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Cruz: Trump Campaign Bears Responsibility For Creating Environment Encouraging Violence
Washington Free Beacon ^ | 3-11-2016 | Aaron Kliegman

Posted on 03/11/2016 9:57:10 PM PST by Brookhaven

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) said Friday night that primary frontrunner Donald Trump’s campaign is responsible for creating an environment that encourages violence after a Trump rally was cancelled because clashes broke out when protestors entered the event.

Speaking at a press conference, Cruz told reporters he “thinks a campaign bears responsibility for creating an environment [of violence]. When the candidate urges supporters to engage in physical violence, to punch people in the face, the predictable consequence of that is that it escalates.”

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Illinois; US: New York; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; chicago; cruz; election2016; escalation; illinois; newyork; tedcruz; texas; trump; trumpu
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To: Brookhaven

For teddy, not only does #blacklivesmatter, but also pastel tones matter, too, not bold colors. What a weakling.


21 posted on 03/11/2016 10:10:28 PM PST by Vision Thing
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To: bleach
Trump / Cruz 2016!

22 posted on 03/11/2016 10:10:30 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Luke21

Cruz had a chance to stand next to Trump is solidarity against this orchestrated effort to molest and disrupt as peaceful political assembly... He failed.


23 posted on 03/11/2016 10:10:36 PM PST by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Western Civilization- whisper the words, and it will disappear. So let us talk now about rebirth.)
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To: DoughtyOne

“And Cruz wants me to think he’d be a great SCOTUS justice.”

Until tonight, I really did think Rubio was the worst of the two. Just shows you how wrong I can be. And through it all, you have to listen to that Nurse Rachet voice of Ted’s. Maybe he needs to consider castration as a means of correcting his terrible voice.


24 posted on 03/11/2016 10:10:43 PM PST by vette6387 (Obama can go to hell!)
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To: Brookhaven

Trump brought it on himself. He banked his candidacy on his ‘strong man’ personae and BLM/Moveon.org called his bluff and he folded.

In the mean time I’m enjoying the schadenfreude from all of his butthurt ‘post-conservative’ (the I dunno what conservative means anymore crowd) supporters crying about the first amendment and the lack of solidarity from Trump’s political opponents.


25 posted on 03/11/2016 10:10:48 PM PST by JPX2011
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To: napscoordinator
Constitutional scholar?

It's apparently all theory to Mr. Big Brain.

He doesn't seem to be able to join the words and concepts to actual action in the real world.

Free speech means that I get to say whatever the hell I want to say, without the government jumping down my throat about it, Ted. It means that everyone else has a right to say what they want, too. Especially if it offends.

The 1st Amendment is in place precisely so one CAN say things that might offend their government.

26 posted on 03/11/2016 10:12:30 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: JPX2011

Cuck


27 posted on 03/11/2016 10:12:38 PM PST by The Toll
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To: Ray76

It appears from his statement Ted Cruz advocates the political equivalent of her skirt was too short, and she deserved to be raped for it.....you know, ‘for creating an environment’.


28 posted on 03/11/2016 10:13:06 PM PST by yadent
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To: Brookhaven

By hook or by crook selling out truth for what will be a loss regarding the White House.


29 posted on 03/11/2016 10:13:57 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

Given the chance to defend the Constitution or to feed his ambition by trashing an opponent....we see the choice he has made.


30 posted on 03/11/2016 10:14:20 PM PST by Aria (2016: The gravy train v Donald Trump)
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To: vette6387

Worse than Rubio

Nurse Rachet

Castration

check
check
check /s

LOL


31 posted on 03/11/2016 10:14:50 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: yadent

Ouch!

Can’t argue with that.


32 posted on 03/11/2016 10:15:30 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: JPX2011
and the lack of solidarity from Trump’s political opponents.

Who expects solidarity from their political opponents? That's idiotic.


33 posted on 03/11/2016 10:17:50 PM PST by 867V309 (It's over. It's over now.)
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To: bleach
Ted and the others have shown Move On and the left we will capitulate and turn on our own.

Tuesday, I’m voting Trump.

Welcome to the club.

I was all in for Ted, too. Donated four times to his presidential campaign before being turned off by his votes on TPA/TPP, then the Corker bill.

I also voted three times in Texas to help get him into the Senate in 2012.

I voted Trump in the Texas primary that just passed.

34 posted on 03/11/2016 10:18:49 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Brookhaven

This was planned for weeks.

The leftists seek a wedge by which to instigate a revolution.

Tonight was their opening salvo. Time will tell if they can actually generate critical mass.

It’s documented, real, and organized.


35 posted on 03/11/2016 10:18:59 PM PST by BlueNgold (May I suggest a very nice 1788 Article V with your supper...)
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To: bleach

I think there is going to be tons of Cruz people leaving him after those despicable statements.. EVERYBODY knows if Trump hadn’t run and Cruz was the one in first place for the Republican nomination Moveon would have done the same thing to Cruz..


36 posted on 03/11/2016 10:19:03 PM PST by Lib-Lickers 2
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To: Brookhaven

Cruz should be ashamed of himself for this.


37 posted on 03/11/2016 10:19:39 PM PST by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Brookhaven
Cruz could have said "We live in a nation of laws. When violent, intimidating protesters are allowed to dictate whether a politician speaks or not something is wrong."

That would have done it. Short and sweet and I bet he would have got some votes out of it. But no. He basically EXCUSED these creeps and blamed it on Trump. Unbelievable.

38 posted on 03/11/2016 10:20:44 PM PST by DouglasKC
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To: DoughtyOne

>> And Cruz wants me to think he’d be a great SCOTUS justice.

The boy lost his way. And I’m deeply disappointed he didn’t know any better.


39 posted on 03/11/2016 10:21:20 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Ray76
"...responsibility starts at the top. Any candidate is responsible for the culture of the campaign."

Um.....Stabby the Clown, anyone??

40 posted on 03/11/2016 10:21:27 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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