Posted on 03/12/2016 11:39:16 AM PST by jimbo123
Supporters of Sens. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) took to social media to slam the freshman senators for blaming leftists shutting down a Trump Chicago rally on GOP frontrunner Donald Trump.
“I think a campaign bears responsibility for creating an environment, 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 and today is unlikely to be the last such instance. We earlier today in St. Louis over thirty arrested. That’s not how our politics should occur,” Cruz said Friday. “You know, the City of Chicago in 1968 saw some ugly days when politics descended into hatred and incivility and even violence and it is my hope that in 2016 that we can appeal to our better angels and avoid going down that road once again.”
Cruz supporters, incensed by the Texas senator’s blame game, stormed social media to express their anger. Top comments on a Friday Facebook post promoting a Cruz “victory fund” drew furious responses (comments quoted here are unedited):
Jerry Shalow: Cruz you lost my vote for using this protest for your political game. Rubio also. Trump has my vote. How about the violations of the 1st amendment TED!!!!!!! Condone the violence what you just did.
Pappy Beagles: I’m a Texan, I voted for you for the senate, and was supporting you for president, up until you blamed Trump for the savage behavior of Hillary and Bernie supporters in Chicago. I just sent a $100.00 contribution to a billionaire, and i’m retired on a fixed income, so guess this is goodbye to you, and I am now firmly on the Trump wagon.
Gayle Natale: Mr. Cruz, I just listened to your response regarding the protestors who caused
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The pushback has begun. The knock-out games, lies, fires, riots, etc.
People, the decent people are fed up with it.
And fed up with Establishment liars who steal money and do nothing but support the Uniparty.
Or suited for the Scouts as I once envisioned
Cruz obviously has a much different (and much better, IMHO) philosophy on shutting down disrupters and is much more effective at dealing with them than Trump, but Cruz up till now has been dealing with one on one hecklers whereas Trump is now dealing with groups of well organized, professional protesters paid to incite violence
We are electing guys like Cruz to shut down agitprop groups like the one that disrupted the Trump Rally, not make excuses for them
Would definitely find those interesting, but alas, I don’t do FakeBook.
Either way, he has no one to blame but himself.
definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
Electing another ivy league lawyer who is an elected official is insanity.
No. You support thuggery.
You support BLM.
Same response. I have not indicated who I support. I just don’t want a fascist like Trump to win.
What are you, 10 years old?
Anti-Constitution scholar Ted Cruz really jumped the shark for good last night.
Goodbye Ted. Your support of the NWO is clear.
Somehow I thought he would be more popular that that.
How is he a fascist? egad where do you get this stuff?
Wow....a wonderful thing to see after last night. I really can tell the difference here on people who have now decided to not vote for Cruz.
You are witness to what happened yesterday and today with Trump and you’re calling him a fascist? I seriously question your judgement
Re: “How can-—Cruz -——read that so wrong?”
Because this is the Ted he’s always really been. All the religiosity and Conservatism are just masks he’s hid behind to got the power he craves.
Now, at last, the mask is cracking and we get to see the Real UNtrustable Ted.
Thank the Lord above, it’s right on time.
I shudder to think if he had successfully gotten the nomination.
Cruz was aiming his comments towards low information voters.
Joe Dan puts the lie to the lies being told about Trump and makes points I’ve been trying to hammer home on our little radio gig since Trump announced!
Key among those points is that is UTTER MADNESS to send another batch of lawyers/politicians (but I repeat myself) to solve the massive mess created by PREVIOUS batches of lawyers/politicians! WE NEED AN HONEST-TO-GOD CEO! It’s WHY it’s called the EXECUTIVE BRANCH!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvzXfc7ereg
Cruz, the liar, blames the victim.
Yep...and the Lawyers Pac donates 70% to democrats AND TED CRUZ and Rubio!
https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.php?cycle=2016&ind=K01
Clinton, Hillary (D) $7,101,091 WHAT can I say??
Bush, Jeb (R) $1,311,555.....go Jeb! LOL
Harris, Kamala D (D-CA) $739,088
Schumer, Charles E (D-NY) $734,322
Cruz, Ted (R) $644,659 GOVERMENT LAWYER
Rubio, Marco (R) $576,185 At least he’s not running for his senate job again!
METHODOLOGY: The numbers on this page are based on contributions from PACs and individuals giving $200 or more.
Isn’t THAT a nice little club to belong to????
He has argued and won cases in the Supreme Court.
So take off, hoser.
This election season is getting crazy and people are going insane
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