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Ted Cruz expected to endorse Donald Trump

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The bitter rivalry may finally be coming to an end.After months of withholding his support for his party’s presidential nominee, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is expected to give his endorsement to Donald Trump -- an announcement that could come as early as Friday, sources close to the Trump campaign confirmed to CBS News’ Major Garrett.
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Ted Cruz expected to endorse Donald Trump - CBS News

And he did, link to his FB page.


https://www.facebook.com/tedcruzpage/posts/10154476728267464
 
So much for that Christofascist clown being a man of principle.

Not that there was any doubt prior to this.
 
Kiss the ring Ted. What a coward.
 
The final dagger in the Never Trump coffin.

Mr Cruz's endorsement is actually a brilliantly reasoned letter. It captures what is at stake this election.
 
Harry Guerrilla said:
Ted Cruz expected to endorse Donald Trump - CBS News

And he did, link to his FB page.


https://www.facebook.com/tedcruzpage/posts/10154476728267464
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First, Cruz should be the nominee. Much better chance to win.

But, the nomination process is so screwed up, we rarely get the best guy. This time we got about the tenth best guy. Having said that, Cruz knows that at this point, the next President will either be Trump or Hillary. And although Trump is far from the best choice, he knows that Hillary "is wholly unacceptable", as he said. That's putting it lightly. It's like coming in from the desert and choosing between a glass of dirty water and a glass of acid. One might not be so great, but the other results in disaster. Cruz '20!
 
The final blow to the pretense that most Tea Partiers are the real NeverTrumpers.
 
Anthony60 said:
First, Cruz should be the nominee. Much better chance to win.
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I severely disagree with this.
In fact, I think Trump was the only one with a chance in hell of beating the Hillary tidal wave.

Anthony60 said:
But, the nomination process is so screwed up, we rarely get the best guy. This time we got about the tenth best guy. Having said that, Cruz knows that at this point, the next President will either be Trump or Hillary. And although Trump is far from the best choice, he knows that Hillary "is wholly unacceptable", as he said. That's putting it lightly. It's like coming in from the desert and choosing between a glass of dirty water and a glass of acid. One might not be so great, but the other results in disaster. Cruz '20!
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I don't know how I feel about his endorsement though.
He comes off as a careerist, I think this pegs him as one.
If he really felt that Trump insulted his wife, I wouldn't endorse, hell or high water.
 
Anthony60 said:
First, Cruz should be the nominee. Much better chance to win.

But, the nomination process is so screwed up, we rarely get the best guy. This time we got about the tenth best guy. Having said that, Cruz knows that at this point, the next President will either be Trump or Hillary. And although Trump is far from the best choice, he knows that Hillary "is wholly unacceptable", as he said. That's putting it lightly. It's like coming in from the desert and choosing between a glass of dirty water and a glass of acid. One might not be so great, but the other results in disaster. Cruz '20!
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Cruz is going to be a brilliant Attorney General in the mean time! :mrgreen:
 
In the end he is just another party puppet like Sanders. I would hold more respect for them if they stood up for what they believe. It is quite obvious Trump stands alone when it comes to standing for what you believe.
 
You know if someone horribly insulted my wife, they would never have my support or endorsement, but that is just me....

And to think, just a few month's ago Cruz had this to say about Trump:

"I’m going to do something I haven’t done for the entire campaign,” Mr. Cruz told reporters in Evansville, Ind., hours before decisively losing the state’s primary in May. “I’m going to tell you what I really think of Donald Trump.” He went on to call Mr. Trump “a pathological liar”; “utterly amoral”; “a serial philanderer”; and “a narcissist at a level I don’t think this country has ever seen.” If voters did not stop him, Mr. Cruz said, “this country could well plunge into the abyss.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/24/us/politics/ted-cruz-donald-trump.html?_r=0

How pathetic the Republican Party has become...
 
Harry Guerrilla said:
I severely disagree with this.
In fact, I think Trump was the only one with a chance in hell of beating the Hillary tidal wave.
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I think Cruz had the best chance, he is the most principled and solid conservative. He would be a sharp contrast against Hillary. I'd pay money to see him debate Hillary, it would almost be cruel.

Last conservative nominated was Reagan, and he won it two landslides. Of course, they haven't nominated one since then. But that's because the republican establishment would rather lose the election and still have firm control of the party, rather than winning, but losing control. Sick, isn't it?


I don't know how I feel about his endorsement though.
He comes off as a careerist, I think this pegs him as one.
If he really felt that Trump insulted his wife, I wouldn't endorse, hell or high water.
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He had to weight whether holding a grudge is worth having Hillary in office. I guess he just couldn't justify it, considering what is at stake.
 
Anthony60 said:
I think Cruz had the best chance, he is the most principled and solid conservative. He would be a sharp contrast against Hillary. I'd pay money to see him debate Hillary, it would almost be cruel.

