Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appears at a campaign rally on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, in Las Vegas. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks during a campaign stop at Lino’s Restaurant in Sanbornville, N.H. Cruz is dreaming of a face-off with Democratic front-runner Hill… Trump has pulled back into a tie with Cruz in Iowa, has extended his lead over the rest of the field in New Hampshire and leads in virtually every state that follows those two.
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The conservative journal National Review is launching a full-throated assault on Donald Trump’s credentials as a conservative, just as Trump turns his fire on his closest Republican presidential rival, accusing Ted Cruz of being soft on immigration. And Trump has often cited Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe, who said that although Cruz is generally accepted to be a natural-born citizen, no court has definitively ruled on the question.
He also holds a lead in some polls in the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire with the Iowa caucuses just days away on February 1. He became less amusing when he shot up in the polls, but, for months, he was still considered a classic bubble candidate whose support would eventually pop. But now, this week, there’s some evidence that the establishment is finally beginning to accommodate itself to Trump.
Most Democrats and moderate Republicans would like to be called “pro immigration”, but that’s the centerpiece of a new Donald Trump attack ad against Republican Sen.
Rubio’s attacks on Cruz ramped up last week during the Fox Business Network’s GOP debate in SC, in which the two senators went back and forth on the hot-button topic of immigration. Marco Rubio, the only other candidate with double-digit support, is in third place with 11% of the vote. “And I know he’s ahead in the polls but the only poll that counts is the one they take on caucus night and I think that could change between now and then”. “Had I not brought up the subject of illegal immigration, an issue which Ted Cruz is very weak on, nobody would even be talking about it. I will build a great wall, and Mexico will pay for it”, said Donald Trump, in a campaign statement released with the video. Say what you will about her decidedly unusual speech endorsing Trump, but Sarah Palin remains a potent force (and surrogate) among social conservative and tea party types.
“But I think the conventional wisdom that he must finish first in Iowa is overblown”, Henson said.
Cruz’s ad rips into Trump for supporting eminent domain laws, saying the billionaire is “what’s wrong” with the system. Yes, he received some lukewarm praise from a few high-profile Republicans who were mainly interested in bashing Cruz. “We’ve got to get things done folks, OK?”
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The ad concludes with excerpts of Trump complaining to ABC News that countries have borders but people keep pouring over ours, ergo we no longer have a country.
