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| South Carolina town hall: Rubio and Cruz attack Obama for upcoming Cuba visit – live | South Carolina town hall: Rubio and Cruz attack Obama for upcoming Cuba visit – live |
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| 4.11am GMT | |
| 04:11 | |
| First half of two-night Republican town hall event on CNN concludes | |
| Scott Bixby | |
| Some quick evaluations of the performances by Ben Carson, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz: | |
| That’s it for tonight’s coverage of the first half of CNN’s Republican town hall. We’ll be back tomorrow for part two, as well as on Friday, Saturday, and every day until the sweet release of Election Day in November. | |
| Updated | |
| at 4.14am GMT | |
| 3.56am GMT | 3.56am GMT |
| 03:56 | 03:56 |
| Jeb Lund | Jeb Lund |
| Ted Cruz said: “Barack Obama, in the first weeks of his administration, sent the bust of Winston Churchill back to the United Kingdom. If I’m elected president, Winston Churchill is coming back.” | Ted Cruz said: “Barack Obama, in the first weeks of his administration, sent the bust of Winston Churchill back to the United Kingdom. If I’m elected president, Winston Churchill is coming back.” |
| WHAT DOES THIS EVEN MEAN? THIS IS LIKE LISTENING TO A RADIO SHOW YELL A BUMPER STICKER AT A PRINTOUT OF AN EMAIL FORWARD. COULD THIS BE ANY MORE TRIFLING AND STUPID? | WHAT DOES THIS EVEN MEAN? THIS IS LIKE LISTENING TO A RADIO SHOW YELL A BUMPER STICKER AT A PRINTOUT OF AN EMAIL FORWARD. COULD THIS BE ANY MORE TRIFLING AND STUPID? |
| [Ed note: The bust was loaned to then-President George W Bush by then-Prime Minister Tony Blair and returned as a matter of protocol. A separate bust of Churchill, given to then-President Lyndon B Johnson, remains in the White House today.] | [Ed note: The bust was loaned to then-President George W Bush by then-Prime Minister Tony Blair and returned as a matter of protocol. A separate bust of Churchill, given to then-President Lyndon B Johnson, remains in the White House today.] |
| 3.56am GMT | 3.56am GMT |
| 03:56 | 03:56 |
| Would it kill Republicans to crack a joke? Actually, some of them, I think it might. | Would it kill Republicans to crack a joke? Actually, some of them, I think it might. |
| – Ted Cruz, on the need to “let loose” on the campaign trail. | – Ted Cruz, on the need to “let loose” on the campaign trail. |
| 3.54am GMT | 3.54am GMT |
| 03:54 | 03:54 |
| Which cabinet position would Cruz fill first? | Which cabinet position would Cruz fill first? |
| “It would be a three-way tie between secretary of state, secretary of defense and attorney general,” Cruz says. “When it comes to defense, we have to begin rebuilding our military immediately. When it comes to state... moving the embassy to Israel tells Israel, it tells our allies, it tells our enemies that America is back.” | “It would be a three-way tie between secretary of state, secretary of defense and attorney general,” Cruz says. “When it comes to defense, we have to begin rebuilding our military immediately. When it comes to state... moving the embassy to Israel tells Israel, it tells our allies, it tells our enemies that America is back.” |
| “We need someone strong, someone who represents this country,” Cruz says of a potential secretary of state. “A secretary of state in a Cruz administration would be someone like John Bolton.” As for an attorney general, Cruz declares that “the lawlessness of the Obama administration has been one of the saddest legacies”. | “We need someone strong, someone who represents this country,” Cruz says of a potential secretary of state. “A secretary of state in a Cruz administration would be someone like John Bolton.” As for an attorney general, Cruz declares that “the lawlessness of the Obama administration has been one of the saddest legacies”. |
| “The only fidelity of the department of justice will be to the laws and constitution of the United States,” Cruz concludes. | “The only fidelity of the department of justice will be to the laws and constitution of the United States,” Cruz concludes. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.55am GMT | at 3.55am GMT |
| 3.39am GMT | 3.39am GMT |
| 03:39 | 03:39 |
| This is a strange election season in many ways. | This is a strange election season in many ways. |
| – Ted Cruz, on being called a liar by Marco Rubio and Donald Trump | – Ted Cruz, on being called a liar by Marco Rubio and Donald Trump |
| 3.36am GMT | 3.36am GMT |
| 03:36 | 03:36 |
| Ted Cruz, who sits on the Senate judiciary committee, tells Anderson Cooper that he would not endorse a committee hearing on whomever Barack Obama nominates to fill the supreme court seat formerly occupied by the late Antonin Scalia. | Ted Cruz, who sits on the Senate judiciary committee, tells Anderson Cooper that he would not endorse a committee hearing on whomever Barack Obama nominates to fill the supreme court seat formerly occupied by the late Antonin Scalia. |
| “They should not” get a hearing, Cruz says. “For 80 years, it has been the practice that the senate has not confirmed any nomination that has occurred during an election year ... I don’t think it would be fair to the nominee.” | “They should not” get a hearing, Cruz says. “For 80 years, it has been the practice that the senate has not confirmed any nomination that has occurred during an election year ... I don’t think it would be fair to the nominee.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.40am GMT | at 3.40am GMT |
