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Raul Labrador, Idaho representative and a leader of the House Freedom Caucus, is endorsing Ted Cruz for president, sources close to the campaign confirm. Labrador had previously thrown his weight behind Kentucky senator Rand Paul, serving as his Western States Chairman. Candidates began vying for Labrador's endorsement as soon as Paul left the race following a less-than-stellar showing in the Iowa caucuses. Source

Jan 2016: North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows announced Wednesday night on Fox News that he would throw his support behind Cruz's campaign and join the Texas senator's team in Iowa later this week....

Meadows, who represents the Tar Heel State's 11th District, is known for his move last July to boot then-House Speaker John Boehner from his leadership spot. The second-term congressman filed a motion against the speaker, escalating the battle between the Republican party's conservative and moderate divisions.

...Cruz has received 20 congressional endorsements, including those from conservative hawks Reps. Steve King of Iowa, Louie Gohmert of Texas and Mo Brooks of Alabama." - Source

1 posted on 02/17/2016 11:48:19 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Wheee! Wrong move.


2 posted on 02/17/2016 11:49:43 AM PST by WENDLE (Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

If you don’t vote for Ted Cruz, Tim Huelskamp will run over you with a tractor.


3 posted on 02/17/2016 11:49:46 AM PST by Yashcheritsiy (You can't have a constitution without a country to go with it)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Whoa nellie, hold the fort. Hey dude....I don’t want a rock solid conservative I want somebody who kicks butt an takes names . I live in Marco Rubio country and he was “supposed” to be conservative. Yes TED is conservative but right now I want Trump to shake up the GOPe and get America back on track. Then we can bring in some conservatives to get us back on that course again.
No more. No less
This is not about party loyalty this is about saving the Republic IMHO.
Freegards and Trump hurrahs!
LEX


5 posted on 02/17/2016 11:56:02 AM PST by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Word has gone out to stop calling Cruz ‘original intent’ of the Constitution, conservative.... My how the mighty fall.


6 posted on 02/17/2016 11:57:00 AM PST by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Finally! I’ve been wondering who would get the Huelskamp endorsement!


10 posted on 02/17/2016 12:03:46 PM PST by proust (Texan for Trump! The Art Of The Comeback!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; All

How soon we forget.

This caucus also propped up Paul Ryan and sold us out. Stop confusing lobbyist run ‘tea parties’ with the grass roots. Jenny Beth Martin of TeaPartyPatriots is getting $400,000 a year to endorse Cruz.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3398322/posts?page=44#44


11 posted on 02/17/2016 12:03:57 PM PST by AuntB (Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Tim Huelskamp also voted for Paul Ryan to be Speaker of the House.

Zero credibility.


13 posted on 02/17/2016 12:05:12 PM PST by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Some conservatives will back liberal Trump because they want to see the country burn


16 posted on 02/17/2016 12:09:31 PM PST by GeronL (I remember when this was a conservative forum)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

While the Tea Party was fighting and running candidates against the establishment back in 2010 and 2012, and trying to take out Mitch McConnell in 2014. Trump was donating to the very people the Tea Party was trying to get rid of.


17 posted on 02/17/2016 12:17:06 PM PST by Durbin
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

So called Tea Party leaders have been getting bought off from the start. Anyone who calls themself a Tea Party leader is a fraud.


19 posted on 02/17/2016 12:23:13 PM PST by Wilderness Conservative
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

The problem with KS is it’s still enamored with Bob Dole.


23 posted on 02/17/2016 1:02:58 PM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keeWI p winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

It dawned on me yesterday specifically who all these endorsements have had no impact.

Actually, I was wrong. They were having serious impact . . . against Cruz. If you look at the Quinnipiac Poll yesterday, and get into the internals, Cruz leads Trump on “experience” “honesty” and “shares Republican values.” Not big leads, but leads. So why is Trump up 2:1 over Cruz?

You find the answer in the question “who is most likely to change Washington?”

Trump 60, Cruz 16. Now the endorsements stuff makes sense. The endorsements are KILLING CRUZ because they are tying him more and more to “Washington,” as an insider. The is specifically why he is losing.

Sometimes you have to do a little digging, but it’s right there.


25 posted on 02/17/2016 1:28:46 PM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

And under the bus goes the TEA Party Caucus.


29 posted on 02/17/2016 4:23:50 PM PST by Reaper19
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Funny how Trump**ts will extend their disdain to anyone who endorses Cruz.

Tim Who? Probably a RINO piece of trash.


32 posted on 02/17/2016 9:49:26 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Oh well, seeing the kinds they have endorsed lately, I’d figure to avoid him even more.


34 posted on 02/18/2016 9:54:36 PM PST by bog trotter
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