Cruz on Trump lawsuit threat: Bring it on

Politico ^ | 02/17/16 | Katie Glueck

[justlittleoleme]

Ted Cruz on Wednesday said Donald Trump's campaign had threatened legal action over a campaign ad. His response: Bring it on.

"Donald, if you want to file a lawsuit challenging this ad, claiming it's defamation, file the lawsuit," Cruz told reporters here after playing the ad, which shows clips of Trump espousing more liberal positions on issues like abortion from an interview with Tim Russert more than a decade ago."

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"One of the things I look forward to most of all is deposing Donald Trump," Cruz said. "And for that particular endeavor I may not use outside counsel. I may take the deposition myself. And I will say this: Whether in a deposition or in a court of law, getting Donald Trump under oath, under penalty of perjury, answering these questions? Well I'll point out, it didn't work out very well for Bill Clinton. Donald Trump does not want to be under oath answering questions about his own record."

But before that happened, Cruz said, the defamation case would be tried on the "substance" of whether Trump had a pro-abortion rights record, and he proceeded to argue that Trump did.

He laid out four points that, in his view, buttressed that argument: the Russert interview; Trump's offhand comment that his sister, a judge with a liberal record, would make an excellent Supreme Court justice; a list of donations to Democrats dating back decades, and his comment on the debate stage on Saturday that Planned Parenthood does have useful women's health programs.

"Donald Trump is a direct cause of Obamacare passing," he charged. "Donald helped fund the Democratic takeover of both houses of Congress."

Cruz, speaking to a room full of reporters and cameras, also took the opportunity to tear into rival Marco Rubio, whom he dismissed as "behaving like Donald Trump with a smile."

[justlittleoleme]

Front and Center on Drudgereport.

[RasterMaster]

Twitter fit ensues in 3, 2, 1....

[GrouchoTex]

“Donald Trump is a direct cause of Obamacare passing,” he charged. “Donald helped fund the Democratic takeover of both houses of Congress.”

Considering Trump has accused Cruz of bringing about Justice Roberts, this is a nice comeback.

[Resolute Conservative]

Trump huffing has made me laugh for several minutes.

[Goldsborough]

Lol. Donchaknow, the Donald HAD TO donate to all of those liberals, HAD TO. Of course when you really are currying political favor, you donate to both sides if you aren’t a true believer. Donnie’s a dyed in the wool demoncrap.

[TexasCajun]

Says the Constitutional Lawyer to the Carnival Barker.

[wmfights]

Beautiful!

I don't like bullies. I don't like bullies that threaten lawsuits, or use lawsuits to attack people. Way to stand up to that lying bully Trump!

Cruz stuck by me when no one else would. I won't abandon him now.

[dynoman]

[digger48]

I’m obviously not a lawyer, but...

Would this case actually involve putting Trump on the stand to answer questions about himself?

This is about eligibility, not a libel case.

Legitimate lawsuit or not, the Dems WILL make an issue of this.

[RasterMaster]

Trump defends donations to Clinton Foundation. Does the Donald’s explanation settle the issue?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3391355/posts

[20yearsofinternet]

“Donald Trump is a direct cause of Obamacare passing”

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I can’t believe the things Cruz and his supporters will say with a straight face. Unreal. Ted Cruz is no longer taking this campaign seriously. I think he just doesn’t want to be President anymore.

[dforest]

I don’t think Cruz is a bright as he thinks he is. This is a desperate ploy tht will backfire on Saint Teddy.

[justlittleoleme]

from a poll earlier today....

2. (If Republican or Republican Leaner) Are there any of these candidates you would definitely not support for the Republican nomination for president: Bush, Carson, Cruz, Kasich, Rubio, or Trump? (Totals may add up to more than 100% because multiple responses were allowed)

                     REPUBLICANS/REPUBLICAN LEANERS.....................................
                                   Wht    POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
                            Tea    BrnAgn CONSERVATIVE  Mod/                 COLLEGE DEG
                     Tot    Party  Evang  Very   Smwht  Lib    Men    Wom    Yes    No
 
Bush                 20%    23%    18%    19%    17%    23%    21%    19%    17%    22%
Carson                8      2      7      3      6     13      9      8     11      7
Cruz                 17      2     11      6     21     22     18     16     17     17
Kasich               10     16      8     11      6     13     12      9      6     11
Rubio                13     12      9      7     11     17     13     13      7     15
Trump                28     24     27     30     21     32     19     35     26     27
No/No one            30     39     39     35     36     21     35     26     33     30
DK/NA                 5      2      6      6      5      3      3      7      5      4
 
                     PARTYID...    AGE IN YRS.......
                     Rep    Ind    18-44  45-64  65+
 
Bush                 19%    27%    16%    21%    21%
Carson                9      7      8      7     11
Cruz                 17     17     16     16     20
Kasich               10     10      7     13      7
Rubio                12     13     13     13     12
Trump                28     25     32     26     25
No/No one            30     30     30     30     29
DK/NA                 5      3      1      6      7
 
 

[bigbob]

Nothing new here, as a businessman Trump has said many times he supported politians on both sides. So has every corporation including those who are now backing Cruz.

For example, here is Goldman-Sachs, where Cruz’s wife was employeed, and who is one of his big money donors:

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000085

[dynoman]

[jennychase]

[Goldsborough]

The Donald is a life long liberal liar.

[aquila48]

Trump has met his match!

[justlittleoleme]

BOOM!! Cruz THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET to Trump and his ‘frivolous lawsuit’ threat!! [FULL press conference]

Read more: http://therightscoop.com/boom-cruz-throws-down-the-gauntlet-to-trump-and-his-frivolous-lawsuit-threat/#ixzz40SElbekS

Go here and watch the press conference....

This is not about the lawsuit for eligibility. It’s about Cruz running ads showing Trump’s past and showing him talking about his liberal policies. Trump is threatening to sue if he doesn’t stop those ads.

[WENDLE]

Cruz will now find out what “Natural Born” means as opposed to “foreign born”. That is where we are going very soon. He had every chance to clear it up himself by declaratory judgment but he has lied about about Carson and rubio and the wrong man.