Posted on 02/16/2016 2:24:03 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
A spokesman for Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, struggled Tuesday to explain why after months of praising GOP front-runner Donald Trump, the Texas lawmaker has decided now to accuse his primary rival of being unprincipled and too far to the left on certain issues.
Cruz's campaign has upped its criticism of the billionaire businessman in recent weeks as the two continue to battle for supremacy in the 2016 GOP primary. The problem for some, however, is that Cruz's criticism of Trump's record on guns, abortion and gay marriage comes after months of high praise and laudatory remarks.
CNN's John Berman noted Tuesday morning in an interview with campaign spokesman Rick Tyler that Trump's record on the Second Amendment and gay marriage isn't exactly new.
"On Donald Trump's record, which you are now calling out, this is all his record before he jumped into the race," the host noted.
And in that time, Berman added, Cruz has said of the casino tycoon: "I like Donald Trump," "I think he's terrific," "I think he speaks the truth" and "[I'm] grateful he's in the race."
Cruz has also promised on several occasions that he will continue to sing Trump's praises, and has vowed to criticize him only on the issues.
"What happened? Ted Cruz seemed to love Donald Trump?" Berman asked. "When you call Donald Trump inconsistent, all I'm trying to understand is how is it consistent that Ted Cruz seemed to like Donald Trump and be okay with [his known record] in August, September, October and November? But now not so?"
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Woops...
Duh.
Everyone knows it was strategy.
Ask Donald why he said so many nice things about Cruz.
They agreed back in July.
Duh.
Creepy looking dude. Whiffs of kook.
You forgot the last part of the article, where the Cruz campaign, Tyler, responds:
Tyler responded, saying, well, he’s said — he still says he likes Donald Trump. Donald Trump is, you know, an entertaining guy. He’s, like, a reality TV star in reality. But he’s not a presidential candidate. He doesn’t act presidential. He doesn’t really know a lot the substantive issues and has intellectual or ideological core, which is why he can’t keep track of things he said in the past because he doesn’t actually know what he believes.
So, we’ll just continue to be entertained, but I don’t think this is the direction we want to go, he added.
Cruz does look stupid. But what about Trump, he said all those wonderful things about Cruz.
“Yeah, I shared rarefied air with the Donald.”
“He is evil though....”
LOL
And where would Cruz be if Trump decided not to run. Oh that is right, the Establishment Candidate would be running the show.
I didn’t forget anything. We are only allowed 300 characters when posting an article. Did you know that before outright accusing me?
Cruz is where he is because he intelligently did not confront the front runner when he was unassailable. Only when he drafted behind for month until it was (essentially) a two man race was it necessary to hit and be hit back.
That’s just smart.
Going on the offensive in August would have been stupid.
Pluswhich: who says the game isn’t still on?
What if they are fomenting this feud to collect as many total delegates to walk into the convention .... arm in arm?
Shifty eyes
How long has Cruz been in Washington?
How well do they like him there?
Thats what alot arent seeing. Both of them suck the oxygen out of the room and define the attacks. The Art of War.
And out there. Reptilian.
The establishment candidate is running the show.
Trump isn't stupid. He's reads people like Columbo reads them.
Ted played the Senate the same way.
See 12.
Can I borrow the crystal ball when you’re done with it :)
or just send me tonight’s lotto numbers
i believe Cruz’ role in the closing of the govt rallied Americans to vote republicans into congress.
Trump wasn’t around then.
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