Posted on 02/24/2016 7:00:21 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
Right now we are seeing an assault on our freedoms and our security. On the one hand, the Obama administration has come after our Bill of Rights - from his administration's assault on religious liberty to its effort to strip Americans of their Second Amendment right to bear arms and the concerted effort to replace state and local control with federal bureaucratic overreach.
On the other hand, the Obama administration continues to compromise our safety by not only failing to secure the border but by creating policies that make the problem worse. President Obama has unilaterally extended executive amnesty to millions under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), incentivizing more to break the law as was evident by the massive border surge in 2013. This defied both the Constitution and the rule of law.
As lieutenant governor of Texas, I can think of no person better suited than Ted Cruz to take the challenges of Obama's failures head on and restore constitutional government.
Texas has led the way against President Obama's reckless amnesty, and no presidential candidate has fought harder to end Obama's illegal actions that Senator Cruz. Since the Gang of Eight fight, Ted Cruz has led Congress and millions of conservatives to stop the Obama-Schumer-Rubio amnesty deal. That massive immigration package would not only have granted amnesty to millions, it would also have expanded the President's authority to unilaterally admit refugees while also failing to secure the border.
Ted Cruz, along with Reps. Jeff Sessions, Steve King, and other strong House conservatives, successfully stopped the Gang of Eight bill. We need a president who will have the same resolve not simply to stop bad legislation but also to...
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So what you are saying is that only 1/4 to 1/3 of Republicans would vote for Cruz ?
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