Cruz opens huge lead over Trump in Utah (53% Cruz, 29% Kasich, 11% Trump)

Politico ^ | March 19, 2016 | Kristen East

[reaganaut1]

Ted Cruz has a significant lead over his two Republican challengers in the days leading up to the Utah caucuses — and yes, that includes Donald Trump.

A Y2 Analytics survey released on Saturday shows Cruz with the support of 53 percent of likely Republican caucus-goers. If Cruz were to get at least 50 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s caucus, he’d capture all 40 of the state’s GOP delegates.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich came in second in the poll with 29 percent, and Trump followed him at 11 percent.

The survey also found that 64 percent of Utah Republicans believe Trump will weaken the Republican Party as its nominee. Among those who said they wouldn't support Trump in the Utah caucuses, a majority say they would be unable to vote for the GOP front-runner in November should he be the party's nominee.

Cruz has been campaigning in the state and won the endorsement of a close colleague, Utah Sen. Mike Lee. He also earned the support of 2012 nominee Mitt Romney, who told his Facebook followers on Friday that he was voting for Cruz in an effort to deny Trump a majority of delegates ahead of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

Trump, meanwhile, has launched a last-minute TV ad campaign against Cruz, spending roughly $160,000 on TV ads in the state ahead of Tuesday’s contest.

Trump continued his assault on Cruz Friday night when he again accused the Texas senator of dishonesty and said “Mormons don’t like liars.” A majority of Utah residents identify as Mormon — around 62 percent, according to the latest U.S. Census figures.

[seekthetruth]

Hope folks in Utah get to read this which is very well documented.

http://www.theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/03/19/the-mask-is-officially-off-how-ted-cruz-is-funded-by-biggest-dc-insiders/

[SmokingJoe]

Why don't you give me just one state where Cruz underperformed his RCP average poll numbers on Tuesday?

[junta]

Good to hear that, it would seem they make the inter mountain West small town living a real pain, and probably on purpose.

[mythenjoseph]

And whats wrong with being Anti-Mormon laserman?....I hate everyone evenly by the way...

[SampleMan]

You FRUMPSTERS are hilarious.

I swear I’ve never seen a longer, faster growing enemies list in my life.

It’s simply not enough to like Trump, you are somehow compelled to hate all others.

You appear incapable of differentiating good from bad without first consulting the associated Trump rating in the polls?

[tennmountainman]

You are a fool. You say Trump should not be considered because he
has never held office. Yet, it is the ones who have held office that has
brought this once great country to the brink.

Cantor, Bonehead, Ryan, McConnell and the ones that came and went
before them.

This country is on the brink, not because of Trump, but because of
the political hacks you keep voting for and send back.

[Leo Carpathian]

Non eligible, not Natural Born Citizens, Cubans, Chihuahua Marko and Pinocchio Ted attacking Big Donald at CNN freestyle match.

Cruz "character":
1. Phony summonses mailed out, scaring people to vote for Cruz.
2. Claiming Carson quit, presinc captains told voters "vote for Cruz"
3. Campaigning in the 800 churches, showing video "vote for me" with his preacher/father stomping for him. Rafael Cruz is a 7 Mountain Dominionist and believes his son is the anointed one.
4. "Brilliant" lawyer, did not know he was Canadian citizen and that he is not Natural Born Citizen, not eligible for office of P or VP.
5. Making phony video advertising with lies about opponents.
6. Phony video about Rubio - Obama.
7. 7 Mountain Dominionist Church = Christian???
Just enough to beat Trump in IA, apologize, rinse and repeat?
Liar is the polite term for this Cuban. His father was pro-communist in Cuba, imprisoned by Batista, but now he is refugee?

IRREFUTABLE AUTHORITY HAS SPOKEN
(Oct. 18, 2009) The Post & Email has in several articles mentioned that the Supreme Court of the United States has given the definition of what a "natural born citizen" is. Since being a natural born citizen is an objective qualification and requirement of office for the U.S. President (and VP), it is important for all U.S. Citizens to understand what this term means.
http://www.thepostemail.com/2009/10/18/4-supreme-court-cases-define-natural-born-citizen/
Applies to Cruz and Rubio, both at the time not born to US citizens and on US soil.

[Mariner]

I have no doubt Cruz will do better than 53% in a religious cult, caucus state.

No doubt.

And it's the very last state he will even come close to winning.

[SmokingJoe]

Trump, biggest con man and swindler to have run for president.
Trump university swindle anyone?
Fined one million dollars for being part of a conspiracy to import Polish illegals to build his signature Trump Tower, pay them starvation wages, then threaten to have them deported when, they complained about being ripped off.
We haven’t even talked about all the Mexican illegals Trump employed to build golf courses in Florida only to turn round and call Mexican illegals rapists.

[Grampa Dave]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3411521/posts

Another good or evil Mormon in action! Dirty Harry Reid

EXCLUSIVE: ICE Whistleblower May Depose Harry Reid The Daily Caller ^ | 3-22-2016 | Evan Gahr Posted on 3/20/2016, 10:59:45 AM by smoothsailing

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid could be deposed for ICE whistleblower Taylor Johnson’s new lawsuit because complaints from his office precipitated her ouster.

Johnson’s attorney, Morris Fischer, told the Washington Gadfly that, “We will attempt to depose whoever is involved in this corruption up to and including Harry Reid. His fingerprints are all over the place.”

The veteran law enforcement agent, who DHS fired in February after she rejected $100,000 in hush money, filed a Merit System Protection Board claim against the agency earlier this month.

