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Cruz challenges Trump to one-on-one debate [at the Mark Levin show]
The Hill ^ | 01/26/2016 | Harper Neidig

Posted on 01/26/2016 5:53:42 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz says if rival Donald Trump won't face the entire GOP field in Thursday's Fox News debate, then he wants to go one-on-one.

"If Donald is afraid of Megyn Kelly, I would like to invite him on your show to participate in a one-on-one debate between me and Donald, mano y mano," Cruz said during an interview on "The Mark Levin Show," adding that Trump could choose the moderator.

"And the fact that Donald is now afraid to appear on the debate stage, that he doesn't want his record questioned, I think that reflects a lack of respect for the men and women of Iowa, that he's unwilling to go to Des Moines and be questioned."

Cruz also argued that Trump dropping out of the debate shows that the front-runner isn't qualified to be president.

"This is a job interview, you need to be willing to answer the questions of the American people, and if Donald is afraid to defend his record, that speaks volumes," he said.

"And if he thinks Megyn Kelly is so scary, what exactly does he think he'd do with Vladimir Putin? I promise you Putin is a lot scarier than Megyn Kelly."

Cruz added that Trump needs to explain to voters "how he is prepared to be commander-in-chief if he's terrified of a television host."

The comments came shortly after the Trump campaign announced Tuesday that he would not participate in the Fox News debate on Thursday.

In a press conference on Tuesday, Trump referred to Kelly as "lightweight" and said that she's "not a reporter."


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1stcanadiansenator; debate; marklevin; tedcruz; theater; trump
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To: DrewsMum

I think it was and it would be again but right now their unseemly side is showing.


181 posted on 01/27/2016 9:14:02 AM PST by JayGalt
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To: mbrfl

So true.

Just think about all the candidates the MSM has taken down in recent cycles. But not Trump.

The MSM seems to feel they must anoint their choice of candidates and destroy the rest. Look what that approach has brought us to. Who made them the bosses. The internet is breaking their hold.
Go Trump!


182 posted on 01/27/2016 9:20:46 AM PST by JayGalt
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To: wistful

I don’t think Trump would lose. He’s quick on his feet and some of Ted’s skeletons are out in the open now.


183 posted on 01/27/2016 9:23:04 AM PST by JayGalt
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To: Vision Thing
You may be right.

I don't plan on watching the debate, but I can imagine the questions to all the other candidates.  ("Governor Bush, what do you think about Trump skipping the debate?"    "Senator Rubio, Donald Trump said 'blah blah blah -- what do you think of that?" -- etc., etc., etc.)  

I guess I'll read about it on Friday and find out...it should be interesting to see what Cruz says about Trump there.

184 posted on 01/27/2016 9:33:55 AM PST by Heart-Rest ( "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil!" Isaiah 5:20)
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To: Carry_Okie

Your theory is that Trump is conspiring with the media to pretend he’s tough on illegals, tough on trade, tough on Muslim immigration, and the media is in on the conspiracy, pretending to believe him and pretending to be against him for those very things, but secretly pushing his candidacy.

Talk about Occam’s Razor!


185 posted on 01/27/2016 11:19:11 AM PST by mbrfl
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To: Carry_Okie

Which is it? Simplistic, or too complicated for Occam’s Razor? You’re contradicting yourself.


186 posted on 01/27/2016 11:28:17 AM PST by mbrfl
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To: mbrfl
Your theory is that Trump is conspiring with the media to pretend he’s tough on illegals, tough on trade, tough on Muslim immigration, and the media is in on the conspiracy, pretending to believe him and pretending to be against him for those very things, but secretly pushing his candidacy.

Nice straw man.

187 posted on 01/27/2016 12:54:43 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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