**The Official** Republican Convention thread

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Cruz: “I am not in the habit of supporting people who attack my wife and attack my father" http://cnn.it/2adyUEi


I'm sure @tedcruz new career as a GoldmanSachs lawyer will be very rewarding Phil Robertson to Cruz:You lost, he won

Cruz: "I am not encouraging anybody to write my name in."

Ted Cruz rules out voting for Hillary Clinton
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/...ting-for-hillary-clinton-225944#ixzz4F3A8QBTU

Bill Kristol is all over twitter ecstatic over Cruz's speech and saying we need a new party.
 
Does Trump have a running mate? Supposedly he was to speak last night, but everywhere I look all they are talking about is how the Trump campaign staged an attack on Ted Cruz during prime time national TV.
 
Oh wait, here we go:
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Father knows best. Trumpster knew what Cruz was going to do.

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I have to hand it to the Trump kids. They are very accomplished public speakers. You'd think they talked to arenas full of people every day. Ivanka takes her turn tonight.
 
Now that we're stuck with him....
I will try and encourage some hope (for myself mostly :) )
that we may not have a total disaster looming.
Here's what happened when Ben Carson missed his introduction.

 
I have to hand it to the Trump kids. They are very accomplished public speakers. You'd think they talked to arenas full of people every day. Ivanka takes her turn tonight.

Is she still a registered Democrat?
 
You mean the booing?

Sure, but Cruz was trying to appeal to the remaining Never Trumpers in the TV audience.

If anything, the booing helped.

I myself, who loathe Cruz, momentarily gained respect for him.

Trump though....I can't really think of any benefit to him of allowing Cruz to do that, except the ol' "any press is good press."
Exactly how I felt.
 
Do you have a source for this quote?

That quote is a tad out of context.

PENCE: I want to agree with Charlie on point. I think Hillary Clinton is an enormously appealing individual, I would say coast-to- coast for my district out in the middle of heartland America, this is -- this is one of the most admired, not only women, but public people in America.

We would love to take her on, though, because I believe she represents that strong center left liberal tradition, big government tradition in the Democratic Party. And the Republican Party is going to be a great race, a great nomination, I know we'll have a great nominee to take her or whoever the Democrats come up with on.

He was stating it as an observation, not an endorsement. Note the "..."
 
Precisely. This is what happens when supposedly smart liberty thinkers buy into the spin of the mainstream media.
 
Cruz is going to be a problem for us in 2020...
Not if a president Trump decides it's necessary to clarify those laws regarding who is actually a natural born citizen and whether children born in this country to foreigners, can be considered US citizens.
 
Is she still a registered Democrat?

I want to address this: New York has closed primaries. The only people eligible to vote in those primaries are people who register to vote as Democrat or Republican. Our daughter found this out when she moved there. Son in-law is registered Libertarian and daughter is Independent. When Di Blasio was running for mayor, they could not vote in the primaries because of their designation. New York is very much like Nashville in the sense that there are practically no Republicans running for anything, so unless you declare to vote in a Democratic primary, you might not get a chance to vote for anyone at all. There are some exceptions, but not many. Giuliani and Bloomberg would be the anomalies.

Registering as Democrat in New York only means eligibility to vote in the Democratic primary. It does not mean any money was paid to the party or that there is any participation beyond voting.
 
Cruz's is a poll tested loser- I think Rand got out while it was still safe. Cruz will be blamed for every republican party loss until 2020 not Trump. Rand will be the man who stood by his word.
 
I want to address this: New York has closed primaries. The only people eligible to vote in those primaries are people who register to vote as Democrat or Republican. Our daughter found this out when she moved there. Son in-law is registered Libertarian and daughter is Independent. When Di Blasio was running for mayor, they could not vote in the primaries because of their designation. New York is very much like Nashville in the sense that there are practically no Republicans running for anything, so unless you declare to vote in a Democratic primary, you might not get a chance to vote for anyone at all. There are some exceptions, but not many. Giuliani and Bloomberg would be the anomalies.

Registering as Democrat in New York only means eligibility to vote in the Democratic primary. It does not mean any money was paid to the party or that there is any participation beyond voting.

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As sources around Trump suggest that his family provides a great deal of input on his campaign and that his daughter Ivanka is his most trusted adviser, it is worth inquiring which politicians and policies those family members have supported over their lifetimes.

An analysis of 20 years of campaign finance filings conducted with the nonpartisan Crowdpac data-mining organization reveal that Donald Trump’s children have donated primarily to Democrats.

Ivanka Trump, who is sometimes referred to as “Anka” Trump in campaign finance filings, has contributed significantly to Democrats over the last decade. (To verify the two are the same person, we confirmed that Ivanka and “Anka” are listed at the same home address in New York City on campaign finance filings.)

Ivanka contributed $16,500 to Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in the 2006 midterms when then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was fighting Republicans. She contributed $7,500 to Harry Reid’s Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee that same midterm election year. Ivanka also gave $8,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2008 during a presidential election year.

She has also contributed $4,000 to California’s far-left Attorney General Kamala Harris; $17,500 New York’s Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo; the Democrats’ National Leadership PAC in 2006 and 2008 – an organization associated with the “Act Blue” 527 organization during years that Democrats were fighting against Republicans; and $7,700 to far-left Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, a pro-abortion feminist who supports protecting LGBT community members from illegal immigration deportations.

Other Democrats that Ivanka Trump contributed to are: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand ($2,000); Hillary Clinton for U.S. Senate and president ($3,400); the Democrats’ scandalous Eliot Spitzer for governor ($3,000); liberal Congressman Charlie Rangel; California’s liberal Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom ($500); democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer ($4,500) in 2014; and Democrat Sen. Cory Booker as recently as 2014 ($20,400).

It appears that out of more than 30 campaign contributions, Ivanka only contributed to three Republican campaigns – John McCain, Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan for president ($75,000) and Carly Fiorina. Her contributions to Republicans represents less than 10 percent of her contributions – the rest have been to Democrats.

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http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/donald-trumps-kids-donate-to-democrats/
 
New York is very much like Nashville in the sense that there are practically no Republicans running for anything, so unless you declare to vote in a Democratic primary, you might not get a chance to vote for anyone at all.

Strange.

I live in NY and find myself voting for Republicans all the time.
 
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