Posted on 11/16/2015 1:07:39 PM PST by Isara
Congressman Steve King has endorsed Ted Cruz for President - saying Cruz is the "answer to my prayers" and that Ben Carson and Donald Trump's lack of Washington, D.C., experience makes the job "harder" for them.
"I do believe that Ted Cruz is the full package, the constitutional conservative that can restore the soul of America," King told reporters in a conference room at the Des Moines Marriott.
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King is an influential voice in Iowa politics who was courted by many conservative Republicans including Bobby Jindal, Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee. He said he made his decision Friday following a foreign trip to Europe where "I saw the erosion of the culture...because of the colossal cultural suicide they're committing." King was asked why he decided not to endorse either of the two Republican frontrunners, Ben Carson or Donald Trump, whose beliefs align with his.
"It's going to be harder for either one of them to see what's going on in Washington, D.C., in K street, in the network," King said. "What's going on in the House and Senate and how does that get leveraged from the executive branch. I don't hear either one of them talking about the balance of powers between the executive, the legislative and the judicial branches of government. And I don't hear them talking about Supreme Court appointments."
But King took time to praise both frontrunners calling Carson a "cerebral individual" and acknowledging how Trump's plan to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants is similar to his own.
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Following a town hall in Sun City, South Carolina, on Monday, Ted Cruz reacted to Congressman King's endorsement, saying it was a moment that proved conservatives were uniting behind his campaign and his belief that King's endorsement will have "enormous influence."
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Lol...is Cruz gonna maintain his purity and forgo taking super PAC money?
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With all due respect to Mr. Levin who evidently sourced the information in the OP, please consider the following. The first thing that I do when I see a comparison of federal candidates on the issues is this. I actually ignore the candidates but look to see if the issues listed are relevant to Congresss constitutional, Article I, Section 8-limited powers.
In this case, a lot of the issues presented by Mr. Levin, civil liberties, educaton, energy and environment, healthcare and entitlements, are hard to justify under Section 8.
Although Mr. Levin had limited space for the graphic, It is also suspicious that Cruz, a Harvard-indoctrinated law school graduate, seems to have an official opinion on many issues that the federal government has no Section 8 authority to address.
In fact, I see no information on the candidates stances on policy for the US Mail Service (1.8.7) for example, one of the very few domestic issues that the states actually delegated to the feds the constitutional authority to address.
So will Cruz supporters please fill in the Section 8 gaps of Mr. Levins graphic.
You got your Kings mixed up. The RINO puke is from NY.
I got the wires crossed in post 22. The graphic was not a part of OP.
Nevertheless, will Cruz supporters fill in Section 8 gaps for Cruzs many green bullets.
How much experiences does Cruz has? Cruz is not an eligible candidate for President, as well as Obama.
Well, no. Just because he’s not GOP-E doesn’t mean that he won’t prefer another sitting, incumbent insider like Ted Cruz over outsiders like Trump or Carson. He goes with what he knows.
You're calling Cruz a "Washington insider"? Now that there's funny, I don't care who you are...
Cruz may work in Washington, but he's about as far from an "insider" as you can get. I'd argue that Trump, with all of his buying of Washington politicians over the years, is much more of an "insider" than Cruz...
Cruz cannot "take" super-PAC money. No candidate can. Super PACS are prohibited by law from coordinating with or giving directly to any candidate. The fact that there are super-PACs that support Cruz's candidacy does not mean he is "taking" any money from them.
If you are calling King a RINO, then it is very obvious that you have no clue as to what RINO stands for.
You hit the nail on the head——Insiders must take care of their own——just look where that has gotten my Country-—
Trump's Record on Free-market Issue: (from the Conservative Review)
Trump has a terrible record on free market issues. The only bright spot is the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing, but this glimmer is countermanded by his repeated support for bailing out Wall Street and the auto industry, and increased stimulus spending. Of particular concern is Trump's belief that the government can use eminent domain powers to seize private property in the name of private economic development. This comes as no surprise, given his support for using eminent domain to profit his own company.
Trump supported the Supreme Court’s 2005 decision in Kelo v. City of London, allowing public authorities to seize private land for economic development by private investors; Trump said, “I happen to agree with [the decision] 100 percent.” (National Review) This is no surprise given Trump’s attempt to use eminent domain in his own line of work. (Institute for Justice)
Trump supported President Obama’s 2009 stimulus, saying: “The word stimulus is probably not used in its fullest…you know, certain of the things that were given weren't really stimulus. They were pork, as we call it, or they were gifts to certain people. But overall, I think he's [President Obama] doing very well. You do need stimulus and you do have to keep the banks alive.” (CNN)
Trump supported TARP, saying, "You had to do something to shore up the banks, because ... you would have had a run on every bank." (CNN)
Trump supported the 2008 auto bailout, saying, “I think the government should stand behind them 100 percent. You cannot lose the auto companies. They’re great. They make wonderful products.” He also said that the federal government could “easily save the companies.” (Daily Caller)
Trump criticized the Federal Reserve’s intervention in the debt market, saying quantitative easing creates “phony numbers” that mislead the marketplace and “will not ultimately benefit the economy. The dollar will go down in value and inflation will start rearing its ugly head.” (CNBC)
Donald Trump has a history of using eminent domain to complete business deals. Multiple times Trump has supported the use of government agencies to take possession of homes and businesses for use in his private business plans. Eminent domain seizures are reserved only for public use of property rather than abuse by the government taking property from one individual and giving to another. (Washington Post)
Donald Trump has sought and received crony capitalist tax breaks for his commercial properties in New York. These tax breaks, and even an abatement, force the property taxes of other property owners to rise at the expense of the connected. Special treatment for one business or industry over another with the tax code conflicts with free market principles. (National Review)
In 2009, Trump supported Barack Obama's call for limits on the pay of executives. (CNN)
He's a sitting Senator, so yes, he's a Washington insider.
That's not the same thing as saying he's GOP-E. It IS saying that one guy who is in DC (King) will know and support another guy who he works with (Cruz) over a couple of guys who aren't.
I am saying he will have to go around congress to even enforce current laws, because they will fight him unless we have a Paris here after he is elected maybe even then.
I won't speculate on anything if we have a Paris here before the election.
I did not endorse it just stated a fact, and it is a fact, whether you like it or not. Congress will rediscover their constitutional powers if Obama leaves office and it won't matter who is elected.
That’s a BIG endorsement for Cruz.
If Trump supported TARP then he is a Washington insider guy.
Does he need congressional approval or support to enforce existing laws? The only way I can think of that they could hinder him in that is via the budget.
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