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Is This a Fair Question? Did Donald Trump Denounce the Fort Hood Shootings?
January 25, 2016 | Vanity

Posted on 01/25/2016 6:04:01 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

Rick Perry just endorsed Ted Cruz and I posted that news in a thread this morning. It's gotten over 100 comments.

On it I posted Rick Perry's comment in defense of Ted Cruz about the "New York Values" dust-up [Comment #84 at the link above].

[Rick Perry: "...."Mr. Trump took umbrage by Ted Cruz talking about New York values, and, you know, became very serious about - as we all were - what happened on September the 11th of 2001," he said. "We were all New Yorkers that day - don't get confused with that, but you know, I would hope there's enough humor in that person to understand that, hey listen, we all make fun of New York," he said. "I mean, come on, 'New York City? Get a rope.' Remember that ad, for the picante sauce?"]

I also posted a picture [Comment #52] of Rick Perry and Ted Cruz together at Fort Hood [Texas] in 2009 after Major Nidal Hasan in a terrorist attack left 13 Americans dead and 30 Americans seriously injured - the attack that Obama and his supporters called "workplace violence."

That Fort Hood picture, and Perry's comment defending Cruz on the "NYC Values" thing and the way it was reframed by Donald Trump and his campaign around the 9-11 attack on the Twin Towers - those 2 events - got me to wondering, did Donald Trump ever come out in support of Texas, the soldiers and/or denounce that terrorist act and the actions taken by the administration?

And is that a fair question to ask?


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: clueless; forthood; gopprimary; terrorism; texas; tx
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To: Sasparilla

That would have been around this time:

“...As Trump publicly speculated about seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released in March 2011 found Trump leading among potential contenders, one point ahead of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney...”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump#Running_for_president_in_previous_elections


41 posted on 01/25/2016 6:51:18 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Do you have a link?


https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/260029154127392768


42 posted on 01/25/2016 6:51:50 AM PST by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: RummyChick
Maybe you should have googled it before you asked.

I did. I don't get "tweet" references on Google.

Regardless, he didn't say anything for 3 years. Then when he was thinking about running, he started checking off boxes.

43 posted on 01/25/2016 6:53:49 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Flick Lives

Did you see the year?


44 posted on 01/25/2016 6:54:10 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: SamAdams76

Why the 3 year gap between the attack and his support?


45 posted on 01/25/2016 6:54:52 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Why was he expected to comment then? Find something substantial and I will pay attention.


46 posted on 01/25/2016 6:56:21 AM PST by Sasparilla
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To: Sasparilla

Then why in 2012 did he decide to bring it up?


47 posted on 01/25/2016 6:58:59 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

CW at work again?
As reported here already on the Fort Hood shooter.
Trump WASN”T a candidate.

Trump’s comments on the Chattanooga Shootings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJr3HWW5ca8

Trump on San Bernardino shootings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc52dZgrO5M

Trump on Virginia shooter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f78Nsv-jsMs

Trump on Oregon shooter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzhbf-qKN98

CW and other Cruz supporters here on FR and Glenn Beck are doing GREAT HARM to Cruz.


48 posted on 01/25/2016 7:02:56 AM PST by FreedomGuru (Vote out every republican that voted for the latest spending bill...)
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To: FreedomGuru

Trump should have been front and center on the Fort Hood shootings in 2009.

He took great offense and insult about 9-11 and NYC (and Cruz’s NYC values) - made a grand debate appeal about it, so I would expect with that level of “outrage” (and from the links you’ve found and posted) that there would be something from him around the time this happened in TEXAS in 2009.

But apparently not.


49 posted on 01/25/2016 7:12:48 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Neither 9/11 or the Ft Hood terrorism should be politicized.


50 posted on 01/25/2016 7:13:01 AM PST by jwalsh07 (.w)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

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51 posted on 01/25/2016 7:13:43 AM PST by OwenKellogg (Trump all the way.)
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"Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) (L) and Texas Governor Rick Perry stand together during a press conference at the front gate of Fort Hood."
52 posted on 01/25/2016 7:14:00 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Then why in 2012 did he bring it up?

I have no more certain answer to that than you do as to why he didn’t bring it up in 2009. Did every public figure make a public statement on it in a 2009? Doubtful, isn’t it.

However, I do remember frequent bouts of public anger about Obama still calling it workplace violence. Dont you?

The questions I asked were simply rhetorical. When you actually find something substantial to disqualify him from office let me know.


53 posted on 01/25/2016 7:15:14 AM PST by Sasparilla
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Yes he did, he talked about it in his rallies.

Give it up.

This stuff isn’t going to change anything because it is ridiculous.


54 posted on 01/25/2016 7:17:03 AM PST by dforest
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
I think that photo is less than two weeks old. I thought you were wondering about contemporaneous support.

Rick Perry praises Ted Cruz's tax plan and debate performance | Dallas Morning News | January 15, 2016

55 posted on 01/25/2016 7:17:24 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: Fiji Hill

They grasp at staws atop their mighty sanctimonious horses and wonder why people aren’t interested in following them.


56 posted on 01/25/2016 7:18:34 AM PST by dforest
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To: Perseverando

Yes, he has also talked about that at some rallies. He is also concerned that our POTUS defend the Constitution by his actual eligibility.


57 posted on 01/25/2016 7:20:43 AM PST by dforest
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To: Cboldt

I think it’s a file photo from around the time of the attack on Fort Hood.

Note: it is also used here and it is a 2014 story - because it shows Perry and Cruz together.

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2014/08/18/senator-ted-cruz-blasts-texas-gov-rick-perry-indictment-as-politically/


58 posted on 01/25/2016 7:21:43 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Flick Lives

Mmmm. Baby seals.


59 posted on 01/25/2016 7:22:55 AM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
-- I think it's a file photo from around the time of the attack on Fort Hood. --

I was wrong aboout the photo being from weeks ago, it carries a 2014 copyright. The shooting was on November 5, 2009.

60 posted on 01/25/2016 7:24:50 AM PST by Cboldt
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