“‘If My people who are called by my name will humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land, ‘” he said before saying President Reagan put his hand on that section of the Bible as he was sworn into the presidency. Early on, the issue ignited a testy exchange between the two candidates leading the Republican field in Iowa. Ted Cruz left little space for any of the other candidates to make an impression.
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Schwartz cites legal theorists, including Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe, who say although Cruz is generally accepted to be a natural-born citizen, no court has definitively ruled on the question.
Donald Trump isn’t letting up.
Well, no son of New York City was going to just stand there and let that sort of shit fly.
That all sounds pretty much like what Ted Cruz was saying about “New York values” being at odds with conservative ones.
During the GOP debate, Cruz was asked to explain a previous comment he made about “New York Values”, telling moderator Maria Bartiromo, “everyone understands that the values in New York City are socially liberal or pro-abortion or pro- gay-marriage, focus around money and the media”.
WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Trump answered that with a spirited defense of his hometown, harking back to the days after 9/11.
Asked if Cruz was making a subtle ethnic dig with his “New York values” comment, Trump said he didn’t know, adding, “probably you would have to ask him”.
WILLIAM BRANGHAM: But it wasn’t just a two-man show. Marco Rubio of Florida turned in a pugnacious performance with attacks on Cruz and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
Sunday, She will be in SC when Charleston hosts a democratic debate. It enabled hi, the president, to certify them en masse without mandating meaningful background checks. “Awaken the body of Christ so that we might pull back from this abyss, ‘” Cruz told the gathered crowd before directly quoting from scripture. Hey, Cruz, you don’t like New York values? “And that’s how you get a foreign policy where we cut deals with our enemies like Iran and we betray our allies like Israel, and we gut our military, and we go around the world like he has done on 10 separate occasions and apologized for America”, Rubio said. “He was as calm as I’ve seen him”.
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King continued, “When I hear people taking cheap shots at these guys, are they talking about the cop that ran into the building or the firefighter that ran into the building, or the construction worker that ran into the building?” He has dismissed attacks on his eligibility and pointed out during a Republican candidates’ debate on Thursday that 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain and 1968 Republican candidate George Romney also were born outside the United States but still were considered eligible to be president. That was before he was running against me. He also called corporate inversions “one of the biggest problems we have”, and said more guns may have prevented the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California.
