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Ted Cruz fires back at Trump for lawsuit threat and name-calling
FoxNews Lation ^ | February 16, 2016/

Posted on 02/16/2016 5:30:29 PM PST by SoConPubbie

With the Republican primary in South Carolina just days away, Ted Cruz has stepped up his fight with Donald Trump, who is threatening to sue him unless he stops airing what the billionaire candidate calls "false ads" and retracts what he called a series of lies.

Cruz questioned both Trump's conservative credentials and whether he had the temperament to be president.

"The people of South Carolina want a consistent conservative they can trust," Cruz told reporters before his rally in Aiken. 

Cruz, who is trying to weaken Trump's standing among South Carolina's social conservatives and evangelical Christians, also released a new television ad attacking Trump, showing footage of him praising Planned Parenthood and Hillary Clinton. It ends with the line, "South Carolina cannot trust Donald Trump."

Trump is challenging Cruz's eligibility to serve in the White House, calling him "the most dishonest guy I think I've ever met in politics." 

"I think he's an unstable person," he said, later declaring: "He's nuts."

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Cruz also blasted Trump's sister, a federal appellate judge, calling her a "radical pro-abortion extremist" who should not be considered for the Supreme Court vacancy.

Trump's sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, is a judge on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. Trump has said she would make a good justice, but Cruz said she would not be a good choice, citing an opinion she wrote in 2000 that held a New Jersey law banning late-term abortions placed an "undue burden" on a woman's constitutional right to have the procedure.

Cruz then pointed at Trump's apparent confusion during a Republican debate last year over what constituted the nuclear triad as an example of how the real estate mogul is unprepared to be president. 

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz; donaldtrump; tedcruz; trump
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1 posted on 02/16/2016 5:30:29 PM PST by SoConPubbie
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To: SoConPubbie

    CRUZ or LOSE!
2 posted on 02/16/2016 5:30:53 PM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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3 posted on 02/16/2016 5:31:49 PM PST by Helicondelta
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To: SoConPubbie

TRUMP: “Don’t call my bluff!”


4 posted on 02/16/2016 5:32:24 PM PST by House Atreides (CRUZ or lose!)
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To: SoConPubbie

As if his vote to allow the vote on ObamaTRADE,
wsa not enough, Cruz is losing it.


5 posted on 02/16/2016 5:33:06 PM PST by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: SoConPubbie

So, after SC votes and proves they do indeed trust Donald Trump, will Cruz drop out and go back to the job he was elected to do?


6 posted on 02/16/2016 5:33:51 PM PST by bigbob ("Victorious warriors win first and then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
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To: House Atreides

Cruz is calling Trump’s bluff, putting out negative Trump ads each day. What is the pussy waiting for?


7 posted on 02/16/2016 5:34:06 PM PST by HoosierWordsmith
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To: Helicondelta

Welcome Trumbie! Take me to your leader.


8 posted on 02/16/2016 5:35:20 PM PST by alstewartfan ("The old men and children they send out to face us They can't slow us down." Al Stewart)
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To: SoConPubbie
Trump is calling him "the most dishonest guy I think I've ever met in politics."

That is TrumpSpeak for "I couldn't charm this guy with my overwhelmingness, and he did not kiss my feet."

And he doesn't think Bill and Hillary are not honest? Oh, that's right, they kiss his feet.

9 posted on 02/16/2016 5:35:50 PM PST by Slyfox (Ted Cruz does not need the presidency - the presidency needs Ted Cruz)
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To: HoosierWordsmith

Yeah, what IS the pussy Trump waiting for? lol


10 posted on 02/16/2016 5:36:07 PM PST by alstewartfan ("The old men and children they send out to face us They can't slow us down." Al Stewart)
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To: HoosierWordsmith

Cruz pulled back some adds today.


11 posted on 02/16/2016 5:37:17 PM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: SoConPubbie
"The people of South Carolina want a consistent conservative they can trust,"

That's "firing back"?

That's more like taking on a Howitzer with an Airsoft

12 posted on 02/16/2016 5:37:39 PM PST by digger48
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To: Slyfox

Ted wouldn’t chip in with Trump to help Reid’s and Pelosi’s campaigns either, the b*stard! lol


13 posted on 02/16/2016 5:37:44 PM PST by alstewartfan ("The old men and children they send out to face us They can't slow us down." Al Stewart)
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To: Helicondelta

Calling someone a liar does not an effective counterpoint make.


14 posted on 02/16/2016 5:37:45 PM PST by skeeter
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To: SoConPubbie

Unbelievable. Trump’s sister is a dyed in the wool radical feminist. I do business with a law firm in Pa and she is considered the Princess of Darkness. I cannot fathom how any conservative can support Trump


15 posted on 02/16/2016 5:37:59 PM PST by HockeyPop
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To: SoConPubbie

Notice that Cruz no longer calls himself ‘original intent’ of the Constitution ‘conservative’.... snicker


16 posted on 02/16/2016 5:39:00 PM PST by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: HockeyPop

I didn’t see anyone ask you to.


17 posted on 02/16/2016 5:39:10 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: HoosierWordsmith

It will be unreal if Trump does sue Cruz. But then again didn’t Trump threaten to sue the “One” over his birth certificate and never followed through or an I wrong.


18 posted on 02/16/2016 5:40:11 PM PST by hawkaw
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To: SoConPubbie

Cruz is so stupid.......now everyone will run to their computer to google Trumps sister and find out she is 79 years old. Cruz is a novice.


19 posted on 02/16/2016 5:42:21 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: HockeyPop
Unbelievable. Trump’s sister is a dyed in the wool radical feminist. I do business with a law firm in Pa and she is considered the Princess of Darkness.

And I heard Trumpy say that she would make a great justice....

20 posted on 02/16/2016 5:42:32 PM PST by kjam22 (America needs forgiveness from God..... even if Donald Trump doesn't)
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