Ted Cruz says Donald Trump would not appoint a conservative Supreme Court justice
By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times - Sunday, February 14, 2016
‘“We’re one justice away from the Second Amendment being written out,” Mr. Cruz told ABC’s “This Week.” “It is abundantly clear that Donald Trump is not a conservative, he will not invest the capital to confirm a conservative.”’
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/14/ted-cruz-says-donald-trump-would-not-appoint-a-con/
And well, Cruz was wrong.
Trump seems to have a vision as a conciliator, though that’s tricky with some groups of people. I believe Donald gave us Gorsuch because he knew that anything markedly different from Scalia would upset applecarts he did not want upset. He might nominate a less hard line person to replace, say, Ginsburg.
As evidenced by all the GOP candidates (including Trump), as well as Hillary and all of her surrogates (such as President Obama and Michelle), politicians will spew any lie in an effort to get their candidate elected.
The notion that their is—or ever has been—any standard of decorum for political conflict is patently ludicrous. All anyone has to do is go back through American history and review the record. This is one arena where nothing has changed as far as scurrilous attacks, lies, libel, and slander are concerned...