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Cruz Says Trump Supporters Will Soon Back Him (Meet the Press)
NBC ^ | 10/17/15 | Leigh Caldwell

Posted on 10/17/2015 2:58:18 PM PDT by VinL

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said Donald Trump's campaign has been "immensely beneficial" to his own campaign but added that his supporters will soon turn to him as they become "more educated."

"I think Donald's campaign has been immensely beneficial for our campaign and the reason is, he's framed the central issue of the Republican primary as, who will stand up to Washington," [sic] Trump told "Meet the Press" moderator Chuck Todd.

"Well, the natural follow up if that's the question is, who has actually stood up to Washington?" [sic] Trump continued, adding that he's the only one with the proven record of standing up to both Democrats and Republicans.

Cruz said that "as voters get more educated, study the candidates, listen to the candidates in person," conservatives are getting behind his candidacy.

The firebrand Texas senator has made few friends in Washington, even from his own party, with his no-compromise tactics that have on one occasion led to a government shutdown...

"You know others have gone out of their way to smack (Trump), I haven't," Cruz noted.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: careerpolitician; cruz; delusional; kochbrothers; trump
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Cruzaders- Ted's on Meet the Press tomorrow-- as we try to pierce the media blackout.
1 posted on 10/17/2015 2:58:18 PM PDT by VinL
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To: VinL

I think Cruz is just being a politician trying to make something that’s not going to happen, happen.


2 posted on 10/17/2015 3:02:38 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: VinL

BE VERY CAREFUL CRUZ....Trump has not attacked you, don’t think that he won’t if you bite him first....BE VERY CAREFUL with what is coming out of your handlers mouths!!!


3 posted on 10/17/2015 3:03:35 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 (I have such happy days, and hope you do too!!!)
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To: VinL

I actually snorted in amusement when I read the thread title.


4 posted on 10/17/2015 3:04:15 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: VinL

I would support him.
Think about a real debate between him and el-stupido Hildabeast.
Do da term “fish in a barrel” sound familiar?


5 posted on 10/17/2015 3:04:57 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: VinL

With any luck he’ll be right. Eventually people will move past the incredibly successful marketing team of Trump and go for the only real conservative left in the race.


6 posted on 10/17/2015 3:05:15 PM PDT by Reaper19
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To: VinL

“Cruz said that “as voters get more educated, study the candidates, listen to the candidates in person,” conservatives are getting behind his candidacy.”

If you do not go after the GOPe and the press like Trump has, you will not get that support.

The lay low strategy with an appeal to sophistication, assuming that the support for Trump is out of ignorance, is assuming a right to support that Trump has earned not just fallen into. That can be a recipe for a rude awakening.


7 posted on 10/17/2015 3:05:25 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: VinL

Huh. Does anyone know if this is the first Cruz appearance since the campaign started this year? They have week after week joke candidates with less than much less support than Cruz, yet I don’t recall him being on before.


8 posted on 10/17/2015 3:06:52 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

heh heh

I know several Ron Paul supporters who are backing Bernie Sanders.


9 posted on 10/17/2015 3:07:06 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: HarleyLady27

Trump already backed away from confronting Ted Cruz— Trump want’s no part of any debate with Ted.


10 posted on 10/17/2015 3:07:26 PM PDT by VinL (It is better to suffer every wrong, then to consent to wrong.)
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To: VinL

If we don’t save our constitution now, there will be nothing left to save.


11 posted on 10/17/2015 3:07:36 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: VinL

Trump is turning Cruz supporters against Cruz. You see it around here bad.


12 posted on 10/17/2015 3:08:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: VinL

Really? where was that written at? Do you have a link?


13 posted on 10/17/2015 3:08:53 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 (I have such happy days, and hope you do too!!!)
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To: HarleyLady27

Seems to me that Trump and Cruz have been mostly genial & respectful towards each other. They’re more or less on the same side and share many of the same enemies. Unless one of them does something really stupid I don’t think they’ll attack each other.


14 posted on 10/17/2015 3:09:03 PM PDT by SteveinSATX (C'mon Cruz, Trump or Carson ...baby needs a new pair of shoes!)
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To: Reaper19

What do you mean “the only real conservative left in the race”? Are you kidding me? The only people who have dropped out are Perry and Walker.

LOLOL


15 posted on 10/17/2015 3:09:16 PM PDT by dforest
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To: VinL

Is Cruz a solutions driven manager? If so, I don’t see it yet. He’s mostly a antagonist.

Trump makes things work to an end result. Yeah, he steps on some feelings on his way but in the end he is a successful creator.

However, I am biased in favor of business people - the ones who really make the world run...and not the lawyers who are parasites on the creative builders.


16 posted on 10/17/2015 3:09:36 PM PDT by Aria
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

Cruz said Donald Trump’s ... supporters will soon turn to him as they become “more educated”.

*************
Obviously, puny, he wasn’t talking about those Trump supporters who are not educable.


17 posted on 10/17/2015 3:09:55 PM PDT by VinL (It is better to suffer every wrong, then to consent to wrong.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans; HarleyLady27
I actually snorted in amusement when I read the thread title.

BE VERY CAREFUL with what is coming out of your handlers mouths!!!

Don't stop at reading the NBC headline. Watch the 1:23 video clip. That is Cruz, not his handlers' speaking. The word "soon" is never uttered by Cruz.
18 posted on 10/17/2015 3:10:07 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: HarleyLady27

Cruz handles his own business, and he can handle any of the other candidates including TRUMP on ANY issue of the day.


19 posted on 10/17/2015 3:10:17 PM PDT by gwgn02
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To: HarleyLady27

The GOPeahens are going mental, they are flailing away and don’t have a clue as to what the people of this Nation are thinking. They know that we are at war with Russia, Cuba, Venezuela, Isis, Iran, China and THEM (Oh and the Demoncrats too... The will of the people may just be too strong for this cabal this time....my money is on us, unless someone allow US to be destroyed by an EMP.


20 posted on 10/17/2015 3:10:33 PM PDT by Shady (We are at war again......this time for our lives...)
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