Ted Cruz announces presidential campaign in midnight tweet
Source: CBS
WASHINGTON - Sen. Ted Cruz has become the first major candidate for president with a midnight announcement of his 2016 run for the White House.
"I believe in America and her people," Cruz said in a 30-second video to accompany his tweet. "And I believe we can stand up and restore her promise."
The Texas Republican kicked off what's expected to be a rush over the next few weeks of more than a dozen White House hopefuls into the 2016 campaign.
Cruz will formally get into the race during a morning speech at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, choosing to begin his campaign at the Christian college founded by the Rev. Jerry Falwell. It's a fitting setting for Cruz, a 44-year-old tea party darling whose father is a pastor.
Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ted-cruz-announces-presidential-campaign-in-midnight-tweet/
"It's aboot time!"
tblue37
(65,458 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,268 posts)about supporting this loser. I heard a clip on the radio this morning and am waiting to find the transcript.
Cha
(297,447 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,268 posts)The clip was something like (paraphrased) "We can't let this faction take over the Republican party" and something like "or we will lose the presidency". He has been very vocal against Cruz over the past couple years regarding his lack of support for Superstorm Sandy funding, his promoting the 2011 government shutdown, and trying to defund Homeland Security.
Cha
(297,447 posts)idiot this ted cruz/green spam guy is!
Might have started with Superstorm Sandy.. tom cotton is another one who didn't want to help those in NJ.
Thank you!
Cha
(297,447 posts)Optical.Catalyst
(1,355 posts)After you are broke, go away and never be seen again.
BumRushDaShow
(129,268 posts)any SuperPACs set up on his behalf will fund his campaign and the suckers who pump money into them will be the ones who'll lose. And once his failed race is done, he can then take over "running" these PACs to use "on behalf of party issues". And after the election is over, he can use the money for himself however he sees fit. It's a money-making racket, which is why these lunatics jump into these Presidential races nowadays.
groundloop
(11,520 posts)corkhead
(6,119 posts)ybbor
(1,555 posts)Am I'm correct in saying this?
barbtries
(28,808 posts)i must be as naive as you, because i understood the same thing. hoping to see this addressed actually.
also. hate hate hate the way he refers to the country as "her"
barbtries
(28,808 posts)What differentiates Cruz from his competition, however, is that he was born in Canada Calgary, Alta., in fact to an American mother and a Cuban-born father. His heritage made Cruz a dual citizen at birth. Under U.S. law, being born to an American mother automatically gives you American citizenship, while being born on Canadian soil makes you a Canadian.
The U.S. Constitution doesn't preclude dual citizens from running for the presidency, but it requires presidents to be "natural born" citizens, which is commonly believed to be Americans born with citizenship even if they weren't born on U.S. soil.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ted-cruz-how-a-calgary-born-u-s-senator-could-become-president-1.3004730
Adenoid_Hynkel
(14,093 posts)is true with Ted, and not even in dispute.
polmaven
(9,463 posts)Last edited Mon Mar 23, 2015, 09:23 AM - Edit history (1)
know what Cruz's stand was on that issue?
patricia92243
(12,597 posts)underpants
(182,857 posts)zazen
(2,978 posts)Cruz scares the f**k out of me. He's straight from central casting to play the leader of the Handmaid's Tale christo-fascist coup. I wouldn't underestimate him at all.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)But the fact is the country is not THAT far gone. The GOP have managed to Gerrymander control of Congress, but they can't use their Gerrymandered districts to control the Presidency... YET. Their efforts to make Purple states have "proportional" electoral votes might just do it if we're not careful though.
underpants
(182,857 posts)Figures.
Vinca
(50,300 posts)1) love of seeing himself on camera and, 2) a future 7 or 8 figure Fox deal. The scary part is he can play the dim bulbs better than Creflo Dollar pitching $300 donations for his private jet.
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)Gregorian
(23,867 posts)And wait.