Ted Cruz Last Year: We Should Welcome Syrian Refugees, And We Can Do It Safely "That’s been the history of the United States," he told Fox News. Interviewed in February 2014, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz declared that Syrian refugees should be permitted into the United States and argued that this could be done without jeopardizing national security. "We have welcomed refugees -- the tired, huddled masses -- for centuries. That’s been the history of the United States," he told Fox News in a video featured on Cruz's website. "We should continue to do so." He added: "We have to continue to be vigilant to make sure those coming are not affiliated with the terrorists, but we can do that." Since last week's Paris attacks, the GOP presidential candidate has been a fierce critic of the Obama administration's policy to permit some Syrian refugees into the United States. "It is nothing less than lunacy,” Cruz said on Saturday, citing security concerns. "It makes no sense whatsoever for us to be bringing in refugees who our intelligence cannot determine if they are terrorists here to kill us or not. Those who are fleeing persecution should be resettled in the Middle East in majority Muslim countries." The White House plans to accept 10,000 refugees from Syria over the next year, out of more than 4 million who are estimated to have fled the war-torn country. Cruz, who is the son of a refugee to the United States, on Wednesday introduced legislation that will ban virtually all refugees from Syria and Iraq from entering the country. He also challenged President Obama to debate him on the issue. "Come back and insult me to my face," Cruz said.
I'm not sure I get the point you are trying to make. What I meant was that Cruz is attempting to directly challenge Obama and engage him one on one instead of arguing with the other candidates. Trump has done the same thing by using his fame. Somehow he seems larger and more credible than the others. The Cruz statement on refugees from 2014 is potentially a huge problem for him. Can you say flip-flop?
Maybe when the Obama man returns from "foreign soil" Cruz can tell that to the Obama man's face where the Obama man can defend himself.
oh no my friend, don't pull that "foreign soil" crap on me. Obama can't even refrain from attacking republicans when he is on foreign soil. Every damn state of the union speech has included an attack on republicans. Campaign speeches are one thing, but attacking in The State of the Union and on foreign soil is another. What is he trying to do? Rile the Phillipinos up against the republicans? After Obama's speech in the Phillipines several protesters started chanting "Death to Republicans!" The way I look at it there are two ways to lose your right to bitch about the other party. One is to not vote, and the other is to become President of the United States.
Well, do you vote? If so, I guess you have, according to your criteria, preserved your right to bitch.