Johnson, a single mother of four, had a storied career until she ran afoul of Reid by expressing national security concerns about the EB-5 visa program for foreigners who invest at least $500,000 in American companies. One of the green cards she refused to approve was for a Chinese investor in the Las Vegas casino represented by Reid’s lawyer son, Rory.

After Reid’s office called her Special Agent-in-Charge Johnson was stripped of her gun and badge without explanation in 2013. Her frantic boss demanded to know why he was suddenly being threatened with congressional action.

Johnson’s complaints and objections from other whistleblowers were subsequently vindicated.

The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General concluded in a March 2015 report that then-U.S. Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) director Alejandro Mayorkas improperly intervened on behalf of Reid for the Las Vegas SLS Hotel and Casino then represented by his son. Mayorkas, now DHS Deputy Secretary, also lobbied for companies tied to Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, Rodham, and former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell.

In June 2015, Johnson testified in a nationally televised hearing about her troubles with the agency and concerns about the program. Although DHS spokesman officially told the media they could not comment about her particular case, it turned out the ICE spokeswoman Gillian Christensen was running a secret smear campaign against her with the full knowledge of Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. The attempt to discredit Johnson is now under investigation by the Senate Homeland Security Committee and the DHS Office of Inspector General, which both have interviewed this reporter about his encounter with Christensen.

Johnson’s actual MSPB complaint is confidential. But Fischer explained the legal issues at play based on information already in the public realm.

ICE gave shifting and obvious bogus rationales for why they needed to cut her loose, he explained. First, they claimed she made hundreds of improper calls to a confidential informant.

Except it turned out the calls were actually to Johnson’s mother. Then, they said she forged a document that said ICE dogs in 2011 had not detected drugs in a car crossing the Mexican border that it was later determined contained them.

They made her take a handwriting test. But it concluded she did not fill out the form.

Johnson, who set up a gofundme.com page for legal costs, was finally dismissed for lack of candor. The actual contents of her Merit System Protection Board lawsuit are confidential.

DHS needs to prove she was not fired for testifying before Congress and would have been dismissed regardless of her objections to the visa program.

Good luck with that.

ICE never objected to Taylor’s conduct regarding the 2011 border operation until after Reid’s office complained about her.

“There shouldn’t be surprises regarding Taylor’s retaliation,” said Fischer, who has garnered lucrative settlements and jury verdicts for other clients harmed by DHS. “This case will not be won through a lot of dazzling and unexpected litigation maneuvering.”

“This is blatant retaliation and we don’t know what the full extent of the Senate Committee’s investigation and our litigation will produce. There may be one gazillion surprises with respect to how corrupt the whole thing was.”

[napscoordinator]

Too easy.... Missouri, Illinois and North Carolina. Thanks for the easy question. Oops Florida too. They were saying 19 and 15 percent. He got 12. Not sure or care about Ohio.

[plewis1250]

With Trump?
All of it.

[MGunny]

Let Cruz take Romneyland.....and Glen Beck too.

[Leo Carpathian]

Trump, biggest con man and swindler to have run for president. Trump university swindle anyone?
Fined one million dollars for being part of a conspiracy to import Polish illegals to build his signature Trump Tower, pay them starvation wages, then threaten to have them deported when, they complained about being ripped off.

We haven’t even talked about all the Mexican illegals Trump employed to build golf courses in Florida only to turn round and call Mexican illegals rapists.

As a good FReeper,you would try to search what really happened, rather than swallowing enemy propaganda.

Trump university swindle was started by one person demanding refund because he did not become millionaire after taking the course. After signing all agreements etc. Blown into class suit now.

Illegal Polish workers hiring case was that Trump hired Polish contractor, used non union labor, and unions demanded "unpaid" union dues (abt $300k, and sued contractor. Case ballooned because Trump refused to "settle". If one hires contractor, it is contractor responsibility to make sure he is "legal".

Yep, he uses illegals and calls whole Mexico rapists! That is after he employs thousands of people, and rightly calls rapists and killers those who do that. They are breaking the law by illegally entering country and committing the crime. Nobody has problem with legal and verified immigrants, be it from Mexico, Islamia or whatever. There is no country in the world to admit especially criminals illegally.

Check the reality please and be good FReeper. Time to make sure we get good manager to run the country. Crooked politicians have done too much damage and let one ineligible Kenyan to destroy what our fathers built.

Crooked politicians do not like someone who can build and restore this great country.

[newfreep]

[Sun]

“Trump, meanwhile, has launched a last-minute TV ad campaign against Cruz, spending roughly $160,000 on TV ads ....”

Guess Donald’s tweets, and free name recognition with the liberal media isn’t working for Donald in Utah - he has to spend his own money.

[GailA]

https://www.change.org/p/pga-please-cancel-the-relationship-with-donald-trump-s-golf-courses-the-cadillac-championship-and-any-kind-of-business-relationship-with-the-trump-organization/u/11433112?recruiter=73676358&utm_source=share_update&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=facebook_link

[GailA]

NO I READ. And I don’t let sound bytes form my judgement. Then I check voting records.

When a man donates mostly to DEMS Clintons in particular I have BIG doubts about the sanity of the man.

[GailA]

This is not the days of the Founders, we have to have track records or you get LIES.

[tennmountainman]

What has Trump voted for that has this country on the brink?

What law has he passed that has hurt this country?

It is the congress critters, past and present that have nearly destroyed
this nation, not Trump.