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I could shoot a person and not lose votes

The next president, Beck said, “must have less faith in himself and more faith in God, the Constitution and the American people”. “I believe I have found him”, Beck said of Cruz, lavishing praise on the Texas Republican.

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Trump has been a hard target for criticism from his rivals because not all of his supporters are conservatives and many are most interested in his projection of strength, not where he stands on a particular issue.

“Here’s a United States senator, Republican, doesn’t have the support of one other Republican senator”, Trump said during a ballroom speech in Las Vegas Thursday.

The business mogul has received unwavering and growing support from crowds of loyal backers among the Republican grassroots in his bid to become the next USA president.

“My people are so smart – and you know what else they say about my people? It’s like incredible”, Trump says to a room of laughing supporters, while mimicking firing a gun with his right hand.

Trump began suggesting earlier this month that Cruz’s Canadian birth could endanger Republicans’ chances of winning the White House, arguing that Democrats would sue to keep Cruz out of the White House.

It was hardly the first gaffe in the Trump presidential campaign.

Referencing the tight contest between Cruz and front-runner Trump that has emerged out of the fractured Republican field, Perry added that the primary race “appears to be down to two people”.

And among Iowa Republicans who have actually caucused before, Trump’s lead is much smaller. He concluded the apparent bit by seeming to decide, “No, I would never kill them”.

Even as he’s taken up the anti-establishment mantle, Trump has made some quiet overtures to GOP powerbrokers. Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign, announcing the news Saturday on social media.

“I don’t intend to go into the gutter”, Cruz said. Ohio Gov. John Kasich is also in the mix in New Hampshire.

A spokesperson says the paper endorsed Rubio because he has an uplifting message and wants to hold a referendum on the nation’s identity. “They’re just telling people their opinion about Ted Cruz”.

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Both Cruz and Rubio saw their support fall slightly in the latest survey, by 4 points and 3 points, respectively. Beck then loaned Cruz one of his prize possessions: a compass Beck said was the only one ever used by George Washington.

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz R Texas speaks during a campaign stop at the Freedom Country Store Tuesday Jan. 19 2016 in Freedom N.H