| 3.32am GMT | 3.32am GMT |
| 03:32 | 03:32 |
| Earlier Cruz was asked about Obama’s planned visit to Cuba. Is that something he would do? | Earlier Cruz was asked about Obama’s planned visit to Cuba. Is that something he would do? |
| It is not as long as Castro is in power. And I will say I was saddened to hear that [but] I wasn’t surprised. This was foreshadowed for a long time. | It is not as long as Castro is in power. And I will say I was saddened to hear that [but] I wasn’t surprised. This was foreshadowed for a long time. |
| 3.31am GMT | 3.31am GMT |
| 03:31 | 03:31 |
| Ted Cruz is asked to defend his status as a natural-born citizen of the United States | Ted Cruz is asked to defend his status as a natural-born citizen of the United States |
| “The law under the constitution and federal law has been clear from the very first days of the republic,” Cruz says. “The child of a US citizen is a US citizen by virtue of birth.” | “The law under the constitution and federal law has been clear from the very first days of the republic,” Cruz says. “The child of a US citizen is a US citizen by virtue of birth.” |
| “I was a citizen by birth by virtue of my mother’s citizenship... it was the act of being born that made me a US citizen,” Cruz says. Of the possibility of Donald Trump suing him on the matter - “you can never write off the possibility of Donald Trump suing you,” Cruz says - “if he wants to file a lawsuit, he can file it and lose.” | “I was a citizen by birth by virtue of my mother’s citizenship... it was the act of being born that made me a US citizen,” Cruz says. Of the possibility of Donald Trump suing him on the matter - “you can never write off the possibility of Donald Trump suing you,” Cruz says - “if he wants to file a lawsuit, he can file it and lose.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.32am GMT | at 3.32am GMT |
| 3.29am GMT | 3.29am GMT |
| 03:29 | 03:29 |
| Jeb Lund | Jeb Lund |
| Ted Cruz thinks that the fluctuations in the oil market are created by fiat currency and thinks that a dollar tied to a fixed amount of gold is a stable dollar that would level out fluctuations in the oil market. | Ted Cruz thinks that the fluctuations in the oil market are created by fiat currency and thinks that a dollar tied to a fixed amount of gold is a stable dollar that would level out fluctuations in the oil market. |
| That is a really interesting economic idea with nothing that could contradict it apart from, say, the history of America in the 19th century. | That is a really interesting economic idea with nothing that could contradict it apart from, say, the history of America in the 19th century. |
| 3.28am GMT | 3.28am GMT |
| 03:28 | 03:28 |
| “Our relationship with Saudi Arabia is, as you know, fraught with complications,” Ted Cruz says. “When it comes to Saudi Arabia, we need ot have real scrutiny and real pressure.” | “Our relationship with Saudi Arabia is, as you know, fraught with complications,” Ted Cruz says. “When it comes to Saudi Arabia, we need ot have real scrutiny and real pressure.” |
| “They are not seeking our interests - they are seeking their monetary interests,” Cruz elaborates. To combat the “stranglehold” foreign nations have on American energy, Cruz says, we need to develop American-sourced energy sources. “This country is blessed with abundant natural resources... but you shouldn’t have government picking winners and losers. There shouldn’t be any subsidies.” | “They are not seeking our interests - they are seeking their monetary interests,” Cruz elaborates. To combat the “stranglehold” foreign nations have on American energy, Cruz says, we need to develop American-sourced energy sources. “This country is blessed with abundant natural resources... but you shouldn’t have government picking winners and losers. There shouldn’t be any subsidies.” |
| 3.24am GMT | 3.24am GMT |
| 03:24 | 03:24 |
| Megan Carpentier | Megan Carpentier |
| Ted Cruz said tonight – incorrectly – that Trump had said George W Bush should be impeached during the last debate. He said: “To see, on a Republican presidential stage a candidate suggesting that we should have impeached George W Bush, that really draws into question the judgement of that candidate to be commander in chief. | Ted Cruz said tonight – incorrectly – that Trump had said George W Bush should be impeached during the last debate. He said: “To see, on a Republican presidential stage a candidate suggesting that we should have impeached George W Bush, that really draws into question the judgement of that candidate to be commander in chief. |
| But, though Trump attacked W Bush’s record at the last debate (and said in 2008 that he would’ve been happy to see Pelosi impeach Bush), he actually deliberately avoided suggesting he ought to have been impeached. | But, though Trump attacked W Bush’s record at the last debate (and said in 2008 that he would’ve been happy to see Pelosi impeach Bush), he actually deliberately avoided suggesting he ought to have been impeached. |
| Perhaps Cruz was banking on most South Carolinians having skipped it? | Perhaps Cruz was banking on most South Carolinians having skipped it? |
| (And, yes, it seems like one could spend all night fact checking Ted Cruz.) | (And, yes, it seems like one could spend all night fact checking Ted Cruz.) |
| 3.24am GMT | 3.24am GMT |
| 03:24 | 03:24 |
