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UCmeNdc

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Sun Mar 13, 2016, 07:20 PM Mar 2016

Confused Cruz supporters revolt thinking he backs Black Lives Matter over Trump’s ‘free speech’

Many outraged Republican voters said over the weekend that they were switching their votes from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to Donald Trump because they were concerned that the Texas senator may support the rights of Black Lives Matter protesters after he admonished the billionaire GOP front-runner for encouraging violence at his rallies.

After Trump chose to call off a rally in Chicago on Friday because of organized protests, Cruz said at a press conference that the “campaign bears responsibility for creating an environment where the candidate urges supporters to engage in violence.”

On Sunday, Cruz told ABC host George Stephanopoulos that it would be wrong for protesters to try to shut down a political rally, but he said that it was also Trump’s responsibility not to incite violence among his supporters.

Many conservative voters, however, saw Cruz’s attack on Trump as de facto support for Black Lives Matter.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/confused-cruz-supporters-revolt-thinking-he-backs-black-lives-matter-over-trumps-free-speech/

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Confused Cruz supporters revolt thinking he backs Black Lives Matter over Trump’s ‘free speech’ (Original Post) UCmeNdc Mar 2016 OP
Sounds a lot like what I predicted when I wrote this OP on Friday RandySF Mar 2016 #1
Morans..... daleanime Mar 2016 #2
Gotta dance with the racists that brung you, Ted. nt Xipe Totec Mar 2016 #3
LOL! Cali_Democrat Mar 2016 #4
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