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Ted Cruz Stands Alone in Opposition to ‘Free-for-All’ DACA / Immigration Debate
RedState ^ | 2/13/2018 | Caleb Howe

Posted on 02/13/2018 4:52:12 AM PST by iowamark

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1 posted on 02/13/2018 4:52:12 AM PST by iowamark
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Senator Cruz’s solitary objection gives voice to the thousands of voters who believed what they were told on the campaign trails of 2016.
2 posted on 02/13/2018 4:52:49 AM PST by iowamark
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To: iowamark

To those of you who still hate Ted. He’s the only one who’s standing up for the one thing Trump promised and is now wobbling on. Both parties will get their nanny’s, cheap labor, and voters to stay in this country.


3 posted on 02/13/2018 4:55:53 AM PST by lucky american (Progressives are attac Iking our rights and y'all will sit there and take it.)
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“Whoever gets to 60 wins,” Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, told reporters last week. “And it will be an opportunity for 1,000 flowers to bloom.”
4 posted on 02/13/2018 4:55:59 AM PST by iowamark
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To: lucky american

Good for Ted. I hope he can get some others to come on board.

I don’t think anyone here “hated” Ted. He wasn’t a good candidate for President. No way in Hell would he have beaten Hillary’s machine. If he were our candidate, PIAPS would be in the Oval Office now.


5 posted on 02/13/2018 5:01:57 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Have an A-1 day.)
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To: iowamark

I’d be okay with the debate if it were only Kabuki theater leading nowhere. I want all illegals deported. No exceptions. However, the debate will be disingenuous and will shape public perceptions. Even though the House will rightfully ignore anything that comes out of the Senate, publicizing and quoting this debate will hurt America.

I have serious problems with a small number of things Ted Cruz has said or done, but he’s right on many issues, including this one. I hope our side will be careful as they step into this quagmire. I also hope President Trump will quickly ramp up the deportations of all illegals other than these sympathetic and coddled DACA criminals.


6 posted on 02/13/2018 5:02:33 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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If Trump does not get full apppropriation for a border WALL he is a one termer (or less). No amnesty with a promise of future GOP desires(already tried by Reagan) and no down payment only - appropriations will never be forthcoming.

I for one will not be participating in any future national election if this goes down the way it is shaping up IMHO. Peelousy and Schumckie are still running the District of Corruption - there are not enough of us left (born early8 1940s).




7 posted on 02/13/2018 5:02:50 AM PST by Cheerio (#44, The unknown President)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Makes one wonder WHY they have elections. I think the thing that put Donald Trump over the top was that he was going to stop this wave of illegal entry to a country supposedly based upon the rule of law. I hope someone stands for the law.


8 posted on 02/13/2018 5:06:52 AM PST by rovenstinez
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https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/226950.html
“What’s the origin of the phrase ‘Let one thousand flowers bloom’?

Let a thousand flowers bloom is a common misquotation of Chairman Mao Zedong’s “Let a hundred flowers blossom”. This slogan was used during the period of approximately six weeks in the summer of 1957 when the Chinese intelligentsia were invited to criticize the political system then obtaining in Communist China.

The full quotation, taken from a speech of Mao’s in Peking in February 1957, is:
“Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting progress in the arts and the sciences and a flourishing socialist culture in our land.”

It is sometimes suggested that the initiative was a deliberate attempt to flush out dissidents by encouraging them to show themselves as critical of the regime. Whether or not it was a deliberate trap isn’t clear but it is the case that many of those who put forward views that were unwelcome to Mao were executed.”


9 posted on 02/13/2018 5:07:43 AM PST by iowamark
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To: Cheerio

The wall is 4th for me among the priorities. E-Verify, Chain Migration and Visa lottery are all higher priorities.


10 posted on 02/13/2018 5:11:11 AM PST by pas
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“Whoever gets to 60 wins,”

Well we know what that means. So the all the Rats plus the Rinos gets you amnesty and millions of new Rat votes. I f’n hate Mitch.


11 posted on 02/13/2018 5:11:13 AM PST by gibsonguy
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“standing up for the one thing Trump promised and is now wobbling on.”

You people and that stupid narrative you keep pushing.


12 posted on 02/13/2018 5:16:06 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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Cruz may not have figured out he ain’t gonna be President. Standing on principle is nice gesture but reality is what it is and he’s posturing much as Linda Graham has been of late.


13 posted on 02/13/2018 5:21:39 AM PST by trebb (I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives...;-})
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“Whoever gets to 60 wins,” Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, told reporters last week. “And it will be an opportunity for 1,000 flowers to bloom.”


Amorphophallus titanum

Amorphophallus titanum, also known as the titan arum, is a flowering plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world. The titan arum's inflorescence is not as large as that of the talipot palm, Corypha umbraculifera, but the inflorescence of the talipot palm is branched rather than unbranched.

Due to its odor, which is like the smell of a rotting corpse or carcass, the titan arum is characterized as a carrion flower, and is also known as the corpse flower, or corpse plant (Indonesian: bunga bangkai – bunga means flower, while bangkai can be translated as corpse, cadaver, or carrion).

14 posted on 02/13/2018 5:22:54 AM PST by COBOL2Java (The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen)
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To: Pollster1

I knew Trump would waiver on some things. I am sad that it had to be on illegal alien amnesty.
But he is not a tyrant (”Worst Hitler Ever!”) and can’t impose his will on Congress. He has to bargain for what he can get.


15 posted on 02/13/2018 5:36:47 AM PST by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: iowamark

Any so called DACA deal is going to pi$$ off somebody. Get used to it. It is how senate sausage is made.


16 posted on 02/13/2018 5:37:47 AM PST by Don Corleone (.leave the gun, take the canolis, take it to the mattress.)
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Trump says “Amnesty Yes!” Get on board, little children, get on board.


17 posted on 02/13/2018 5:42:16 AM PST by babble-on
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To: iowamark
While you all are whining about what the Senate MIGHT do, you keep forgetting the big guy in the WH has said....no wall, end chain migration, end the lottery.......or NO DACA.

Anything less is a veto. All he has to do is wave that pen or even a blunt hint about a veto.

If not....he's done in 2020. He knows that, too.

18 posted on 02/13/2018 5:42:43 AM PST by Wizdum (Buckle up! It's going to be one hell of a ride.)
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To: lucky american

I’ll never trust Cruz.

Even though he votes mostly correctly, he’s slippery as anything.

Not bad to have a spotlight on the GOP’s latest sellout, but probably not a difference-maker either.


19 posted on 02/13/2018 5:43:43 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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Shame people can’t see Cruz is using this to create a wedge.
I am sure he still thinks he can win.

Delusional he is.


20 posted on 02/13/2018 5:44:44 AM PST by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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