Last conservative nominated was Reagan, and he won it two landslides. Of course, they haven't nominated one since then. But that's because the republican establishment would rather lose the election and still have firm control of the party, rather than winning, but losing control. Sick, isn't it?
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Charisma and persuasion wins elections, ideology really doesn't have that much to do with it.
Ted is as charismatic as a block of wood.
Not being an ass, but it's true.

Hillary has the media behind her and they were already saying in the primaries, how Rubio and Cruz were worse than Trump.
They would of faced the same storm and it would of suck them.

Anthony60 said:
He had to weight whether holding a grudge is worth having Hillary in office. I guess he just couldn't justify it, considering what is at stake.
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I weigh my principles over things like that.
Hillary is bad, but not bad enough to sell out my honor.
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
You know if someone horribly insulted my wife, they would never have my support or endorsement, but that is just me....

And to think, just a few month's ago Cruz had this to say about Trump:



http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/24/us/politics/ted-cruz-donald-trump.html?_r=0

How pathetic the Republican Party has become...
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The Tea Party was almost entirely a populist movement that enjoyed the veneer of small government mantras, but a substantial portion of its sympathizers and informal membership consisted of people who wanted Medicare and Social Security, but not for colored, disabled, and many other poor folks. In essence, the welfare state for "deserving people." Cruz sucked up to Donald Trump and his supporters until the two of them were going to collide for control of the nomination.
 
Heavily disagree Cruz would have the best chance, he's a used car salesman with heavily Christian social views. He'd get the same votes Trump is getting.

Still think Kasich had the best shot on the right, had the Christian thing going for him, and enough liberal(ish) social views to draw people away from Hillary. (Granted I'm bias, still feel if you take a conservative and give them liberal social views, the GOP would easily win most years).

Likewise, the Dems would have had their best shot with O'Malley. Struck me as similar to Hillary but without the baggage.
 
Fiddytree said:
The Tea Party was almost entirely a populist movement that enjoyed the veneer of small government mantras, but a substantial portion of its sympathizers and informal membership consisted of people who wanted Medicare and Social Security, but not for colored, disabled, and many other poor folks. In essence, the welfare state for "deserving people." Cruz sucked up to Donald Trump and his supporters until the two of them were going to collide for control of the nomination.
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I have been saying that for 8 years now ever since the first one of them started yelling about "Keep your goddamned government hands off my Medicare!"
 
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Fiddytree said:
The Tea Party was almost entirely a populist movement that enjoyed the veneer of small government mantras, but a substantial portion of its sympathizers and informal membership consisted of people who wanted Medicare and Social Security, but not for colored, disabled, and many other poor folks. In essence, the welfare state for "deserving people."
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I guarantee that you cannot provide any evidence for such a sweeping, hyperbolic claim.
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
I have been saying that for 8 years now ever since the first one of them started yelling about "Keep your goddamned government hands off my Medicare!"
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I always thought they were full of ****, I just needed to wait. Bit by bit they caved.
 
coyotedelmar said:
Heavily disagree Cruz would have the best chance, he's a used car salesman with heavily Christian social views. He'd get the same votes Trump is getting.

Still think Kasich had the best shot on the right, had the Christian thing going for him, and enough liberal(ish) social views to draw people away from Hillary. (Granted I'm bias, still feel if you take a conservative and give them liberal social views, the GOP would easily win most years).

Likewise, the Dems would have had their best shot with O'Malley. Struck me as similar to Hillary but without the baggage.
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Cruz would have been a great choice, but I think Trump has a far better chance of making inroads in the Rust Belt and other states with high numbers of working class whites. Basically Trump is not going to lose any state Cruz would have won, but he's going to win states Romney lost.
 
Cruz has no balls. What kind of husband endorses someone who blatantly insulted his wife?
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
You know if someone horribly insulted my wife, they would never have my support or endorsement, but that is just me....

And to think, just a few month's ago Cruz had this to say about
How pathetic the Republican Party has become...
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Yeah, because we know Hillary would never say bad things about Obama, LOL!


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Josie said:
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Oh, if you think you're pissed now, wait until it starts truly filtering down to the state and local races.

I'm voting for a Democrat in my state's gubernatorial race, because instead of picking a solid, experienced candidate, the GOP primary voters picked a businessman who has almost no policy proposals and has never, ever been in an elected position or an appointed one. Oh but despite not having anything to offer us, he's going to turn around my state's economy. Sound familiar?
 
Anthony60 said:
Yeah, because we know Hillary would never say bad things about Obama, LOL!


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Hillary has said nothing, nothing comparable to the bigoted, sexist, and offensive insults Trump has used. In fact, I think of a candidate in my lifetime that has.

Please quote a personal insult that Hillary has made publically about Obama, his wife, or for that matter Bernie or his wife.
 
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