Posted on 01/28/2016 2:26:49 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said on Thursday that his candidate would be "happy" to debate Ted Cruz once the Texas senator gets a federal judge to rule him eligible to run for president.
"Once you've gotten that ruling from the federal judge and you're the last man standing in this presidential contest next to Donald Trump, we'll be happy to have a debate with you one-on-one, anywhere you want, because that's the way the system works," Lewandowski said. "But, as it stands right now, we don't even know if Ted Cruz is legally eligible to run for president of the United States."
Trump and his supporters have argued that Cruz, who was born in Canada to a U.S. citizen, is not natural born and therefore ineligible to run for president under the Constitution.
Cruz challenged Trump to debate him one-on-one after Trump announced that he would not be attending the Fox News Republican presidential debate Thursday night because of objections to the presence of anchor Megyn Kelly and a statement Fox issued in response to his complaints. "What this is, is a publicity stunt by Senator Cruz who is continuing to fall in the polls in the state of Iowa," Lewandowski told Boston radio host Jeff Kuhner, before unleashing a slew of attacks at Cruz, arguing that he had used "dark money donors" through his super PAC to offer a donation to charity if Trump agreed to the debate.
"If Ted Cruz were able to disclose the loans that he's taken out from Goldman Sachs and Citi, then maybe he would use his own money for this, but instead he's using super PAC money which I don't even know if he can do legally," Lewandowski said, referring to loans Cruz took out during his 2012 run for Senate that he did not disclose in campaign filings. "And the bottom line is, you know what we've said to Ted Cruz, go into court, seek a declaratory judgment to find out if you're even legally eligible to run for president of the United States." In the interview, Lewandowski addressed his remark that Megyn Kelly had a "rough couple of days after that last debate" and "would hate to have her go through that again," which some at Fox News interpreted as a threat.
"That's not a threat. It's a factual statement," Lewandowski said. "And the bottom line, was, she did have a rough couple days after the debate because what she did during that first presidential debate was she made sure the debate was about her and not about the candidates who were actually on the stage."
Toward the end of the interview, Lewandowski took another shot at Cruz, this time over Cruz's criticism of Trump's support for eminent domain. Lewandowski said that eminent domain would be required to build the Keystone Pipeline, which Cruz supports. "The Keystone Pipeline, as you know, starts where Ted Cruz was born, in the country of Canada, and runs right down to where he lives now, in the state of Texas, and eminent domain is an issue that you know what unfortunately, sometimes you need to use it to get projects like that done," Lewandowski said.
Obamaumao never got a court decision declaring him eligible, and he was still sworn in by Roberts... knowing he is definitely NOT a Natural Born Citizen— no matter if he was born in Kenya, Hawaii or Seattle, WA to his “American” momma and either Barack, Sr. or Frank Marshall Davis as father. Period.
The non-binding resolution was to provide cover for the neo marxists/socialists to “vet” obamaumao (they lied, simply), and provide needless “OK” to John McCain who was born on US territory in Panama Canal Zone, to 2 real native Americans, Admiral McCain and his wife. There was no other need for this— except THEY raised the question to deflect observation of their criminal usurper. Plain and simple— and so typical democrap deception.
Looks like the bipartisan parliament of whores has expanded the “eligible” to accommodate the world government— that a sovereign native born citizen is not required— even though the Constitution DOES require it. Fact is obamaumao is even LESS natural born, since he was born in Kenya (though says not, but in HI, but the certificate is not a birth certificate, just a registration of birth which any foreigner can get even if they weren’t born in HI (comes from when HI was a territory of the US).
What SHOULD happen, is that every act this obamaumao has passed, every order given, every directive— ALL should be invalidated and rescinded— because he is a USURPER and a false person Constitutionally for the office of President. And democrat rats knew and know this in their criminal operation.
cruznadians think this is a legal maneuver? Lol! It's a political maneuver.
Um no. This Cruzmerican thinks this is Trump showing his yellow belly, avoid the debate challenge by setting a BS condition.
BUCK BUCK BUCK BA-GAWK!!!!! GAWK!! I thought Donnie was “fearless”.
After all these months, you still haven’t figured out the concept of Trump’s political verbal kill shot. One example is Bush’s low energy. The example against Cruz is non-American born.
These verbal kill shots are political maneuvers.
And they’re working.
Oh I see what your saying, Trump is merely taking the opportunity to once again trot out his discredited gutter trash BULL**** “Canadian” allegation to ATTEMPT to SMEAR Cruz in the minds of the ignorant (cause he can’t win on the issues) rather than seriously addressing Cruz’s debate challenge. Ok then. Kill shot my behind. Pathetic, four-flushing nonsense is more like it.
The fact remains he’s not taking up the gage, maybe cause he’s a coward who’s afraid of little girls (M Kelly).s debate challenge. Ok then. Kill shot my behind. Pathetic, four-flushing nonsense is more like it.
The fact remains he
I was never ga-ga for Cruz, have many complaints against him, but Trump's sleaziness and utter lack of any principles or morals makes Cruz look like a prince..
Even Levin has caught on.
Levin is now telling his audience that Trump is making sure a Dem wins in 2016.
I have been critical of Levin so many times but this time I caught on LONG before he said it.
This guy Trump is poison.
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