Ted Cruz
Pundit: In 2016, GOP Establishment Would Prefer Hillary to Cruz, Trump
November 27th, 2015 12:23 AM
If frontrunner Donald Trump or currently surging Ted Cruz gets the 2016 Republican presidential nod, it may have a strange sort of bipartisan effect, according to Tomasky, who in a Wednesday column asserted that GOP bigwigs “despise” both Cruz and Trump to the extent that they’d “actually prefer” presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton to win the general election.
“No one’s ever going to…
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Mitchell: Senate’s Dislike of Cruz Should Have Made 2016 ‘Non-Starter'
November 26th, 2015 10:22 AM
Closing out the Wednesday edition of Andrea Mitchell Reports on MSNBC, Andrea Mitchell remarked how the presidential candidacy of Republican Senator Ted Cruz (Tex) would have been sunk and declared “a non-starter” under so-called normal circumstances due to so many of Cruz’s Senate colleagues having a disdain for him.
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Harry Smith Cites Scripture to Rebuke Republicans on Refugees
November 21st, 2015 12:17 PM
I turned on MSNBC this morning in the admittedly masochistic hope of seeing Melissa Harris-Perry, only to find Harry Smith--of all people--hosting continuing coverage of the Paris attacks and related issues.
After running clips of Ted Cruz, Ben Carson and Mike Huckabee questioning the admittance into the US of Syrian refugees, Smith immediately displayed on screen and read the passage of Matthew…
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Colbert Deems GOPers Aren't Christians Due to Refugee Stance
November 20th, 2015 12:25 PM
On the heels of news that he’s slipped to third place in the network late night comedy show ratings due to his alienation of right-leaning voters, Late Show host Stephen Colbert proved why it’s the case on Thursday as he accused Republicans of not being Christians for wanting to put a hold on the U.S. accepting Syrian refugees, contending it's comparable to the KKK as an example of Christians…
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O'Donnell Rips Cruz's Reply to Obama on Refugees; ‘Childish Bluster'
November 19th, 2015 7:02 AM
Roughly 30 minutes after (perhaps appropriately) ripping into the media for their labeling of ISIS terrorist Abdelhamid Abaaoud the “mastermind” of Friday’s Islamic terrorist attacks in Paris, MSNBC’s Last Word host Lawrence O’Donnell struck out against Republican Senator Ted Cruz (Tex.) for engaging in “predictable, childish bluster” by responding to President Obama’s denouncement of his stance…
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Matthews Objects to 'Snarky' Obama Re: GOP Criticism of Refugee Policy
November 18th, 2015 9:33 PM
When your most worshipful devotee in the liberal media thinks you're acting in an unpresidential manner, you know you've gone too far.
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Nets Hype 'Outraged’ Obama ‘Slamming’ GOP Opposition to Refugees
November 18th, 2015 11:22 AM
All three network morning shows on Wednesday hyped Barack Obama’s “outrage” at Republican governors and presidential candidates, “slamming” them for opposition to Syrian refugees coming to America. On Good Morning America, Jon Karl parroted, “Overnight in Manila, President Obama expressed outrage at Republican calls to keep Syrian refugees out of the United States.”
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ABC’s Karl to Cruz: Is It ‘Un-American’ to Restrict Syrian Refugees?
November 17th, 2015 10:18 PM
In a combative exchange that aired on the Tuesday edition of ABC’s World News Tonight, chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl hinted to Republican Senator Ted Cruz (Tex.) that he was “un-American” for suggesting that only Syrian refugees who are Christian should be admitted the United States while a moratorium would be placed on those that are Muslim.
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CNN's Bash Badgers Cruz on Obama's 'Shameful' Attack on GOP Candidate
November 17th, 2015 5:37 PM
CNN's Dana Bash hounded Senator Ted Cruz on Tuesday's New Day over President Obama slamming the Republican presidential candidate at a press conference earlier in the day. Bash touted how "President Obama called you out...and he said it was shameful for saying that there should be, effectively, a religious test for refugees — especially since...your family benefitted from the policies of America…
Cruz Pushes Back Against 'Fact-Checker'; Democratic Party IS Shrinking
November 16th, 2015 11:58 PM
In a Facebook post on Sunday, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz pushed back against a "ridiculous" Politifact post which labeled his true claim that the Democratic Party is shrinking as "mostly false."
Politifact's Emma Hinchliffe had to go back 11 years to a now-irrelevant time period to unsuccessfully attempt to refute Cruz's inconvenient truth, citing Gallup poll figures from 2004.…
Chad Henderson Walls Off Twitter Account After NewsBusters Criticism
November 14th, 2015 10:56 PM
We'll have to live without Chad Henderson's tweets for the time being. Once again, Henderson, as he did in 2013, has taken his Twitter account private, limiting it to "confirmed followers." This time he likely did so in reaction to a NewsBusters post earlier this afternoon by P.J. Gladnick.
Henderson first gained notoriety during the initial Obamacare sign-up process in late 2013 when he claimed…
AP Pair 'Fact Checks' an Achieved Goal and a Completely True Statement
November 12th, 2015 11:55 PM
The "fact-checking" press has become a parody of itself during the past several years.
It's not only because of their irritating penchant for putting statements by Republicans and conservatives under a twisted microscope while ignoring drop-dead obvious falsehoods delivered by Democrats and leftists. It's because, among other things, the fact-checkers often admit that a statement is true, but…
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Matthews Not Sure If Cruz, Rubio Are Really 'Hispanic'
November 11th, 2015 9:10 PM
According to Chris Matthews, it's uncertain whether the term Hispanic can properly be used to describe GOP presidential aspirants Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Marco Rubio (Florida). It's better to say they are "Cuban nationals," offered the Hardball host on his Nov. 11 program.
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CNN's Costello: 'Is It Too Politically Dangerous to Attack' Carson?
November 11th, 2015 6:33 PM
Carol Costello was true to her liberal form on Wednesday's CNN Newsroom during a segment with Rick Tyler, Senator Ted Cruz's campaign spokesman. Costello asserted that "Ben Carson didn't exactly give riveting answers" during the latest GOP presidential debate, and asked, "Why did no one challenge him on that?" She also wondered, "Is it too politically dangerous to attack Ben Carson, or to even…