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Cruz Likens Trump Loyalty Oath to Pledging to a King
NBCNews ^ | March 8, 2016 | VAUGHN HILLYARD

Posted on 03/08/2016 10:03:07 PM PST by Steelfish

Cruz Likens Trump Loyalty Oath to Pledging to a King by VAUGHN HILLYARD

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. -- Ted Cruz equated Donald Trump's loyalty pledge to subjects declaring their devotion to a king on Tuesday.

"The idea that a candidate running for office would want people to pledge loyalty to him like subjects to a king," Cruz began telling reporters. "Well, we've had seven years of a president who thinks he's an emperor."

Cruz continued: "I raise my hand and I give an oath to you, to the people. That's who's working for whom."

The pledge, which Trump has used at recent rallies, requires his supporters to raise their hands and pledge loyalty to his presidential campaign. It has drawn comparisons to rallies during Nazi Germany, a connection Trump called "ridiculous" during an interview on TODAY.

Cruz repeated his sentiments at a later event in Kannapolis, North Carolina, telling the crowd that Trump's calls for loyalty struck him "as profoundly wrong."

Trump's efforts to lock down support coincides with a surge from Cruz, who has now beaten Trump in seven states and hopes to further cut down Trump's delegate lead over the critical week ahead.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


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To: Steelfish

Cruz is so full of sh**. Trump said he was joking about this - watch the rally video. God, this man is going over the edge.


61 posted on 03/08/2016 10:31:39 PM PST by Catsrus (I callz 'em as I seez 'em)
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To: douginthearmy

We can explain it as easy as you can explain Trump getting them.


62 posted on 03/08/2016 10:31:45 PM PST by Elyse (I refuse to feed the crocodile.)
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To: Elyse

We don’t know whether she became a U.K. citizen, a Canadian citizen, or not. We don’t know when or whether a CRBA was filed. All we have been shown is his and his mother’s BC. All we have been fed are assertions.


63 posted on 03/08/2016 10:32:03 PM PST by Ray76 (Judge Roy Moore for Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)
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To: Steelfish

I think he’d be just as happy to have the Cruz devotees, if only they didn’t require treatment for pervasive TDS.


64 posted on 03/08/2016 10:32:36 PM PST by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Don't Tread On Me)
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To: nopardons
Ironic....that you, of all people, would have nerve to complain about anyone 'else' projecting....lol.

So sayeth a Cruzombie. LOL

Trumpzombie projecting much?

65 posted on 03/08/2016 10:32:58 PM PST by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie)
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To: Shortstop7

“He shouts and preaches that he is a ‘constitutional conservative’...but so what? What is he going to DO?”

That is the heart of the problem. I can call myself a constitutional conservative and never actually accomplish anything. Amazing how that is enough for some people.


66 posted on 03/08/2016 10:33:14 PM PST by proust (Texans for Trump! The Art Of The Comeback!)
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To: Catsrus

What Trump says he meant to say is irrelevant. Maybe he should have the NT Times editorial Board release the tapes of the two-faced con man. He talks deportation to his devotees and then tell the Ny Times that his plan is malleable and open to compromise. What a snake oil salesman.


67 posted on 03/08/2016 10:33:27 PM PST by Steelfish
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To: kik5150

I will take the Trump Patron. I suspect it’s price is going up 35% soon. Might as well enjoy it while it is cheap.

(Like your values)


68 posted on 03/08/2016 10:33:36 PM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: Steelfish

Funny, he had no problem with the GOP insisting on a loyalty pledge...


69 posted on 03/08/2016 10:33:44 PM PST by Freedom56v2 (nd with Sheriff Joe, Phyllis Schlafly, Jerry Falwell Jr, Sarah Palin, Pat Robertson, Willie :))
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To: napscoordinator

Brutal? Not really.


70 posted on 03/08/2016 10:33:58 PM PST by Elyse (I refuse to feed the crocodile.)
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To: LucyT

Bingo.. direct hit.

..Although Cruz narrow-casts his message. It resonates with his little niche that keeps him in the race.


71 posted on 03/08/2016 10:34:42 PM PST by proust (Texans for Trump! The Art Of The Comeback!)
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To: Steelfish

Jealousy does not suit you. The pollsters are dumb. They got it wrong not trump. Trump wins the night and the nomination tonight. Next week Cruz will have another miserable night. It’s over.


72 posted on 03/08/2016 10:35:05 PM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: Steelfish
What Trump says he meant to say is irrelevant. Maybe he should have the NT Times editorial Board release the tapes of the two-faced con man. He talks deportation to his devotees and then tell the Ny Times that his plan is malleable and open to compromise. What a snake oil salesman.

Now that's just unfair and insulting..... to snake oil salesmen everywhere. Trump is just an olde-fashioned, traditional lying leftist. That's all.

73 posted on 03/08/2016 10:35:20 PM PST by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie)
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To: digger48

At least Trump wasn’t sworn in by Stabby McStabber


Yes, Cruz had no problem with doing a pledge during Glen Beck’s bogus swearing in!


74 posted on 03/08/2016 10:35:28 PM PST by Freedom56v2 (nd with Sheriff Joe, Phyllis Schlafly, Jerry Falwell Jr, Sarah Palin, Pat Robertson, Willie :))
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To: proust

If I was close enough and had a knife... The stabbing just wouldn't stop!

75 posted on 03/08/2016 10:35:29 PM PST by Ray76 (Judge Roy Moore for Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd

I certainly didn’t expect trump to win Hawaii. But if he does I’d be thrilled. Good news is trump doesn’t have to and still be successful.


76 posted on 03/08/2016 10:36:42 PM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: proust

“Constitutional conservatives” are all for TPP/TPA


77 posted on 03/08/2016 10:37:18 PM PST by Ray76 (Judge Roy Moore for Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)
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To: Ray76

Look, how do I prove I didn’t become a British citizen when I lived in London? Show you my official I didn’t become a British citizen while I lived in the UK certificate? Your logic is whacked!


78 posted on 03/08/2016 10:38:43 PM PST by Elyse (I refuse to feed the crocodile.)
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To: Elyse

Well he could start by providing information and documentation. A CRBA would be a good place to start.


80 posted on 03/08/2016 10:41:54 PM PST by Ray76 (Judge Roy Moore for Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)
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