Texas Senator Ted Cruz at the Republican National Convention July 20, 2016

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Petition: “Congress … officially recogniz(e) Black Lives Matter as a domestic terrorist organization.”

http://support.horowitzfreedomcenter.org/declareblm/

Petition: National Petition to Slash U.S. Funding of the United Nations

https://secure.giveworks.net/ccagw/slashUNfunding/PAU5820

Petition: Protect women’s health and safety from the abortion butchery factory.

http://www.citizengo.org/en/lf/35784-its-notover-tell-government-protect-womens-health-and-safety?tc=ty&tcid=25205860


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I am a Christian, Constitutionalist, conservative.

http://www.dailywire.com/news/7665/exclusive-cruz-camp-trump-campaign-approved-speech-ben-shapiro

“EXCLUSIVE: Cruz Camp: Trump Campaign Approved Speech, ‘Orchestrated’ RNC Blowback To ‘Make Cruz a Pariah’

Late Wednesday night, a source within the Cruz team informed Daily Wire exclusively that the Trump campaign had sandbagged Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) over his speech at the Republican National Convention. Cruz spoke at the RNC, where he congratulated Trump on his campaign victory, then spoke about the necessity for freedom and finally stated that Americans should ‘vote your conscience.’ He was met with resounding boos on the floor of the convention; his wife Heidi had to be rushed from the room; according to reports, one Republican delegate physically accosted Cruz, and Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson refused to meet with Cruz.

[Typical behavior of Trump supporters? Following their “leader” Donald Trump who has ZERO integrity, in my opinion!]

According to the source, the entire Cruz speech was cleared by the Trump campaign [This is standard operating procedure. I am sure the speech was examined by the Trump campaign beforehand] Paul Manafort, Trump’s campaign manager, expressly approved the speech at 4:30 PM ET. The source, who was standing on the convention floor at the time of the speech, said that Trump operatives were present, urging the crowd to boo. ‘This was orchestrated by the Trump campaign to make Senator Cruz a pariah within the party,’ said the source.

‘We made this arrangement weeks ago regarding the speech,’ the source continued. ‘We said we wouldn’t cause trouble with the delegates, that Senator Cruz would give a speech, that Senator Cruz would not endorse. They agreed to that. That was always the deal. They saw the speech beforehand and knew what Senator Cruz would be saying. They offered no pushback on the speech whatsoever.’

In fact, the source added, a few hours before the speech, the Trump campaign had been in negotiations with Cruz for Cruz to play a larger role in the campaign, including advising on Israel policy. Minutes after the speech ended, the source noted, the Trump campaign instantly informed them that the offer had been withdrawn.”

‘Senator Cruz was a little surprised by the depth of the boos,’ the source said. ‘Donors have been emailing, declaring that he’s dead, that it’s the end of his political career.’

‘But I don’t think this is all going to play out the way Donald Trump thinks it will.’”

http://thefederalist.com/2016/07/21/in-a-party-full-of-cowards-cruz-stood-apart/

“In A Party Full Of Cowards, Cruz Stood Apart
By David Harsanyi
July 21, 2016

If 2016 is a disaster, Cruz will be the only major Republican to emerge from the Trump fiasco with his principles intact.”

“Last night, Cruz gave a commanding and inclusive speech about conservative values. It was so good that the crowd forgot to boo until he was more than halfway finished.”

‘Stand and speak and vote your conscience. Vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom.’

‘Freedom matters ….’

“All these words were broadsides against Donald Trump’s candidacy. By the end, the crowd tried to drown him out with boos and pro-Trump chants [A normal Leftist tactic!]. Cruz’s wife had to be escorted out of the convention center because a mob of Trump fans was threatening her [A normal Leftist tactic!]. A man in a donor suite had to be restrained when Cruz walked by. They don’t want something beautiful at the RNC, they want something angry.

When Trump first ran for the presidency he claimed the Republican Party was nothing but a bunch of spineless weasels who didn’t have the mettle to fight. Trump then won the nomination and most of the Republican establishment proved his contention true by backing a candidate whose worldview directly conflicted with their own stated beliefs.”

“Now, I should note that if someone smeared my wife and accused my father of being complicit in murder of a president, I wouldn’t merely refuse to endorse that person, I would have a new favorite enemy.”

It also says something about Trump’s judgment that he invited a politician whom he’d cruelly attacked to speak at the convention—in a prime time spot. ‘This man is a pathological liar,’ Cruz spat out not that long ago. ‘He doesn’t know the difference between truth and lies. He lies practically every word that comes out of his mouth … The man is utterly amoral. Morality does not exist for him.’”

“It couldn’t have only been vengeance. Cruz hasn’t really wavered on his political positions—like them or not. What shouldn’t be lost in the kerfuffle is that the speech he gave was a well-delivered distillation of conservative ideas that went well beyond the strikes on Trump. In contrast to what’s been going on, it sounded inclusive.

