Posted on 02/15/2016 1:57:52 PM PST by MarvinStinson
Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday said Donald Trump's openness to the idea of impeaching President George W. Bush for the Iraq war was "an extreme and radical position."
Speaking to reporters ahead of a rally in Aiken, South Carolina, Cruz went after Trump's comments from the CBS News GOP presidential debate on Saturday night in which he attacked the former president.
"On Saturday, one of the strangest moments was when Donald Trump repeatedly attacked George W. Bush and defended his position seeking to impeach George W. Bush," Cruz said Monday.
"Now, when he was arguing for the impeachment of George W. Bush, that was not a reasonable position."
At Saturday night's debate, moderator John Dickerson alluded to a CNN interview Trump did in 2008 in which he said he was surprised that Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, didn't try to impeach Bush, which Trump said, "personally, I think would have been a wonderful thing."
Asked whether he still believes Bush should have been impeached, Trump did not answer the question directly and instead said he gets along with everyone as a businessman.
On Monday, Cruz also attacked Trump's sister, Maryanne Barry, who he said was appointed by President Bill Clinton to be a federal appellate judge.
"Donald's sister was a Bill Clinton-appointed federal appellate judge who is a radical pro-abortion extremist," Cruz said. "Indeed, she wrote an opinion striking down restrictions on partial birth abortion, saying that restricting partial birth abortion was irrational. Even among liberal judges, that position is extreme, and Donald said, his extreme, abortion-supporting sister would make a terrific Supreme Court justice."
Trump backed away from that statement on Sunday, saying he suggested it as a joke.
Donald Trump will now threaten to sue and go third party if the attacks against him don’t stop. Oh wait, he already did. . .
Is this the same Ted Cruz that George Bush can’t stand? I’m not a fan of the Bushes these days but George W seems to share the same opinion of Ted that everyone else does, namely he nor anyone else can stand him.
Ya got about 10 of those right here.
Debating Bush is not good for Republicans.
Rope-a-dope, always works!
There must be Bush coattails in SC if Cruz is jumping in.
Trump will leave no political stone unturned. I supported the war patriotically, but what is the result? As Trump has said, all that, and we have got nothing, and the ME is a mess. What stupid people are running this show? Out with the politicians, all of them!
Looks like Cruz has nearly run out of things to attack Trump with and is scraping the bottom of his attack-Trump-barrel.
“Debating Bush is not good for Republicans.”
Neither is Trump. The famous pooch is getting
a real good screwing this time.
There are many good reasons to criticize GW Bush. 9/11 is not one of them.
Trump is exposed!
Is Cruz really so desperate to have to defend the Bushes? W started the middle east quagmire, an economic collapse and Obama. Cruz should stick to preaching.
Those pics will help in the general. Keep posting! Thanks!!!
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