5 Actions Ted Cruz Says He Would Take on His First Day in the Oval Office

Daily Signal ^ | 8/8/15 | Kate Scanlon

[DoughtyOne]

Sounds good...

[cripplecreek]

He will not promise what he cannot do.

Why that crazy constitutionalist!

[Isara]

[CodeToad]

“Then he would instruct the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service to “cease persecuting” individuals seeking to practice their faith in their workplace.”

Ho about prosecuting those that acted illegally in the IRS and the Justus Dept???

[Above My Pay Grade]

A Ted Cruz presidency would be the best thing to happen to America since Ronald Reagan.

[CodeToad]

“If you are a Trump supporter, don’t bother. Please move on to another thread. “

Yes, we should move to a thread where the candidate says America First! America Wins!, and not “More 325,000 cheap H-1B labor foreign workers for corporations!”

[cripplecreek]

In some ways I think he’s better than Reagan.

[Isara]

He had a HUGE crowd in GA today

Yes, he had. Here is the video from Newnan, GA.

https://www.facebook.com/tedcruzpage/videos/10153497846287464/

[proust]

Shhh, don’t tell the truth about the One True Conservative(TM).

[trisham]

Please. Are you really that insecure about Cruz’s strengths? I’m not.

[trisham]

It’s not your decision. Good grief. I’m a Cruz supporter and this is ridiculous.

[proust]

Go Cruz!

[Isara]

Presidential Candidates Comparison

[NoDRodee]

“Yes, we should move to a thread where the candidate says America First! America Wins!, and not “More 325,000 cheap H-1B labor foreign workers for corporations!”

Send money to Hillary and Bill while you are there!
Trump supported single payer health care, Bill / Hillary, Amnesty, abortion,.....

Why would red state want him?
He’s campaign flipped on 10X more issue then Romney.

[Isara]

Our Standard: The Constitution

Ted Cruz has spent a lifetime fighting to defend the Constitution — our nation’s founding document and the supreme law of the land — which was crafted by our founding fathers to act as chains to bind the mischief of government and to protect the liberties endowed to us by our Creator.

Religious Liberty

• Defended Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties against Obamacare’s contraception mandate.
• Led the way on several cases including a U.S. Supreme Court case that preserved the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance.
• Successfully defended the words “under God” in the Texas Pledge of Allegiance and Texas schools’ moment of silence law in federal district court.
• Galvanized national support for Houston pastors who had been subpoenaed by the City of Houston to provide the content of their sermons forcing the City to back down.
• Supported the right of students to display banners containing religious content at school sporting events.
• Successfully defended the constitutionality of the Texas Ten Commandments monument, winning a 5-4 landmark decision before the U.S. Supreme Court, setting an important national precedent for the right to display similar monuments.
• Fought to help the Boy Scouts of America to reverse a district court ruling barring them from leasing a public park.

Second Amendment

• Played a crucial role in preventing federal legislation to restrict the Second Amendment rights of Americans.
• Authored legislation to strengthen the Second Amendment rights of Americans by allowing interstate firearms sales.
• Led 31 states in District of Columbia v. Heller where the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ban on firearms in a 5-4 landmark decision.
  • Honored by the National Rifle Association with a 2008 resolution for his leadership in the Heller case, which noted that his “efforts made this victory for the American people possible.”
  • Awarded the NRA’s 2010 Carter-Knight Freedom Fund, which “rewards exemplary activities in the support and protection of the right to Keep and Bear Arms” for his work in the Heller and McDonald cases.
• Argued against unreasonable and burdensome gun restrictions before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
• Recognized by NRA executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre who observed, “Ted Cruz is one of our nation’s leading defenders of the Second Amendment. For over a decade, Ted has fought tirelessly to defend our constitutional right to keep and bear arms, and his leadership was absolutely critical to our major victories before the U.S. Supreme Court.”

U.S. Sovereignty

• Fought and won a landmark ruling for U.S. sovereignty in Medellin v. Texas at the U.S. Supreme Court against 90 foreign nations and the President to ensure the supremacy of U.S. legal system against encroachment by international treaties and rulings of the “World Court.”
• Cosponsored a resolution urging the president not to sign the UN Arms Treaty, which would have subordinated the Second Amendments rights of American citizens to global interests.

Government Overreach

• Called for a special prosecutor to investigate the targeting of conservatives by the IRS.

 

More Proven Records:

• STRONGER, SAFER AMERICA
• LIFE, MARRIAGE & FAMILY
• JOBS & OPPORTUNITY

[DoodleDawg]

OK, Cruz, where in the hell is Obamacare. At least start immediately.

The five things he mentioned are all things he can do as president. Ending Obamacare would require Congress.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Sad thing—Cruz will never get the chance. He will never be President. The fix is in—It will be Bush III. Maybe Carla as VP (she’s a woman you know) —They are set to lose. What should happen? The GOP should be pulled from power—they are a stocking horse for the DNC. Straw men to be defeated by whom ever the progs put up. Think Dole, Think MCain, Think Mittens.

[SuzyQue]

“I actually believe him based on his past actions. He was clearly a fighting conservative since before most of us had ever heard of him.”

Remarkable how few candidates that actually applies to.

[crz]

Why? Obama changed the friggan thing how many times?

[Pollster1]

OK, Cruz, where in the hell is Obamacare. At least start immediately.

I noticed that too, but I think it's a philosophical thing. Cruz didn't promise to repeal Obamacare on January 20, 2017, because President Cruz will not have that authority. I assume he will push to repeal that evil law quickly, and that he will promise to do so in his campaign, but the repeal lacks the urgency of his first day promises. So long as Cruz repeals Obamacare within the first few weeks, that is soon enough to start planning for the new calendar year eleven months later.

I don't care what parliamentary maneuvers are required; Obamacare must die. If the Senate has to "go nuclear", that is appropriate after the way Obamacare was rammed through. If they have to stick it as one line in a reconciliation bill, I'm okay with that too. It is one of the most important things President Cruz will do, but killing Obamacare can wait for days or even weeks (but not months!) before he starts.