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Ted Cruz: Some of the Trump Damage Is ‘Self Inflicted’
BREITBART.COM ^ | 19 MAY 2017 | PAM KEY

Posted on 05/20/2017 7:22:16 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist

Friday at the Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce in Irving, TX, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said some President Donald Trump political problems were “self-inflicted.”

Cruz said, “What I’m trying to do is just ignore the circus.”

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To: Alberta's Child

“For what it’s worth, I’ve heard that AG Sessions pushed hard to get Mueller named as the special counsel. That’s very telling, and gives me a lot of confidence that Mueller will do the job well.”

Most comforting news I have heard about this Mueller appointment. Thank you.


101 posted on 05/20/2017 8:48:11 AM PDT by LouisianaJoanof Arc (Proud Horrible Deplorable that wants HRC prosecuted)
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To: Helicondelta

There is no damage.

Agree. The media and the liberals are screaming “WOLF! WOLF! WOLF!” There is no wolf. More and more people will start to ignore the media and liberals.

At the end of the day, the question is, “What did you accomplish?”

By time the 2018 elections roll around, people will have forgotten all this minutia.


102 posted on 05/20/2017 8:49:20 AM PDT by boycott
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To: BobL
Donald Trump is not unfit for the job, but he is absolutely ill-suited (and was clearly ill-prepared) for the job. Heck -- one of the reasons I voted for him was that he's ill-suited for the job.

I would vote for him again if the election was held tomorrow.

I would even be a bigger financial contributor now than I was last year.

But that doesn't mean I'm going to drink the Kool-Aid and pretend he's not an erratic man a lot of the time and needs to be under constant scrutiny over things that politically astute people take for granted.

103 posted on 05/20/2017 8:50:55 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: Alberta's Child

Congressional Republicans can’t defend President Trump because he and his staff are all over the map on a lot of things that are big stories in the media right now. Put yourself in the shoes of a Republican Congressman right now. When you have Sean Spicer and Donald Trump saying two diametrically opposed things about the same story (the firing of James Comey, for example), you have no way of knowing how the hell to “defend” the president.


Not true. There are MANY GOP is safe seats who could without risk fully support POTUS and his agenda. They just don’t want to.

When Clinton was impeached, Democrats had a party at the White House. Last week a former Congresswoman Florida Democrat was convicted of 18 FELONIES. Dems immediately rallied to her.

The GOP is choosing to not support POTUS because they want his agenda to fail. In fact, they prefer the progressive Democrat agenda to his agenda. How pathetic is that?


104 posted on 05/20/2017 8:51:02 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: boycott

By time the 2018 elections roll around, people will have forgotten all this minutia.


It’s not about elections now. It’s about governing. And all this nonsense is holding up POTUS drain the swamp agenda. Which is exactly what career politicians like Ted Cruz want.


105 posted on 05/20/2017 8:52:34 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: Alberta's Child

Don’t be silly. Of course the GOP can defend Trump. They can repeat into every mic in DC that there is zero evidence that Trump has committed a crime, and thus zero basis for impeachment. Then they can run through the impressively long, bipartisan list of people who are on record saying there is zero evidence of collusion between Trump and Russia. They can repeat these two facts until A, they sink in, and B, the ground is cut out from under the MSM/Democrats.


106 posted on 05/20/2017 8:53:23 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: LouisianaJoanof Arc

‘Most comforting news I have heard about this Mueller appointment.’

Yes, but there’s no link, is there?


107 posted on 05/20/2017 8:54:38 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Trump needs to stick a sock in his mouth for once.

Yeah, because shutting up and backing off has worked so well for our side....

108 posted on 05/20/2017 8:55:26 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: boycott
One thing I've noticed is that some very vocal Democrats have been completely silent in recent days. Other than dingbats like Maxine Waters and Elijah Cummings who represent low-IQ constituents and have no fears of causing any political damage to themselves, it seems like the "usual suspects" have all gone silent in recent days. That tells me one or both of the following is at work here:

1. The Democrats never expected the Trump administration to actually appoint a special counsel in this case.

2. Many Democrats are alarmed at the prospect of President Trump leaving office through a resignation or impeachment.

109 posted on 05/20/2017 8:58:38 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: Fantasywriter

The GOP is trying to wear down Trump so he won’t run for reelection. LBJ is the correct historical parallel. Not Nixon. That’s what much of the backstabbing is about, IMO.


110 posted on 05/20/2017 8:59:13 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: 9YearLurker
If Trump falls, it will be to his own misguided actions and personnel decisions.

Now that's some serious #NeverTrump bullshit—precisely what I'd expect from you...

111 posted on 05/20/2017 8:59:17 AM PDT by sargon ("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
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To: map

“Trump needs to stick a sock in his mouth for once.”
“That strategy worked out well for GWB. Silence is golden.”

Exactly. He is fighting back against the establishment and it will not be pretty. Some of the snowflakes on this forum are assuming the fetal position.


112 posted on 05/20/2017 9:02:07 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: lodi90
There are MANY GOP is safe seats who could without risk fully support POTUS and his agenda.

The House Freedom Caucus would be among them. And yet these were the members of Congress who were singled out for scathing criticism by President Trump for refusing to support Paul Ryan's health care reform bill that didn't address a single item in the health care reform proposal that Trump's campaign had proposed when he was a candidate in 2016.

Like I said ... the Republicans in Washington who will fare the best over the next couple of years are likely to be the ones who can figure out how to ignore him whenever they need to.

113 posted on 05/20/2017 9:02:51 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: Alberta's Child
Congressional Republicans can't defend President Trump because [insert totally lame excuse here]

If the Congressional Republicans had any balls at all, they would be defending this President aggressively and passionately.

Instead, they're acting like a bunch of cowards, and deserve a coward's fate...

114 posted on 05/20/2017 9:03:39 AM PDT by sargon ("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Sort of like this self serving statement while sliding the shim into Trump’s back.


115 posted on 05/20/2017 9:04:02 AM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: SoFloFreeper

“I wish our guys would rally around Trump with enthusiasm. Leave criticism for closed doors.”

I agree. This is an all out war against the establishment.


116 posted on 05/20/2017 9:04:20 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Alberta's Child
I don't know why anyone would give Cruz any grief over this statement. Like it or not, he's right about this.

Of course he's right, but you don't freely give the enemy ammunition like that. Ted just enabled the MSM to open up another angle of attack against the President.

117 posted on 05/20/2017 9:04:38 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Fantasywriter
They can repeat into every mic in DC that there is zero evidence that Trump has committed a crime, and thus zero basis for impeachment.

1. There is no need to even mention the word "impeachment" when you're dealing with a fabricated scandal like this.

2. There's no need for any Republican to do this when you already have people like Diane Feinstein, former FBI Director James Comey, and interim FBI Director Andrew McCabe on the record saying exactly what you've said here.

118 posted on 05/20/2017 9:06:05 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: Windflier

Same old Ted that disappointed us earlier.


119 posted on 05/20/2017 9:06:54 AM PDT by Pelham (Liberate California. Deport Mexico Now)
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To: sargon
See Post #113. If you were a Freedom Caucus member, would you feel any obligation to defend a president who singled you out for public criticism for your refusal to support a fouled-up GOPe health care reform bill that would have cost you -- as well as President Trump -- a lot of grassroots support in your own district?
120 posted on 05/20/2017 9:08:16 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
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