Posted on 02/15/2016 8:18:43 PM PST by SoConPubbie
Trump’s threats to legally challenge Cruz’s eligibility for office are, “not defending a constitutional principle, just emotionally lashing out,” as Professor Jacobson has puts it.
Monday, Trump suggested Republicans ought to be thankful he’s willing to take on Cruz’s eligibility. Why? Because Democrats will do so if Cruz is the Republican nominee. Trump also referenced two pending cases on the matter, both filed by other parties.
But is Trump pursuing the Cruz/birthright issue because Cruz keeps running attack ads or because he’s doing everyone a favor? Trump himself doesn’t seem to know. And what about Marco Rubio? Will Trump go birther on Rubio once if he becomes a competitive contender?
The perpetual birther, Trump caused a stink around the 2012 election when he repeatedly demanded to see President Obama’s birth certificate.
For Professor Jacobson’s full breakdown on the eligibility issue, see here.
Trump said the Republican Party was “in default” of an agreement and then whined on about being treated unfairly.
The Hill reports:
“When somebody’s in default, that means the other side can do what they have to do,” he said. “The RNC is in default.”
Trump signed a pledge last year to run as a Republican and not as an independent. He first raised the posibility of a third-party run in an exclusive interview with The Hill last summer.“I signed a pledge but it’s a double-edge pledge, and as far as I’m concerned they’re in default of the pledge,†he said at a campaign event outside of Charleston, S.C., The Guardian reported.
During a later press conference, Trump said he was disappointed with the RNC because it stacks the room at debates “with special interests and donors.”
“The RNC gave all the tickets to special interests that represented Cruz and Rubio. They had all the tickets,” he said. “They walked on the stage and the place went crazy.”
He said he doesn’t have donors or special interests.
“I think the RNC did a very poor job,” he said. “We’ve warned them…and they don’t listen.”
The RNC has “total control” over Trump’s competitors, he added.
“The bottom line is the RNC is controlled by the establishment and the RNC is controlled by the special interests and the donors and that’s too bad,” he said.
Threats aplenty and approximately zero action. At least we know what a (God help us) Trump presidency would look like.
We all may be crying soon but the point is Dons a bully and an uninformed American and pussy, a damned TRIFFECTA for the Dems.
Maybe Do will build a race track on our dime...
donnie is causing his own demise just a little bit every day except today when he made a giant a$$ of himself.
Trump does sound exactly like a silverspoon baby who was never told ‘No’ by his parents, and always got what he wanted.
Maybe there’s a (very obvious) reason for him to be acting that way.
If he was a 17 year old I’d be inclined to cut him some slack, problem is he’s 69.
I forgot to add for donnie to strap on his grown up pants and get after it with the lawsuits. Oh, that’s right, he has no balls.
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I love Trump, but I wish he’d stop treating Cruz like Uppity Hussein. Cruz may lie about a lot, but he’s not a Kenyan born Islam like our current “President” O’Muslim.
I doubt putin or the mullahs will give a damn how good trump’s lawyers are.
Shes been been quiet for almost a month
I guess she is “holding herself in reserve”
I as a Yuge supporter but she looks like shes checked out
What has Cruz actually lied about? You say he ‘lies about a lot’, so give me a quick list.
Trump is acting like a spoiled brat. He needs to put his man pants on and take what he dishes out. Politics is a blood sport not some tiddlywinks playground game.
There was a time, before obie became Prez, when the POTUS was the most powerful and influential person on the planet. Thanks to this muzzie in the White Hut; that is now suspended.
Same with with Cruz for me.
Just for fun, I’d love to see a four way race between independents Trump and Bloomberg or Sanders, and for the democrats and GOP, Hillary and this cycle’s empty suit.
Question- If Trump wins will the GOPe support him?
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Maybe. At least Trump threatens to take action, while Obama thinks he can talk US enemies into surrendering.
Trump knows his threat against Cruz is BS because Cruz is a natural born US citizen under the law. Trump should be going after the anchor baby Rubio, instead, where he might have a case.
Yes, Cruz IS born ! Born IN CANADA !
= Natural Born Citizen OF CANADA !
Trump is a mercurial nut job.
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