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Cruz's message to Wall Street: Help me
POLITICO ^ | April 13, 2016 | Ben White

Posted on 04/13/2016 3:48:57 AM PDT by Trump20162020

After bashing bankers, including his wife's employer Goldman Sachs, he invites them to a Harvard Club fundraiser.

NEW YORK -- This Monday, assorted bankers, traders and Wall Street lawyers will gather inside the neo-Georgian walls of the Harvard Club in midtown Manhattan to write big checks to an unlikely recipient: Ted Cruz.

Cruz, who attended Harvard Law School, isn't one to trade too heavily on old school ties and friendships at the likes of Goldman Sachs, where his wife works. On the campaign trail, the Texas senator has railed against Wall Street “crony capitalism,” ripped giant banks as “too big to fail” and wrapped himself in populist garb in his quest to take down Donald Trump. But now he's desperate: Cruz, who has already received $12 million in support from the financial industry, needs Wall Street money more than ever.

Given the formidable stakes, many on Wall Street are paying attention to Cruz's overtures. Some say they dislike both Cruz and Trump, but will come to the aid of Cruz as the lesser evil. Others find Cruz's anti-Wall Street rhetoric, combined with his role in promoting Washington gridlock, too objectionable to overcome.

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Politics/Elections; US: New York; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; cruz; cruzfundraising; cruzgoldmansachs; cruzwallstreet; election2016; goldmansachs; heidicruz; newyork; tedcruz; texas; trump; wallstreet
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1 posted on 04/13/2016 3:48:57 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: Trump20162020

Do Ted and Heidi have no shame in their money-grabbing initiatives?


2 posted on 04/13/2016 3:53:27 AM PDT by grania
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To: Trump20162020

Headline says it all....


3 posted on 04/13/2016 3:53:54 AM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: grania

5$, 10$, 20$, whatever it takes.


4 posted on 04/13/2016 3:54:25 AM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: Trump20162020
Cruz is a man who doesn't believe anything he says.

He will compromise any position for immediate gain.

5 posted on 04/13/2016 3:58:50 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: ripnbang

That was the first thing that I thought!r


6 posted on 04/13/2016 3:59:57 AM PDT by nclaurel
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To: Trump20162020

“Cruz as the lesser evil”

I don’t think so.


7 posted on 04/13/2016 4:02:04 AM PDT by MagnoliaB (You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you might find, you get what you need.)
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To: Trump20162020

The Cruz-aid drinkers will see no hypocrisy in this.


8 posted on 04/13/2016 4:04:07 AM PDT by dartuser
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To: Trump20162020

...nobody likes Cruz. Not even the banksters.

“There is no point is supporting someone who can’t win,” said the CEO of a large financial firm who also backed Bush and then Rubio. “We would wind up with a guy nobody really likes who can’t appeal to the broad mass of the American electorate. So I’m done with 2016. I’ve given up any belief that I know what’s going on.”


9 posted on 04/13/2016 4:26:23 AM PDT by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: grania

Are the Clintons honest?


10 posted on 04/13/2016 4:38:25 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Trump20162020; onyx; Jane Long; miss marmelstein; 20yearsofinternet; tirednvirginia; PJBankard; ...
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11 posted on 04/13/2016 4:45:16 AM PDT by mkjessup (We Don't Know. Where Heidi Went. But She Won't Be Married. To The President. Burma Shave)
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To: fortheDeclaration

that’s funny coming from a Trumpkin who supports a man who is a democrat running as a republican who has supported and gave money to democrats and liberal causes his whole life. If there ever was a flip flopper and someone who changed his views as often as the wind blows, it is Donald Jerk Trump.


12 posted on 04/13/2016 4:52:00 AM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL (The GOP has lost its way and will continue to destroy this country with big government solutions.)
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To: grania

I keep getting an email from Cruz telling me I will be a delegate if I contribute 35.00 to his campaign.....
http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/34748226:sU-bbxCNL:m:1:927620593:9633DAA4C9C8C36274DC59C65335E8F1:r


13 posted on 04/13/2016 4:57:21 AM PDT by lilypad
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Are the Clintons honest?

Do you seriously think we'll accept a candidate who has to be compared to the Clintons to justify their activities?

14 posted on 04/13/2016 5:04:47 AM PDT by grania
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To: lilypad
I found the deleted Cruz campaign solicitation. It said that for $35 I could get my Deputy Delegate Card.

Mygosh, some of the more brain-melded Cruz candidates might show up in Cleveland and claim they're "Deputy Delegates". Cruz is playing off the Colorado scandal for donations.

What THE HELL is going on with that campaign?

Is it me, or does "deputy delegate" sound official and real? Isn't that fraud?

15 posted on 04/13/2016 5:09:33 AM PDT by grania
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To: grania

It almost smacks of the Ben Carson mess...


16 posted on 04/13/2016 5:18:19 AM PDT by lilypad
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To: ripnbang

If you’re begging for Wall Street dollars, need to multiply those numbers by one million! :)


17 posted on 04/13/2016 5:31:45 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: grania

Lighten up. It was a whimsical response


18 posted on 04/13/2016 6:24:38 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: grania

Both answers are no


19 posted on 04/13/2016 6:26:20 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Trump20162020

Cruz is bought paid for and OWNED!!!

NEW YORK — This Monday, assorted bankers, traders and Wall Street lawyers will gather inside the neo-Georgian walls of the Harvard Club in midtown Manhattan to write big checks to an unlikely recipient: Ted Cruz.


20 posted on 04/13/2016 6:27:07 AM PDT by Harpotoo
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