Cruz also made a strong case for religious liberty—for ‘Christians, Jews, Muslims, and Atheists’—and for federalism, mentioning a pot legalization state like Colorado. All that talk about the Constitution offended Trump’s fans because they know well the candidate has little, if any, interest in preserving the document. The phrase ‘vote your conscience’ literally provoked boos from the GOP nominee’s fans.

The same day Cruz angered Trump supporters by not honoring a silly, political pledge to endorse the GOP nominee, Trump was quoted in a New York Times interview praising another authoritarian and asserting that he would ignore international treaties signed by the United States.

So while it takes guts to pull off what Cruz did, there wasn’t much downside politically. It seems unlikely that a Trump victory would mean an end of his Senate career. If 2016 ends up being a disaster for his party—and, right now, it’s a good bet it will—Cruz will be the only major Republican to emerge from the Trump fiasco with his principles largely intact.”

“Video: Cruz gives powerful speech at RNC in Cleveland.”

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=video+ted+cruz+republican+convention+2016&view=detail&mid=08CDE75A70DBEE1A46D908CDE75A70DBEE1A46D9&FORM=VIRE

The transcript of the speech:

https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/07/full-text-of-cruzs-speech-trump-supporters-didnt-want-you-to-hear [This is not the full text but it is pretty close. It may be the written transcript handed out before the speech which is normal. Senator Cruz may have added some small amount of impromptu material]

Thank you. Heidi and I are honored to join you here in Cleveland, where Lebron James just led an incredible comeback victory. I’m convinced America is going to come back too.

I congratulate Donald Trump on winning the nomination last night.

Conventions are times of excitement. But given the events of the last few weeks, I hope you’ll allow me a moment to talk to you about what’s really at stake.

Just two weeks ago, a nine-year-old girl named Caroline was having a carefree Texas summer— swimming in the pool, playing with friends, doing all the things a happy child might do.

Like most children, she took for granted the love she received from her mom, Heidi, and her dad, a police sergeant named Michael Smith. That is, until he became one of the five police officers gunned down in Dallas.

The day her father was murdered, Caroline gave him a hug and kiss as he left for work. But as they parted, her dad asked her something he hadn’t asked before:

‘What if this is the last time you ever kiss or hug me?’

Later, as she thought of her fallen father, and that last heartbreaking hug, Caroline broke down in tears. How could anything ever be OK again?

Michael Smith was a former Army ranger who spent three decades with the Dallas Police Department. I have no idea who he voted for in the last election, or what he thought about this one. But his life was a testament to devotion. He protected the very protestors who mocked him because he loved his country and his fellow man. His work gave new meaning to that line from literature, ‘To die of love is to live by it.’

As I thought about what I wanted to say tonight, Michael Smith’s story weighed on my heart. Maybe that’s because his daughter, Caroline, is about the same age as my eldest daughter and happens to share the same name. Maybe it’s because I saw a video of that dear, sweet child choking back sobs as she remembered her daddy’s last question to her.

Maybe it’s because we live in a world where so many others have had their lives destroyed by evil, in places like Orlando and Paris and Nice and Baton Rouge. Maybe it is because of the simple question itself:

What if this, right now, is our last time? Our last moment to do something for our families and our country?

Did we live up to our values? Did we do all we could? That’s really what elections should be about.

That’s why you and millions like you devoted so much time and sacrifice to this campaign.

We’re fighting, not for one particular candidate or one campaign, but because each of us wants to be able to tell our kids and grandkids, our own Carolines, that we did our best for their future, and for our country.

America is more than just a land mass between two oceans. America is an idea, a simple yet powerful idea: freedom matters.

For much of human history, government power has been the unavoidable constant in life—government decrees, and the people obey.

Not here. We have no king or queen. No dictator. We the People constrain government.

Our nation is exceptional because it was built on the five most powerful words in the English language: I want to be free.

Never has that message been more needed than today.

We stand here tonight a nation divided. Partisan rancor, anger, even hatred are tearing America apart.

And citizens are furious—rightly furious—at a political establishment that cynically breaks its promises and ignores the will of the people.

We have to do better. We owe our fallen heroes more than that.

Of course, Obama and Clinton will tell you that they also care about our children’s future. And I want to believe them. But there is a profound difference in our two parties’ visions for the future.

Theirs is the party that thinks ISIS is a ‘JV team,’ that responds to the death of Americans at Benghazi by asking, ‘What difference does it make?’ That thinks it’s possible to make a deal with Iran, which celebrates as holidays ‘Death to America Day’ and ‘Death to Israel Day.’

My friends, this is madness.

President Obama is a man who does everything backwards— he wants to close Guantanamo Bay and open up our borders, he exports jobs and imports terrorists.

Enough is enough.

There is a better vision for our future: A return to freedom.

On education, your freedom to choose your child’s education, even if you aren’t as rich as Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.

On healthcare, your freedom to choose your own doctor, without Obamacare.

On taxes, your freedom to provide for your family without the IRS beating down your door.

