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Trump threatens to sue Cruz for 'not being a natural born citizen'
CNN ^ | 02/12/2016 | Eugene Scott

Posted on 02/12/2016 12:57:13 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Donald Trump on Friday threatened to sue Ted Cruz for "not being a natural born citizen" if the Texas senator "doesn't clean up his act" and stop running negative ads against him.

"If @TedCruz doesn't clean up his act, stop cheating, & doing negative ads, I have standing to sue him for not being a natural born citizen," he tweeted.

If @TedCruz doesn't clean up his act, stop cheating, & doing negative ads, I have standing to sue him for not being a natural born citizen.

-- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 12, 2016

Trump has previously argued that if Cruz won the Republican nomination, Democrats would argue that the Canada-born Texas senator was ineligible for the presidency. Last month, Trump asked a rally if he should sue Cruz "just for fun" over the issue.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz; cruznbc; hecanwinparty; naturalborn; stupidparty; tinfoilhattrump; trump; trumpertantrum; trumptantrum; whiteobama
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To: AustinBill; Impy; BillyBoy
RE:”In 2011 Trump said his investigators found amazing things about Obama. 4+ years ago Trump promised to make public that data.......Nothing”
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I suspect what he found was that the corruption goes far deeper than just Obama, and that he started thinking seriously about 2016 at that point.
Once Obama is safely out of office and the danger of a true constitutional crisis has passed, I suspect the truth will start to become clearer”

I suspect that Trump was FOS just as it is obvious that it is.

Even if that non-sense was true then it gives even better reasons to be against Trump now.

It makes Trump a criminal conspirator and then he belongs in jail with Hillary,.

He protected Obama so he would have four more years to destroy this country. Only a traitor would do that.

61 posted on 02/12/2016 1:45:06 PM PST by sickoflibs (Trumpster : 'I don't care what he says, or what he said before. He is the only one I trust"')
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To: SeekAndFind

Trump the genius strikes again.

Teddy should not have ran a smear campaign against a guy like Trump.

Cruz can only look weak and ineffectual from this position unless he takes on Trump by telling him to bring on the suit.

And if Cruz balks people will perceive it he is afraid and hiding something. Not Good for Teddy


62 posted on 02/12/2016 1:45:18 PM PST by Gasshog (Newly discovered element Trumpamentium causes a Chain Reaction of Testicular Fortitude!!)
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To: Durbin

Either that or, as he said in Sept., his lawyers said Cruz is eligible to run, and any lawsuit he filed would be destructive to his campaign and make a fool out of him. So he more mileage out if it the way it is now.


63 posted on 02/12/2016 1:45:31 PM PST by biff
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To: SeekAndFind

How odd! I am not sure how Trump could view not being a natural born citizen a tort?

Since not being a natural born citizen is clearly NOT a tort, I guess maybe Trump is threatening to sue the person in charge of the ballot in some state that allowed Cruz on the ballot? The ballot official might be guilty of not following the law and could be sued. That certainly is not suing Cruz.


64 posted on 02/12/2016 1:46:02 PM PST by JLS
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To: jurroppi1

See #55.


65 posted on 02/12/2016 1:46:04 PM PST by AmericanVictory (Should we be more like them or they more like we used to be?)
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To: gdani
... there is zero requirement that someone be a natural born citizen to become a party's nominee...

IIRC, primary candidates are required by most or all states to sign a declaration they are eligible to run for the presidency in the general election.

66 posted on 02/12/2016 1:46:33 PM PST by frog in a pot (That a NBC can be born in a foreign country to a foreign parent delights the one-world crowd.)
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To: biff

“So he more mileage out if it the way it is now.”

in other words. Playing his supporters as fools. keeping em whipped up in a frenzy.


67 posted on 02/12/2016 1:47:49 PM PST by Durbin
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To: Mastador1

So, is Trump still saying that his questioning it is still just to help Cruz?

No, Trump is using leverage to see if Cruz will stop the lying smear campaign - didn’t you read?


68 posted on 02/12/2016 1:48:42 PM PST by Gasshog (Newly discovered element Trumpamentium causes a Chain Reaction of Testicular Fortitude!!)
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To: SeekAndFind; kabar

I think this is why trump didn’t sue 0

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3396310/posts?page=9#9


69 posted on 02/12/2016 1:48:47 PM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: SeekAndFind

As a Cruz supporter, I say let’s get on with the lawsuit already so that this can be settled once and for all.
Trump HAS the standing to file this lawsuit.


