conservatives come on FR and say, rightfully, "WHY does the Republican leadership allow our candidates to participate in these debates moderated by liberals and haters whose questions are totally designed in prejudice and bias to GET the Republican? Why do we do it every year? The Republicans need to refuse to do it with these main stream media/Government controlled media asking the questions with their extreme leftist/Democrat party bias."

EVERY debate season preceding every presidential election. Why doesn't the GOP chairman stop this, why AGREE to it, why not DEMAND to be treated fairly? Why do we need "moderators" asking questions anyway?

NOW we finally have a candidate with the cajones, the only one in this bunch, only one in living memory, to refuse to participate unless the debate host network removes the HIGHLY PARTISAN, unqualified, proven Trump hater, transparently seeking to curry favor with her left wing friends and colleagues.

And NOW the Cruzers on FR who weren't even around for all these previous debates in history, knew or cared nothing about politics or were simply Democrats---NOW these people, to support their Establishment candidate, call Trump a COWARD, he's too afraid to face Megyn Kelly. Even Ted Goldman Sachs Cruz is saying it. That's pitiful, because THIS is EXACTLY what conservatives and republicans have wanted for years and years: to NOT let the host network get away with using moderators who are leftists intent upon embarrassing and trying to ruin our candidates, in this case Trump.

So Trump is THE one to set the precedent, to DO what everyone before just TALKED about, and the idiots who should be over on Commitment2Establishment so childishly say, Trump is afraid of Megyn Kelly! LOL!!!!!!!!!!

PS---Trump kicked ass in SIX DEBATES and no one laid a glove on him, and now the losers want another shot at the heavy weight champion. But they aren't in his class. So no rematch.

315 posted on 01/26/2016 8:03:47 PM PST by gg188 (Ted Cruz, R - Goldman Sachs)
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To: don-o

Hand to hand?


316 posted on 01/26/2016 8:14:23 PM PST by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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To: Neu Pragmatist

Beck gutted Cruz like a mackerel. That was the plan, and Cruz never saw it coming.


317 posted on 01/26/2016 9:15:47 PM PST by Carnac the Magnificent
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To: don-o

I don’t think Trump debates in Spanish. Nice try Cruz.


318 posted on 01/26/2016 9:15:47 PM PST by Carnac the Magnificent
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
Trump clearly the choice of the true conservatives! Also, his face is not made of playdough like Cruz's.

I wish physical appearances and family members were off limits. I didn't like it when Rand Paul called Trump an orange-faced windbag either.

319 posted on 01/26/2016 9:26:24 PM PST by lonevoice (Life is short. Make fun of it.)
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To: lonevoice
I wish physical appearances and family members were off limits. I didn't like it when Rand Paul called Trump an orange-faced windbag either.

I agree with you 100%

"'Look at that face!' 'Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president?!'

Donald Trump....September 2015 comment on Carly Fiorina

320 posted on 01/26/2016 9:31:51 PM PST by catfish1957 (I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
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