Posted on 09/20/2015 8:26:18 AM PDT by Isara
Ted Cruz: 'We're going to win Michigan' (Video at the link)
MACKINAC ISLAND, MI — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, speaking Saturday to a crowd of Michigan Republicans that included plenty of "establishment" figures, positioned himself as the grassroots presidential candidate of choice.
"If you see a candidate that Washington embraces, run and hide," Cruz said during a keynote address at the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference.
"...If you think things are going great in Washington, if you think we need to continue heading in the same basic direction -- just kind of fiddle around the edges -- then I ain't your guy."
Cruz, wearing an open-collard shirt, blazer and cowboy boots at the island confab, promised an aggressive presidential agenda on day one, which he'd start by rescinding "every single illegal and unconstitutional executive action" taken by President Barack Obama.
Cruz said he would order and investigation into Planned Parenthood "and those horrible videos," and he'd direct federal agencies that the "persecution of religious liberty ends today."
And, doubling down on comments he made in Wednesday's Republican presidential debate on CNN, Cruz said he would "rip to shreds the catastrophic Iranian nuclear deal" negotiated by the Obama administration.
The big difference between Cruz and other candidates in Wednesday's debate? "I'll do exactly what I said I'd do."
And he said he'd do a lot. In "the days that follow," he repeatedly said, he'd "repeal every word of Obamacare, fight common core, secre the border and end sanctuary cities, take on the EPA and abolish the IRS.
Speaking with reporters on the porch of the Grand Hotel following his speech, Cruz described himself as the most "consistent" conservative in the race, suggesting that Republicans know what they are going to get if they vote for him.
"We're going to win Michigan," he said, praising his in-state team, which includes former Michigan GOP Chairman Saul Anuzis, state Sen. Patrick Colbeck and grassroots organizer Wendy Day.
Cruz finished sixth in the latest Michigan poll of the GOP presidential field, but with a crowded field showing signs that it may soon thin, Anuzis said Cruz is well positioned to pick up support.
"In a field of 17 candidates, being a lot of people's second choice is not a bad place to be," Anuzis said. "And that's part of what we're trying to do."
Cruz was the second of five presidential candidates scheduled to speak at the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, a biennial confab attended by at least 2,200 registered guests this weekend.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush spoke on Friday night, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich followed Cruz on Saturday. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina are expected to deliver keynote addresses Saturday evening.
And who is Washington embracing?
Everybody but Cruz and Trump.
Tell you anything?
It does indeed.
thanks for this awesome post of the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan and Michigander for Cruz.
If you watch the Polls and the MSM, you will SEE a lot about other candidates rising in the Polls and you will see them all over the talk shows which don’t like Cruz because he makes them look foolish with their condescending attitude and gotcha questions, they fear him.
It is not what you SEE that’s important, it is what you DON’T SEE... the intense and encompassing ground game Cruz is employing, he is a strategist reminiscent of Reagan, he is laying a strong firm foundation, first things first, then he will build upon that foundation when it is set.
If you see a candidate that Washington embraces...run and hide YOUR WALLET!
That is true, and yes, it speaks volumes.......
Washington is embracing Sanders? News to me.
This is true, however, I disagree with Cruz’s statement - we shouldn’t run and hide -we need to stand and fight back against them. We’ve been hiding far too long.
Im with ya in spirit!
“he’d start by rescinding “every single illegal and unconstitutional executive action” taken by President Barack Obama.”
Go Ted Go!
If you listen to the MSM partisan media shills, that could be any of 'em. ;') But Cruz to Victory! I'd rather have Cruz than Trump for POTUS, but if it's a Trump/Cruz ticket, the likelihood of a Cruz presidency starting in 2024 after eight years of Trump also works. Cruz/Trump means, no Trump in 2024. Thanks Isara.
Why advise Americans to hide when they could just hit the “Flush” handle?
This is Ted Cruz's joke, not a statement.
And this is an important distinction because? You thought I didn't understand that? Are you just as autonomically condescending as any liberal?
Sheesh.
No more Bushes or Clintons. That includes Clinton's friend Trump.
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