If I were a Cruz supporter I would say the same thing. And as a Trump supporter I would definitely like to see this issue cleared up, one way or another, as soon as possible.

I actually hate this issue and dont want votes decided on it, but it is REALITY that it is hanging over Cruz-s head so yes, lets settle, one way or another, as soon as legally possible.


70 posted on 02/12/2016 1:48:59 PM PST by samtheman (Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hey Donnie boy, piss or get off the pot


71 posted on 02/12/2016 1:50:12 PM PST by Cyman
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To: bgill

You’d write a great fiction book. No way is that going to play out. No way in hell.


72 posted on 02/12/2016 1:50:52 PM PST by Gasshog (Newly discovered element Trumpamentium causes a Chain Reaction of Testicular Fortitude!!)
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To: An.American.Expatriate
If Trump truly believes that Cruz is unqualified and does NOT sue, then he is not worthy of the position he seeks!

Exactly. He's only going to sue if Ted doesn't stop being mean to him? There's some conviction right there.

73 posted on 02/12/2016 1:51:30 PM PST by sharkhawk (Here come the Hawks, the mighty Black Hawks)
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To: Gasshog
Read? here on FR, surely you are joking, The first thing I learned after finding FR was shoot first read later. Which fits right in with being an American Male, that's why we go straight to assembly before reading instructions! Now apparently you are telling me to ignore decades of training.
74 posted on 02/12/2016 1:53:14 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: diamond6

Think about this.

What you said would be adavantageous to Trump in a small way only, getting Cruz to stop isnt what this is all about and neither is the NBC issue.

Trump is stirring the pot and now the ball is in his opponent court.

Even if Cruz says nothing Trump got publicity — and maybe some other cards will fall his way.

This man is a genius, playing Cruz and the other like a fiddle. lol.


75 posted on 02/12/2016 1:56:12 PM PST by Gasshog (Newly discovered element Trumpamentium causes a Chain Reaction of Testicular Fortitude!!)
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To: dmz

Those not in the Trump camp might turn this around and suggest that Trump’s sound and fury signifying nothing is doing himself harm.

Yeah, thats why Trump’s polls suck so bad.
Pffft.


76 posted on 02/12/2016 1:58:25 PM PST by Gasshog (Newly discovered element Trumpamentium causes a Chain Reaction of Testicular Fortitude!!)
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To: bgill

Very plausible.


77 posted on 02/12/2016 1:59:20 PM PST by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: reegs

“Please do it, unless Trump is a pussy.”
_______________________________________

I would love to see this tomorrow night...

“Ok Donald, you keep bringing up this birther issue for me just like you hounded President Obama for years, unsuccessfully. In my own legal opinion, and I’ve studied this issue thoroughly before deciding to run, even though I was born in Canada, having been born to a US citizen qualifies me to run for POTUS as a NBC.

However, you keep bringing this up and threatening a lawsuit. Tonight, I challenge you to go through with this threat, to bring a federal suit against myself and also Marco Rubio, whose parents were not US citizens. Then we’ll be able to get this matter resolved once and for all.

I have to say that your bluster over the past months has been a distraction to our campaign. Now, if you truly have the spirit of your convictions to become POTUS, then I expect you to file suit. If not, then I guess everyone will realize that your mudslinging on the birther issue is nothing more than a cheap political ploy designed to distract from the real and important issues of the campaign. If you decide against bringing a lawsuit, then every citizen and the world will realize that deep down your are nothing more than the crude word you called me earlier this week...a pussy!”

This would be the moment of the debate...I bet the Donald would be enraged...


78 posted on 02/12/2016 2:03:12 PM PST by HoosierWordsmith
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To: SeekAndFind

As a Trump AND Cruz supporter, for the good of my Country, I wish the BOTH of them would knock off the bullsh*t and remember who the real enemy is, and focus all of their efforts on knocking out the RINOs and then crushing the socialists on the other side - both the open one from Vermont and the closeted one from wherever the f*** she came from.

There’s too much at stake here for these two to be playing electioneering games.

Work together.


79 posted on 02/12/2016 2:03:30 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: SeekAndFind

If Trump had any guts, he’d sue Obama.


80 posted on 02/12/2016 2:04:24 PM PST by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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