The Internet? Keep it free from taxes, free from regulation. And don’t give it away to Russia and China.

Freedom means free speech, not politically correct safe spaces.

Freedom means religious freedom, whether you are Christian or Jew, Muslim or atheist. Gay or straight, the Bill of Rights protects the rights of all of us to live according to our conscience.

Freedom means the right to keep and bear arms, and protect your family.

Freedom means Supreme Court Justices who don’t dictate policy, but instead follow the Constitution.

And freedom means recognizing that our Constitution allows states to choose policies that reflect local values. Colorado may decide something different than Texas. New York different than Iowa. Diversity. That’s the way it’s supposed to be. If not, what’s the point of having states to begin with?

Hillary Clinton believes government should make virtually every choice in your life. Education, healthcare, marriage, speech—all dictated out of Washington.

But something powerful is happening. We’ve seen it in both parties. We’ve seen it in the United Kingdom’s unprecedented Brexit vote to leave the European Union.

Voters are overwhelmingly rejecting big government. That’s a profound victory.

People are fed up with politicians who don’t listen to them, fed up with a corrupt system that benefits the elites, instead of working men and women.

We deserve an immigration system that puts America first. And yes, builds a wall to keep us safe.

That stops admitting ISIS terrorists as refugees.

We deserve trade policies that put the interests of American farmers and manufacturing jobs over the global interests funding the lobbyists.

And if we choose freedom, our future will be brighter.

Freedom will bring back jobs, raise wages.

Freedom will lift people out of dependency, to the dignity of work.

We can do this. 47 years ago today, America put a man on the moon. That’s the power of freedom.

Our party was founded to defeat slavery. Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican president, signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

We passed the Civil Rights Act, and fought to eliminate Jim Crow laws.

Those were fights for freedom, and so is this.

Sergeant Michael Smith stood up to protect our freedom.

So do our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines fighting radical Islamic terrorism.

So did the family of Alton Sterling, who bravely called to end the violence.

So did the families of those murdered at the Charleston Emanuel AME church, who forgave that hateful, bigoted murderer.

And so can we.

We deserve leaders who stand for principle [Does Donald Trump? I would say NO!]. Unite us all behind shared values [Does Donald Trump? I would say NO!]. Cast aside anger for love. That is the standard we should expect, from everybody.

And to those listening, please, don’t stay home in November. Stand, and speak, and vote your conscience, vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the Constitution. [Will Donald Trump? I would say no!].

It’s love of freedom that has allowed millions to achieve their dreams. Like my Mom, the first in her family to go to college, and my Dad, who fled prison and torture in Cuba, coming to Texas with just $100 sewn into his underwear.

And it is love that I hope will bring comfort to a grieving 9-year-old girl in Dallas—and, God willing, propel her to move forward, and dream, and soar . . . and make her daddy proud.

We must make the most of our moment—to fight for freedom, to protect our God-given rights, even of those with whom we don’t agree, so that when we are old and gray. . and our work is done . . . and we give those we love one final kiss goodbye . . . we will be able to say, ‘Freedom matters, and I was part of something beautiful.’

[“The case we have to make to the American people … we will defend freedom and be faithful to the Constitution ….”]

Thank you. And may God bless the United States of America.”

No wonder Mr. Trump hated this speech and wanted his supporters booing at the end! It is like the Democrats’ Convention in 2012 when the delegates booed at the reference to GOD and the chairman declaring the motion had passed.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/09/05/jerusalem_and_god_get_booed_at_dem_convention.html

“Delegates and members of the Democratic party booed after former Gov. Ted Strickland (D-OH) discussed God and moved to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Convention chairman Antonio Villaraigosa, mayor of Los Angeles, had to ask for the Yea and Nay vote several times before declaring the motion passed.

C-SPAN cameras captured the dissatisfaction among members after the motion passed.

More information from the Associated Press:

‘Democrats have changed their convention platform to add a mention of God and declare that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.

The move came after criticism from Republicans.

Many in the audience booed after the convention chairman, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, ruled that the amendments had been approved despite the fact that a large group of delegates objected.

He called for a vote three times before ruling.’

The party reinstated language from the 2008 platform that said ‘we need a government that stands up for the hopes, values and interests of working people and gives everyone willing to work hard the chance to make the most of their God-given potential.’”]

Before last night, I was never Trump. That has changed. Now, I am NEVER, NEVER Trump. Donald Trump is NOT a Republican let alone a Christian, Constitutionalist, conservative. We have the choice, among the two major parties, of two Leftist, Regressive/Progressive, pro-abortion/murder, New York Democrats. I reject both of them as my choice.

I look forward to Texas Senator Ted Cruz running for President in 2020. I think both major party candidates in 2016 will be a disaster. In Illinois, I will write-in Constitution Party candidate Darrell Castle!!!

I am a Christian, Constitutionalist, conservative.


Restore the Constitution
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Don L. Vance

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