Posted on 03/08/2016 10:03:07 PM PST by Steelfish
Cruz Likens Trump Loyalty Oath to Pledging to a King by VAUGHN HILLYARD
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. -- Ted Cruz equated Donald Trump's loyalty pledge to subjects declaring their devotion to a king on Tuesday.
"The idea that a candidate running for office would want people to pledge loyalty to him like subjects to a king," Cruz began telling reporters. "Well, we've had seven years of a president who thinks he's an emperor."
Cruz continued: "I raise my hand and I give an oath to you, to the people. That's who's working for whom."
The pledge, which Trump has used at recent rallies, requires his supporters to raise their hands and pledge loyalty to his presidential campaign. It has drawn comparisons to rallies during Nazi Germany, a connection Trump called "ridiculous" during an interview on TODAY.
Cruz repeated his sentiments at a later event in Kannapolis, North Carolina, telling the crowd that Trump's calls for loyalty struck him "as profoundly wrong."
Trump's efforts to lock down support coincides with a surge from Cruz, who has now beaten Trump in seven states and hopes to further cut down Trump's delegate lead over the critical week ahead.
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To Cruz: Shut Up, Wormtongue.
Go back to Canada.
Go back to England.
You know Ted will snap before this is all over. He just wants this too much. He won’t be able to handle defeat.
At least Trump wasn’t sworn in by Stabby McStabber
Thus speaketh the Booger King.
This from a guy whose own father calls him an anointed king.
The devotion to Dear Leader of the Trumpistas knows no bounds.
Yet Cruz has the GALL to tell people that they should all vote for him, because he can beat Trump and beat Hillary? He can't beat either of them; he's just lying to them and to himself!
TRUE DAT!
Cruz’s mother married and had a child in England. Did she become a U.K. citizen? We’ll never know. Like Obama, Cruz does not give a straight answer, hides information, and simply asserts he is eligible.
He’s despicable.
Cruz will be more depressed when he realizes that at a brokered convention, he will be defeated by Romney who will step in and get the nod. Possibly, even Jeb. This is how the Republican establishment will cheat.
Until just before he decided to run he was a Canadian with a queen.
....Cruz continued: “I raise my hand and I give an oath to you, to the people.”
What was his oath to us?
England has subjects not citizens.
This cult of personality among Trumpistas is despicable.
Reminds of celebrities on Youtube giving personal loyalty oaths to Obama.
Apparently, Trump wants to turn American citizens into Trump subjects.
That is truly despicable.
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