Ted Cruz Busted On Secret Tape Admitting That His Core Positions Are Fake In a secret recording, Ted Cruz admitted that he doesn’t really believe what he is trying to sell to Republican voters and that if elected president, a Cruz administration would not fight same-sex marriage. He also backed off of his positions on issues like abortion and common core. Politico released more of the secret tape of Ted Cruz talking to donors at a New York fundraiser, and it confirmed what many have long suspected. Sen. Cruz is faking it to get elected. According to Politico: During the question period, one of the donors told Cruz that gay marriage was one of the few issues on which the two disagreed. Then the donor asked: “So would you say it’s like a top-three priority for you — fighting gay marriage?” “No,” Cruz replied. “I would say defending the Constitution is a top priority. And that cuts across the whole spectrum — whether it’s defending [the] First Amendment, defending religious liberty.” Soothing the attendee without contradicting what he has said elsewhere, Cruz added: “People of New York may well resolve the marriage question differently than the people of Florida or Texas or Ohio. … That’s why we have 50 states — to allow a diversity of views. And so that is a core commitment.” …. A well-known Republican operative not affiliated with a 2016 campaign said by email when sent Cruz’s quote: “Wow. Does this not undermine all of his positions? Abortion, Common Core — all to the states? … Worse, he sounds like a slick D.C. politician — says one thing on the campaign trail and trims his sails with NYC elites. Not supposed to be like that.” Ted Cruz’s top priority has always been advancing his own career, so it isn’t much of a surprise that the positions that he is selling Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina aren’t the same as what he is telling people behind closed doors. Hold on to your hats, because it turns out that Ted Cruz plays fast and loose with the truth. Anyone who has followed Cruz’s rise already is well aware that the senator from Texas has treated facts like an unnecessary detail; the secret tape is devastating for his presidential campaign because it undermines Ted Cruz’s trustworthiness with his own voters. What may work in Cruz’s favor is that he can attack the messenger and claim that the Politico story is more media bias and proof that the press is out to get him, but a tape of his own voice denying the same positions that he is selling to conservative voters across the country is devastating. Ted Cruz is a fake. He is exactly what he has been telling socially conservative Republican primary voters that he isn’t. Sen. Cruz is nothing more than another ambitious DC insider who say whatever he needs to say to get elected.
Lyin' Ted has told a number of lies about Trump's positions on issues, but I don't find this exchange upsetting at all. It is perhaps too nuanced for the media to grasp. His point is that the Constitution does not contain a right to gay marriage, abortion, etc leaving these matters to individual states to decide. You know, the whole democratic process rather than having unelected federal judges dictate social policy to us.
Well, yes and no. He seems to be advocating "state rights." The term state rights has been used time and again as dog-whistle code words for state-legislated bigotry. "We do things different 'round here." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-whistle_politics#United_States
in the 21st century, it means legal pot, but I agree we must be ever vigilant against those states righters who are trying to reinstitute slavery.
...or any state's own particular brand of bigotry: During the question period, one of the donors told Cruz that gay marriage was one of the few issues on which the two disagreed. Then the donor asked: “So would you say it’s like a top-three priority for you — fighting gay marriage?” “No,” Cruz replied. “I would say defending the Constitution is a top priority. And that cuts across the whole spectrum — whether it’s defending [the] First Amendment, defending religious liberty.” Soothing the attendee without contradicting what he has said elsewhere, Cruz added: “People of New York may well resolve the marriage question differently than the people of Florida or Texas or Ohio. … That’s why we have 50 states — to allow a diversity of views. And so that is a core commitment.”
Constitutionally he's right and I agree with him and your statement as well. Each state should be able to decide what brand and how much bigotry they want. Let the dust settle where it may. Then people can choose where they'd like to live, shop, work, etc. etc. It's called freedom of choice. Kind of like when people say, don't like what you're watching and/or listening to, change the channel. Forced diversity, which is what we're experiencing, has never worked, nor will it ever work. As I've heard in every left leaning political movie ever made, freedom is tough. It requires people to be tolerant of others which whom they have strong disagreements and still be civil to each other. Either we can or we can't, and it's long past time to let that play itself out.
I would agree, but sometimes, the only way you can get justice if you are a minority is to call the FBI and make a hate crime report. That will move things along very quickly and you will never have any problem again. Hate crimes are federal and investigated by the FBI. Leaving it to the States never got the job done.
I disagree. I don't think states should be allowed to negotiate their own version of human rights. I think Lincoln would agree. You're either equal as a human being or you're not. There's no gray area. And what about, say, education? Would you really want to live in a country that allows states to outlaw teaching about evolution? http://www.pewforum.org/2009/02/04/fighting-over-darwin-state-by-state/ The list goes on.