| A pastor asks Ted Cruz about the “growing threat” against religious values in the United States, an area of particular focus for the Cruz campaign. | A pastor asks Ted Cruz about the “growing threat” against religious values in the United States, an area of particular focus for the Cruz campaign. |
| “We are seeing an assault on Judeo-Christian values, we are seeing an assault on religious liberty, and we need a president who will stand up and protect those values,” Cruz says, declaring that candidates should be held to a higher standard than just parroting pro-life, anti-gay marriage statements. | “We are seeing an assault on Judeo-Christian values, we are seeing an assault on religious liberty, and we need a president who will stand up and protect those values,” Cruz says, declaring that candidates should be held to a higher standard than just parroting pro-life, anti-gay marriage statements. |
| “You shall know them by their fruits,” Cruz quotes the Bible, referencing his history of fighting Planned Parenthood in court and protecting a statue of the ten commandments in front of the Texas capitol. “In June of last year we saw a decision from the supreme court that was nothing short of tragic... I think there’s something really wrong when Republican candidates are echoing the talking points of Barack Obama.” | “You shall know them by their fruits,” Cruz quotes the Bible, referencing his history of fighting Planned Parenthood in court and protecting a statue of the ten commandments in front of the Texas capitol. “In June of last year we saw a decision from the supreme court that was nothing short of tragic... I think there’s something really wrong when Republican candidates are echoing the talking points of Barack Obama.” |
| “When it comes to religious liberty, if I’m elected president I intend on the first day I enter office to instruct... every government agency that the persecution of religious liberty ends today.” | “When it comes to religious liberty, if I’m elected president I intend on the first day I enter office to instruct... every government agency that the persecution of religious liberty ends today.” |
| 3.20am GMT | 3.20am GMT |
| 03:20 | 03:20 |
| Jeb Lund | Jeb Lund |
| “We will not be drafting our daughters into the front lines ... I’m the father of two daughters. Women can do anything, but the idea that the federal government could forcibly conscript women into service doesn’t make any sense.” | “We will not be drafting our daughters into the front lines ... I’m the father of two daughters. Women can do anything, but the idea that the federal government could forcibly conscript women into service doesn’t make any sense.” |
| It’s like Cruz is saying Women can do anything, except this one thing, for no reason I can come up with, because I said so, and they’re women. Unless he’s just objecting to people being drafted into combat, in which case, please condemn that happening to men, too. Because I am a lazy man, and there is no United States Army Nap Battalion. | It’s like Cruz is saying Women can do anything, except this one thing, for no reason I can come up with, because I said so, and they’re women. Unless he’s just objecting to people being drafted into combat, in which case, please condemn that happening to men, too. Because I am a lazy man, and there is no United States Army Nap Battalion. |
| 3.19am GMT | 3.19am GMT |
| 03:19 | 03:19 |
| When asked about Donald Trump’s assertion at the last Republican presidential debate that George W Bush didn’t keep the United States safe because the 9/11 terror attacks happened under his watch, Ted Cruz questions Trump’s judgment. | When asked about Donald Trump’s assertion at the last Republican presidential debate that George W Bush didn’t keep the United States safe because the 9/11 terror attacks happened under his watch, Ted Cruz questions Trump’s judgment. |
| “I thought it was ridiculous,” Cruz says. “Listen - I like Donald. I am not gonna engage in personal attacks - but his policies don’t make sense.” | “I thought it was ridiculous,” Cruz says. “Listen - I like Donald. I am not gonna engage in personal attacks - but his policies don’t make sense.” |
| 3.12am GMT | 3.12am GMT |
| 03:12 | 03:12 |
| Jeb Lund | Jeb Lund |
| Why does Ted Cruz think that saying “radical Islamic terrorism” does anything to stop terrorism? It’s so exhausting hearing the Beetlejuice theory of military policy. | Why does Ted Cruz think that saying “radical Islamic terrorism” does anything to stop terrorism? It’s so exhausting hearing the Beetlejuice theory of military policy. |
| How many times do you have to say it for it to work? Do you have to say it really loud? Do you have to say it in a mirror, with the lights off, holding a candle? Who then defeats the terrorists? Is it Bloody Mary or The Candyman? | How many times do you have to say it for it to work? Do you have to say it really loud? Do you have to say it in a mirror, with the lights off, holding a candle? Who then defeats the terrorists? Is it Bloody Mary or The Candyman? |
| Also, it’s just such a funny argument to make from someone who has to constantly distort the record to advance his points. If naming something what it actually is magically solves problems, it’s puzzling that Cruz is so averse to telling the whole truth and nothing but in many other circumstances. | Also, it’s just such a funny argument to make from someone who has to constantly distort the record to advance his points. If naming something what it actually is magically solves problems, it’s puzzling that Cruz is so averse to telling the whole truth and nothing but in many other circumstances. |