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Ted Cruz announces 2016 presidential bid
CNN ^
| March 23, 2015
| Ashley Killough and Jeremy Diamond
Posted on 03/22/2015 10:13:50 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
(CNN)Ted Cruz is first out the gate.
The first-term senator from Texas announced early Monday he is running for president.
Cruz announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination in a 30-second video message in a tweet shortly after midnight Monday. Later in the day, he will appear at Virginia's Liberty University, the largest Christian university in the world, where he will make his in-person declaration.
"I'm running for President and I hope to earn your support!" Cruz said in his tweet.
Cruz, 44, will be the first candidate to formally throw his hat in the ring for what's expected to be a crowded GOP primary, with more than a dozen high-profile Republicans expressing serious interest in a White House run.
"It's a time for truth, a time to rise to the challenge just as Americans have always done," Cruz says over clips of American landscapes and people. "It's going to take a new generation of courageous conservatives to help make America great again. And I'm ready to stand with you to lead the fight."
The Houston Chronicle first reported that Cruz would declare his candidacy on Monday, skipping the step of forming an exploratory committee, according to advisers with direct knowledge of his plans.
Cruz, armed with his trademark ostrich boots and impressive oratory skills, has quickly made a name for himself in the past two years since he started in the Senate, solidifying his brand as a conservative firebrand willing to take on establishment Republicans in Washington.
A constant and vocal critic of the Obama administration, he's perhaps best known for his stalwart fight against Obamacare in 2013, which led to a tense standoff between Democrats
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; abortion; cruz; cruz2016; cruzannounces; cruzorlose; deathpanels; election2016; homosexualagenda; obamacare; teaparty; tedcruz; texas; zerocare
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To: SoConPubbie; Kale; Jarhead9297; COUNTrecount; notaliberal; DoughtyOne; RitaOK; MountainDad; ...
Ted Cruz Ping!
If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.
Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!
CRUZ or LOSE!
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posted on
03/22/2015 10:14:19 PM PDT
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: SoConPubbie
Ted Cruz ✔ @tedcruz Follow I'm running for President and I hope to earn your support! 11:09 PM - 22 Mar 2015 Very exciting! Ted Cruz has my support!
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posted on
03/22/2015 10:15:20 PM PDT
by
chris37
(Heartless)
To: SoConPubbie
His little video was great. :)
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posted on
03/22/2015 10:16:14 PM PDT
by
Politicalkiddo
(Proud Millennial for Cruz!)
To: SoConPubbie
Let’s hope Rand Paul does not siphon away support and spoil Conservative unity.
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posted on
03/22/2015 10:17:03 PM PDT
by
INVAR
("Fart for liberty, fart for freedom and fart proudly!" - Benjamin Franklin)
To: SoConPubbie
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posted on
03/22/2015 10:17:43 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
To: SoConPubbie
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posted on
03/22/2015 10:18:36 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
To: INVAR
Well, Rand Paul is not a conservative, so it shouldn’t be a problem.
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posted on
03/22/2015 10:18:43 PM PDT
by
stanne
To: stanne
Yeah, he’s just riding on his crazy daddy’s coatails.
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posted on
03/22/2015 10:24:38 PM PDT
by
Politicalkiddo
(Proud Millennial for Cruz!)
To: SoConPubbie
Announcement won’t play. I’m guessing this is because too many millions of people are trying to play it at once.
To: Politicalkiddo
Whatever he is doing, he is a wingnut. Never know what side of an issue he’ll arrive on
Unpredictable and not conservative. Nothing, really.
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posted on
03/22/2015 10:27:06 PM PDT
by
stanne
To: stanne
Sounds like most of the RINO candidates. He’s just another loser.
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posted on
03/22/2015 10:28:24 PM PDT
by
Politicalkiddo
(Proud Millennial for Cruz!)
To: scripter
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posted on
03/22/2015 10:30:22 PM PDT
by
latina4dubya
(wheni have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
To: SoConPubbie
Cruz, 44, will be the first candidate Will be? Is.
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posted on
03/22/2015 10:38:41 PM PDT
by
JaguarXKE
(1973: Reporters investigate All the President's Men. 2013: Reporters ARE all the President's men d)
To: stanne
Rand has paid fealty to McConnell - and therefore a potential weapon for the Ruling Class.
Rand is Libertarian on most things, Conservative in a few, and it is enough to confuse the less-than-informed and the party loyalists who may not like Jeb.
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posted on
03/22/2015 10:38:42 PM PDT
by
INVAR
("Fart for liberty, fart for freedom and fart proudly!" - Benjamin Franklin)
To: SoConPubbie; RonDog
The 240th anniversary of Patrick Henry’s speech. Give me liberty or give me death. Indeed.
To: SoConPubbie
<<<”I’m running for President and I hope to earn your support!” Cruz said in his tweet.>>>
You had that a long time ago Senator...a very long time ago.
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posted on
03/22/2015 10:42:38 PM PDT
by
MichaelCorleone
(Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
To: SoConPubbie
i guess his presidential run website won’t be live until the liberty university speech
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posted on
03/22/2015 10:43:01 PM PDT
by
Mount Athos
(A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
To: SoConPubbie
Go to tedcruz.org and donate if you can. I just did, and it feels damn good.
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posted on
03/22/2015 10:43:27 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: SoConPubbie
Please let everybody know Ted will be on with Hannity tomorrow night - Monday.
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posted on
03/22/2015 10:53:14 PM PDT
by
CyberAnt
("The hour has arrived to gather the Harvest")
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