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Ted Cruz Says Donald Trump Is to Blame for Violence at His Rallies
NY Times ^ | 3/11/16 | Matt Flegenheimer

Posted on 03/12/2016 4:53:30 AM PST by jimbo123

Senator Ted Cruz of Texas said on Friday that Donald J. Trump bore responsibility for “creating an environment” that encourages violence at his events.

Speaking to reporters at a local Republican dinner outside Chicago, where Mr. Trump had just canceled a rally amid fierce confrontations between his supporters and protesters, Mr. Cruz began by saying that the “protesters who took violence into their own hands” were responsible for the episode.

“But in any campaign, responsibility starts at the top,” Mr. Cruz continued. “And when you have a campaign that disrespects the voters, when you have a campaign that affirmatively encourages violence, when you have a campaign that is facing allegations of physical violence against members of the press, you create an environment that only encourages this sort of nasty discourse.”

Mr. Cruz invoked the protests and violent police run-ins at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and predicted that future skirmishes were likely.

“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,” Mr. Cruz said. “And today is unlikely to be the last such instance.”

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To: taterjay
All these Gope idiots should realize the same thing would happen to them too, if they were in the lead.

Their inability to do so is the very reason they are not in the lead. Trump calls them "losers" to save us all a great deal of time, and they gasp in horror. I'm beyond tired of their weakness to payola, selling us out.

441 posted on 03/12/2016 2:04:58 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: rrrod

Are they now? How telling. I guess we know who the true cultist is.


442 posted on 03/12/2016 2:07:35 PM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: Albion Wilde

I’ll let you argue it out with all the people who have told me that if I vote for Trump I am not a conservative, and if I vote for Cruz I am allies with Bill Ayers.

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. At least here on the “bastion of reason”.

By the time this race is over, there will not be one person left with all their arms, legs, and right mind. It’s scorched earth. Obama may not even need to EMP us; we may do it to ourselves - all in the name of saving the Republic, of course.


443 posted on 03/12/2016 2:08:06 PM PST by butterdezillion
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To: HoosierWordsmith
As they say...the truth hurts! The PT Barnum Trump Circus act can be plenty entertaining. The down side of The Trump Carnival is that all the nasty tweets, all the childish personal attacks, all the pornographic language & imagery, all the man-handling and threats of physical harm to protesters, and all the racist comments lends to a very polarized environment...violence is one outcome! Trump will never win in this situation, which of his own making! Trump reaps as he sows!

This poster has been ZOTTED!!


444 posted on 03/12/2016 2:08:31 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: rrrod

So if not Trump, Hillary or Bernie? Can’t vote for both.

Is there any other living human being that could match Trump’s savior qualities, or is he the only possible one?


445 posted on 03/12/2016 2:11:42 PM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: XenaLee

You are correct, there is an element that Trump is the only one, and EVERYONE is bad.
Very few will acknowledge that the left is the enemy. Some suggest that if you do not support Trump, you are the enemy.
Very surreal.


446 posted on 03/12/2016 2:17:58 PM PST by GrouchoTex (...and ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free.)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

” the Chicago cops thought they had it all under control.”

The Chicago cops work for Rahm Emannuel.

They would say whatever pleases a vile lefty like him.


447 posted on 03/12/2016 2:24:42 PM PST by MarvinStinson
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To: grey_whiskers; HoosierWordsmith
Haha! You’d be amazed at my pedigree, Mr. Wiskers! LOL

Whatever it is, it isn't in spelling.

448 posted on 03/12/2016 2:29:05 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: butterdezillion

Don’t worry about me. I’ve seen worse than this.


449 posted on 03/12/2016 2:34:50 PM PST by Haiku Guy (Admit you were conned / This means you are good and honest / There's no shame in this)
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To: GrouchoTex

It’s not just surreal, it’s idiotic....since even if Trump does win the primary, he’s going to need every...single...vote... he can get from anyone on the right (that would be us).

Thus far, the anti-Cruz hate-spew from the Trump fans has so turned me off that I’m not sure (now) that I can or will be able to vote Trump, as I previously thought I could. It’s not looking good...and their vitriol is only getting worse daily.


450 posted on 03/12/2016 2:35:14 PM PST by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie)
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To: butterdezillion

Spot on and five stars for that post.


451 posted on 03/12/2016 2:36:29 PM PST by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie)
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To: Haiku Guy

Yeah, me too. But it leaves me feeling there’s not much hope for the nation.


452 posted on 03/12/2016 2:40:24 PM PST by butterdezillion
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To: butterdezillion
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453 posted on 03/12/2016 2:41:04 PM PST by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
Nobody’s dicussing where he had the rally being the cause of such violence, just his words.

We just did, and I thought had agreed it was.

454 posted on 03/12/2016 2:41:27 PM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: gogeo

It’s not up to me, it’s up to Trump to answer that question and try and unit the two sides.

He has not tried do so other saying it’s because nobody has a job. Much more can and could be said, bit you should look to you candidate for that, not me.


455 posted on 03/12/2016 2:47:43 PM PST by reviled downesdad (Some of the blind will never believe the Truth.)
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To: butterdezillion

The Eisenhower/Stevenson, Goldwater/Johnson, Nixon/Kennedy and several of Reagan’s successive campaigns were also horrible. I lived through all of them and can tell you, this one is no worse; it’s just that the stakes are much, much higher this time; our enemies are inside the gates and the nation has been terribly weakened. That’s why it’s important to vote when you can. Just pray beforehand and do your best. Don’t let the invective bother you personally. The nasty attacks are more about the attacker’s issues than the campaign issues.


456 posted on 03/12/2016 2:56:17 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: dragnet2

MUSLIMS PROTESTERS UNITED AGAINST TRUMP

That's what their shirts say, but I don't believe they really are muslims. They look like white American colllege students "identifying" with muslim "victims" of "bigotry." The reason I say this is that they do not have proper muslim beards — the guy in front appears to be shaven, plus their skin is white, and the front guy is wearing the indecent thug jeans with his red underwear hanging out. Muslim men don't tend to do that last thing if they are observant; if they are not observant, they are less likely to side with jihadist behavior.

Also, if you look at the sideways writing under the arm of the guy in front, it says "Trayvon Martin." So he is just an all-purpose tool of the left, probably.

457 posted on 03/12/2016 3:03:39 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: butterdezillion

Of course he rid, he incited mob violence against Trump and fellow Republicans. You are just a cruz dog, a fool willing to do anything for that scum.


458 posted on 03/12/2016 3:16:06 PM PST by Wpin ("I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny...")
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To: XenaLee

Thus far, the anti-Cruz hate-spew from the Trump fans has so turned me off that I’m not sure (now) that I can or will be able to vote Trump, as I previously thought I could. It’s not looking good...and their vitriol is only getting worse daily.”

We don’t want people like you. Traitors need not apply...


459 posted on 03/12/2016 3:18:03 PM PST by Wpin ("I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny...")
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To: savedbygrace

Nailed it.


460 posted on 03/12/2016 3:18:36 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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