Asked by the debate moderator why he had not brought up Cruz’s birth before, Trump responded with candor.
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Trump, who has proved to be a master at finding a perceived weakness in an opponent, insisted Cruz’s Canadian birth violated the U.S. Constitution’s requirement that only “natural born citizens” can be president.
Trump said he wasn’t offended by Haley’s speech and argued his anger is justified. “But the poll numbers have”. “But the poll numbers have”, he added. Cruz and Trump in particular seemed to completely forget their unspoken truce from a year ago as the two leading candidates tore into each other over personal issues such as Cruz’s eligibility to be president and Trump’s “New York values”. Ted Cruz of Texas lead polls in Iowa and New Hampshire and appear to be locked in a race for the anti-establishment vote, seeking the support of an electorate fed up with the gridlock and machinations of Washington, D.C. “Thousands of people killed, and the clean up started the next day and it was the most horrific cleanup in the history of doing this and in construction”, Trump said.
Trump told Cruz that Democrats would raise the citizenship issue in the general election. “I don’t like that”.
Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal, and even “Donald J. Trump would be disqualified”, he declared, clarifying that Trump’s mother was born in Scotland.
Cruz forcefully defended his ability to serve as president, accusing Trump of raising the issue only because polls show Cruz is challenging the billionaire businessman’s lead, particularly in Iowa. Marco Rubio and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
U.S. “It’s reality. You just have to look today at Indonesia”.
Cruz said to Trump: “You’re an American, as is everybody else on this stage. That could be the great Trojan horse”.
In this case, Mr. Bush drew applause from when he challenged the wisdom of Mr. Trump’s call to temporarily halt Muslims from entering the nation. “We can’t do it”. Cruz later disclosed the information with Senate authorities.
Then, he said: “Yes I made a paperwork error”.
“They may go to a caucus location and get intimidated and leave or they may go to a caucus location and not know how to navigate it”, said Barry.
Cruz began the night by criticizing Obama for failing to mention the 10 US sailors who were seized – and later released – by Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf, calling it evidence of Obama’s weakness.
Hitting hard or not, a majority of folks we spoke with Thursday say they are not tuning in at all. “There was nothing there to this birther issue”, Cruz said.
He concluded by declaring everyone on the stage an American, suggesting that they all “focus on who’s best prepared to be commander in chief”.
In the survey released Thursday, Sen. He urged Cruz to go get a judge’s opinion certifying his right to run, lest he later become the nominee and find his candidacy tied up in court: “There’s a big question mark over the head”.
The first question was about jobs: President Barack Obama has said the economy is durable and new jobs are being created.
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Rubio who has shined in past debates chimed in and took control. He is the top choice of 33 percent of Republican primary voters around the country, followed by Texas Senator Ted Cruz at 20 percent.
