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progressoid

(50,753 posts)
Tue Jan 19, 2016, 04:32 PM Jan 2016

Bwahahahahahahaaa. Branstad says he wants Ted Cruz defeated

Love this!

Altoona, Iowa (CNN)Iowa's Republican Gov. Terry Branstad called for Ted Cruz's defeat Tuesday, in a dramatic and highly public repudiation of the Texas senator just two weeks out from the Iowa caucuses.

Speaking to a small group of reporters at the Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit in Altoona, where several 2016 presidential candidates are slated to speak, Branstad labeled Cruz a "big oil" candidate whose victory would be "very damaging to our state."

"It would be a big mistake for Iowa to support him," Branstad said. "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."

Asked by a reporter whether he wants to see Cruz defeated, Branstad answered: "Yes."

...

Iowa governors have typically stayed neutral in the caucuses, and Branstad did not endorse a candidate in the 2012 Iowa contest. In 2008, Gov. Chet Culver, a Democrat, did not pick sides between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/19/politics/terry-branstad-ted-cruz-defeat/




Of course, the Trumpster couldn't resist this.


Wow, the highly respected Governor of Iowa just stated that "Ted Cruz must be defeated." Big shoker! People do not like Ted.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/689519657414320128?ref_src=twsrc^tfw


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Bwahahahahahahaaa. Branstad says he wants Ted Cruz defeated (Original Post) progressoid Jan 2016 OP
Everyone who knows or has tried to work with Cruz hates his guts. Warpy Jan 2016 #1
Yep. progressoid Jan 2016 #2
Arsonist... czarjak Jan 2016 #3
Ha! progressoid Jan 2016 #6
Branstad cares about the good of Iowa? rurallib Jan 2016 #4
Wow Dr. Forrester Jan 2016 #5

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
1. Everyone who knows or has tried to work with Cruz hates his guts.
Tue Jan 19, 2016, 04:34 PM
Jan 2016

He might be Rove's pick to represent the Texas oil barons but he's managed to make so many enemies throughout his own party that he'd be stymied if he ever got into office.

When men like Gov. Braindead say he's got to go, people need to listen.

progressoid

(50,753 posts)
2. Yep.
Tue Jan 19, 2016, 06:45 PM
Jan 2016

And I have to wonder wonder what "highly respected" Braindead thinks of Trump. I imagine he's not too happy with his BS either.

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