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Cruz kicks off presidential campaign at Christian college
AP ^ | 3/23/15 | PHILIP ELLIOTT

Posted on 03/23/2015 10:08:03 AM PDT by Kartographer

Sen. Ted Cruz opened the first major campaign of the 2016 presidential season Monday with a kickoff speech courting cultural conservatives and declaring that he will devote himself to "reigniting the promise of America."

One of several Republican hopefuls to rise from the tea party movement, Cruz spoke at Liberty University, the college founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, hours after a wee-hours tweet announcing his White House bid. The choice of the college founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell was meant as marker against potential rivals who are also counting on Christian conservatives to fuel their candidacies.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz2016; cruzannounces; cruzspeech; libertyuniv
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To: Kartographer

Love it!


21 posted on 03/23/2015 10:59:59 AM PDT by FES0844
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To: Baynative

Cruz father fought AGAINST Baptista when he was 17, thrown in prison and tortured
It was not exactly like he joined Castro except in the sense he opposed
Baptista


22 posted on 03/23/2015 11:12:47 AM PDT by RWGinger
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To: urbanpovertylawcenter

He has never Governed period. I’ll take Walker any day.


23 posted on 03/23/2015 11:41:22 AM PDT by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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