Posted on 01/12/2016 7:36:29 PM PST by Isara
Ted Cruz on Tuesday suggested attacks from Republican presidential rival Donald Trump are being promoted by allies of Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Trump has for two weeks repeated questions about Cruz's birthplace and whether he is eligible to be president.
Cruz responded by suggesting Democrats are "very eager" to support those questions in an effort to boost Trump toward winning the nomination.
"It's more than a little strange to see Donald relying on ... a liberal left-wing judicial activist Harvard law professor who is a huge Hillary supporter. It starts to make you think, gosh, why are Hillary's strongest supporters backing Donald Trump?" Cruz said in video broadcast by MSNBC.
"You know, the past couple of elections, we saw the Democrats thrilled that they got the nominee that they wanted to run against in the general election. And it seems that the Hillary folks are very eager to support Donald Trump and the attacks that are being tossed my direction," Cruz added.
Trump on Monday cited liberal law professor Laurence Tribe, who has called the issue of Cruz's White House eligibility "unsettled."
"Ted Cruz has a problem. Because the question is: Is he an actual born citizen?" Trump asked at a rally.
Cruz has mostly brushed off questions about his eligibility. He was born in Canada to an American mother, a scenario most legal experts have agreed meets the Constitution's requirement to be a "natural born citizen." But some say the question remains unsettled because the Supreme Court has never ruled on it.
On Tuesday, Cruz also cited a defense by Mitt Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, who last week noted that his father, George, was born to American parents in Mexico yet ran for president.
"I understand why my opponents are throwing more and more attacks," Cruz told reporters, suggesting his rivals were targeting him because they are "dismayed" with his top-tier status in the race.
Obama, Jindal, Rubio, and Cruz are ALL ineligible to be president.
I’ve got to say, I’m not impressed with a trained rhetorititian employing the word-games and sophistry Cruz has been engaging in.
For a “Constitutional Stalwart†and “Rock-ribbed Conservative†to use ad hominem (by definition) deflection to defend himself is troubling.
I’ve prayed for a Trump/Cruz ticket, but now I’m not so sure.
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Cruz continues to prove he is not a Conservative. He’s doing it to himself. I, like you, find it very troubling.
You know what? I think Trump is indispensable in this election season. While not my choice, I think he’s at a point in his life where he sees thing more clearly, and says what’s on his mind. Is he presidential? No. Could he do the job, yes. Again, not my choice. This is between Cruz and Rubio. I could see both of them warming the chair, and I wouldn’t have a worry in the world about it.
If Trump gets the nomination, however, I will back him to the ends of the earth. This is our last chance, we’d better get it together. No more McCain’s or Romney’s and definitely no more apologies.
I bet that you don't even personally know ANY New Yorker. LOL
Your cultlike devlotiom to him has made you immune to facts. He WAS a trust fund brat. He HAS bankrupted multiple companies. And he has been a very mediocre businessman who has run up tons of debt in his companies.
He was born on 3rd base and thinks he hit a triple. By almost every account if he had taken the money he inherited from Daddy and put it in an index fund, he'd be much better off. And the tens of thousands put out of work by his financial recklessness would still have jobs.
His only real talent is for self-promotion to gullible dupes.
And if you don't think he's been a liberal and taken liberal positions, you're even more willfully blind than I think you are.
But then, cultists are like that.
Hank
What if they were left on the Porch of a Kind Family and nobody knows who their Parents were?
From what I hear from life long Democrats is they are Fed Up with the Dems move toward Communism. They are jumping the party for someone who can straighten the mess out.Seems there is still a spark of patriotism turning into a flame in some quarters. Many blacks are also finally seeing how they have been used and they are angry, or so I’ve been told.
Of what use is asking hypotheticals that don't have bearing on the subject?
>>>Of what use is asking hypotheticals that don’t have bearing on the subject?<<<
What if they found a Baby in a crashed Spaceship in their Cornfield?
Lighten up Francis. It was a funny to distract from the CDS and DTS Flame Wars.
While you’re at it, get off my Lawn. LOL
That’s a HUGE problem for the child.
Lighten up Francis. It was a funny to distract from the CDS and DTS Flame Wars.
Make that TDS... LOL
We need an Edit Button!
You’re right, better to float the Kid down the Nile in a Basket and see what happens.
Why, after Trump, are the leading candidates, Cruz, Rubio, Jindal, and the presumed VP offering, Nikki Haley, all born to non-citizen parents? This cannot be coincidental.
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Possibly part and parcel of the New World Order attempt to destroy our sovereignty and our culture through soft on immigration people and those who will not insist on protecting our culture. Haley showed her position on the Confederate Flag issue. Certainly, regardless of what he says now, Cruz is still very soft on immigration. His wife sees to that. Jindal is out of the picture, but Haley showed where she stood tonight and we know Rubio is a gang of eight traitor.
Yours was an excellent post. Thank you.
We have work to do.
Exactly! No borders, no country. Look at Europe now.For the NWO to succeed, they have to destroy America. It is THE PLAN!
OMG!
I hate to say this, but such nonsense is utterly believable with the quality of discourse this election season.
Now would you kindly remove this hook from my mouth....
I’ve known him a lot longer than you have. IF there are any illegals, how many can you state FOR A FACT out of 32,000 employees are illegals? All you do is run around posting innuendos. I’ve never seen an informed post from you yet.
You know very little about Donald Trump, his businesses, and investments. When his father died, he left his $250 million estate, BEFORE PROBATE AND TAXES, to three of his children and his wife; ergo, there is NO way that Donald inherited your supposed $100 million.
Donald was born into an upper middle class family, which gave him some perks. OTOH, his father had ALL of his children work for him, doing bottom of the barrel jobs to start with, to learn every angle of the business, from the time they were old enough to do so. And THAT, didums, is how they earned what small allowances they got!
And THAT is also hows Trump brought up his children too!
You obviously are NOT a part of that world, don't know anyone who is, are a stupid, ill educated, uninformed, spiteful liar, who is suffused with jealousy and hatred for someone you don't know. I pity you.
Moses was NEVER going to be Pharoah. LOL
Thank you for answering my questions. :)
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