“I have an uncertainty about it and no one has brought this up before”, Schwartz told Fox News Latino.
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Cruz stumped at the University of SC on Friday afternoon, sitting for a friendly Q&A session with state attorney general Alan Wilson before an audience of about 250.
Ted Cruz (R-TX) speak during a commercial break in the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate at the North Charleston Coliseum and Performing Arts Center on January 14, 2016 in North Charleston, South Carolina.
The birther movement has long roots, including challenges to former Republican presidential candidate Sen. “Natural born citizen” has never been defined”. The senator warned that the next president will control enough Supreme Court seats to control the court’s direction for decades. Asked repeatedly turning a town hall meeting about Trump’s impact on the race, Bush called the businessman a talent who “understands why people are angry”.
Trump and Cruz starred in Thursday’s primetime event.
If Ted Cruz is going to win the Republican presidential nomination, he’ll have to figure out to handle Donald Trump.
De Blasio was quick to say amen: “I agree with Gov. Cuomo’s remarks”, he said, adding that anyone who is pro-life “does not represent the views of the people of NY”.
“What anyone from NY sees in Ted Cruz is beyond me, and again, the hypocrisy of him getting a million-dollar loan from Goldman Sachs and his wife is working there”, said King, noting Cruz’s attacks on big Wall Street banks.
Jeb! Bush attacked Trump for his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the country; Rubio attacked Cruz for flip-flopping on various issues.
Newton Schwartz asked the Supreme Court in a 28-page complaint to decide whether Cruz – who was born in Calgary, Alberta to an American mother and a Cuban father – would be violating the Constitution’s “natural born citizen” requirement if he won the presidency.
Many have suggested that Mr Trump’s hammering of Mr Cruz has contributed to the Texan senator’s once-significant lead being erased.
“Donald Trump will damage the ability to grow this party”.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio, liberal Democrats, demanded an apology. And in a nod to Trump’s home in midtown Manhattan, Cruz said: “I can frame it another way: Not a lot of conservatives come out of Manhattan”.
Rep. Dan Donovan, another New York Republican whose district includes Staten Island and Brooklyn, also hit Cruz by pointing to September 11 and Hurricane Sandy.
Cruz and Trump went toe-to-toe several times, including Trump’s questioning of whether Cruz, born in Canada to a USA citizen, is eligible to serve as president.
“I appreciate you dumping your opposition research folder on the stage”, Cruz sneered at Rubio in that snotty tone of voice that just makes you want to punch something.
A victory in the Iowa caucuses in less than three weeks would give Cruz tremendous potential. “I don’t”, debate moderator Maria Bartiromo responded.
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But for some, Cruz’s barb – which was mostly met with good humor – called up a dar, older strain of American discrimination. Or, they talking about the social workers who go into these poor neighborhoods?
