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Zorro

(15,740 posts)
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 06:57 PM Nov 2015

Cruz seeks to cast himself as the electable conservative

Ted Cruz is among the most hated men in Washington, reviled by leaders of both parties as an ideological hard-liner loyal only to the far-right of the conservative movement.

But racing down an Iowa highway on a snowy weekend morning, a solemn Cruz suggested some of his Republican rivals for president have amped up their rhetoric too much — especially on policy toward people who are in the U.S. illegally.

"Tone matters," Cruz, the son of a Cuban immigrant, told The Associated Press in an interview between campaign stops. "Are there some in the Republican Party whose rhetoric is unhelpful with regard to immigration? Yes."

Donald Trump's call for a database to track Muslims in the U.S. is one example, Cruz says. But he refused to condemn the rhetoric of another Republican who could help him win Iowa's leadoff caucuses, Rep. Steve King, the influential conservative who has described immigrants living in the country illegally as disease-ridden — and spent the weekend campaigning at Cruz's side.

http://news.yahoo.com/cruz-seeks-cast-himself-electable-conservative-174901417--election.html

I really hate this shameless asshole.

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Cruz seeks to cast himself as the electable conservative (Original Post) Zorro Nov 2015 OP
he is crazier than shit,plus wendylaroux Nov 2015 #1
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