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Cruz: 'The Overwhelming Majority of Violent Criminals Are Democrats' (Audio)
Mediaite ^ | 11/30/2015 | Josh Feldman

Posted on 11/30/2015 4:06:58 PM PST by conservativejoy

Ted Cruz pushed back against the media coverage of the Planned Parenthood shooting today and made a pretty strong assertion about which party most violent criminals belong to.

Radio host Hugh Hewitt told Cruz that, given how some in the media have attempted to connect pro-life rhetoric to the shooting, he has never encountered a pro-life individual who would condone violence.

Cruz agreed and said whenever tragedy strikes, the media's "salivating" and "hoping desperately that the murderer happens to be a Republican."

And then he said, "Here's the simple and undeniable fact: the overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats. The media doesn't report that."

He told Hewitt the reason Democrats want convicted felons to be able to vote is because they know most of them will vote for Democrats.

Listen above, via The Hugh Hewitt Show.


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: 2016election; crime; criminaldems; cruz; cruzcomment; demscriminal; election2016; elections; stats; tedcruz; texas
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To: TruthWillWin

If this is true, then what’s the problem?


21 posted on 11/30/2015 4:33:30 PM PST by Catsrus ( I callz 'em as I seez 'em.)
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To: Libloather

And 2.3% of all hours worked.


22 posted on 11/30/2015 4:40:07 PM PST by petercooper (And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus... Rollin' down Highway 41.)
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To: Sacajaweau
"Since you want Dems to cross over...not a very smart statement."

We do? Why?

Romney won the independents and look where that got him. I thought conservatives understood by now that the base is who we need to turn out. They didn't last time.

23 posted on 11/30/2015 4:42:43 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz)
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To: conservativejoy

Nice. The truth hurts.


24 posted on 11/30/2015 4:45:00 PM PST by Crucial (At the heart all leftists is the fear that the truth is bigger than themselves.)
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To: Libloather

No one should take any joy in those statistics, but they are painfully true and reflect the drugs, alcohol and other things that are out there affecting people big time.

I believe in a power greater than myself that restores me to sanity.

God works but all the talk about Him and use of His Name with emotional or intellectual religious exercises hits a dead end without actions that are in line with God.


25 posted on 11/30/2015 4:45:01 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Libloather

Well played.

If he had mentioned other demographic characteristics of the felonious-American community, he would have gotten in big trouble, but he hit the target without potential blow-back.


26 posted on 11/30/2015 4:48:27 PM PST by AZLiberty (No tag today.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Its not the 25% of democrats hard core the we need to convince it’s the 10% on the boarder Reagan convinced we want.


27 posted on 11/30/2015 4:56:30 PM PST by wgmalabama
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To: Jewbacca

“No, he called most felons Democrats.”

He also just took the “No Muslim celebrated 9/11” meme out of the news.


28 posted on 11/30/2015 5:03:47 PM PST by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: Catsrus

No problem for Cruz, just an obvious example of biased press


29 posted on 11/30/2015 5:04:34 PM PST by TruthWillWin (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: conservativejoy

Be careful, libholes: Ted Cruz has just opened up a trap for you, and he knows you just can’t resist entering it. I wouldn’t want to be you when it’s all said and done.


30 posted on 11/30/2015 5:05:27 PM PST by Vision Thing
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To: conservativejoy

This is why we need crazy Dem control, not gun control.


31 posted on 11/30/2015 5:22:23 PM PST by West Texas Chuck (OBAMA: Fundamentally Twerking America)
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To: West Texas Chuck

Obama has already said he will spend the rest of his term pushing gun control. Hubby and I just renewed our NRA memberships and sent a donation.


32 posted on 11/30/2015 5:24:38 PM PST by conservativejoy (Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God,,,, We can elect Ted Cruz!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Democrats serve in Congress and state legislatures as part of a work release program for crooks who haven't been caught yet.
33 posted on 12/01/2015 11:36:29 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: conservativejoy

But yet ?

Right here on Free Republic we have Trump supporters with their own rhetoric and very own words tell us ?

That ?

We need Trump as the nominee because he can “ appeal to the Democrats and pull in Democrats to win. “ .

Can’t deny it Trump fans, you said it.

Which is it Trump fans ?

Can’t have it both ways.

Either the Democrats are mostly criminals and Trump can appeal to criminals ?

or ? they are not criminals and Trump can appeal to Democrats.

Can’t have it both ways.

So what you Trump supporters are basically saying ( IN YOUR OWN WORDS AMD RHETORIC )

YOU, yes you Trump fans,

by saying Trump can appeal and pull in the Democrats you are saying that Trump appeals to criminals ?

That’s exactly what YOU Trump fans are saying in your own words.


34 posted on 12/01/2015 5:18:48 PM PST by American Constitutionalist ( because the Constitution matters.)
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To: American Constitutionalist

I’m loving this campaign season, WAY more than any other.

Posts like yours are one of the reasons.

Carry on.

Don’t forget to use more caps too.

Bwhahaha


35 posted on 12/01/2015 5:22:58 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

Do you agree with Ted Cruz’s comment ?

If so ?

Why do the Trump supporters tell us here on FR that Trump can pull in and appeal to Democrats ( criminals ).

BTW ? Notice I put the caps in between ( ) ?


36 posted on 12/01/2015 5:48:56 PM PST by American Constitutionalist ( because the Constitution matters.)
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To: conservativejoy

Not many criminals were not going to vote for Ted Cruz anyway because most of them are part of the Washington Cartel...


37 posted on 12/01/2015 5:52:12 PM PST by American Constitutionalist ( because the Constitution matters.)
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To: American Constitutionalist

Not certain exactly which comment you are referring to, but if it’s the one about most criminals are Dems, yes.

At least that’s my impression, and I’ve operated under that belief for years.

I like numbers, and wish he had them, but that would just be the gravy.

I’m glad he said it.

It may surprise you, but there are lots and lots of things he says that I wholeheartedly agree with.

+++

‘All’ terrorists are Muslim’, not all Muslims are terrorists. Unless you have a very loose non-dictionary definition of terrorists.

In a similar way. my far far left nut case BIL is, of course a Democrat. He won’t vote for Cruz, Trump, or, God forbid, even Bush. But he is far from being a criminal. a model citizen, except for his support for the far left.

A coworker, on the other hand, also a Dem, also a model citizen, a person I would trust any of my family with, including grandchildren may be open to Trump.

He’s passed all sort of background checks and reviews in his lifetime which were required of in his line of employment.

Is he a potential criminal because he may be open to voting for Trump instead of Hillary!?


38 posted on 12/01/2015 7:11:33 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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