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| Cruz and Fiorina hope to pry Indiana from Trump's hands – campaign live | Cruz and Fiorina hope to pry Indiana from Trump's hands – campaign live |
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| Ted Cruz is scheduled to pop up for a campaign rally in Fort Wayne, Indiana, any time now. Surveil this live video stream if you’d like to see the man John Boehner calls “Lucifer in the flesh” in action | |
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| Boehner calls Cruz 'Lucifer in the flesh' | Boehner calls Cruz 'Lucifer in the flesh' |
| Texas senator Ted Cruz has scored what is indisputably the strongest non-endorsement of the 2016 cycle. | Texas senator Ted Cruz has scored what is indisputably the strongest non-endorsement of the 2016 cycle. |
| Former House speaker John Boehner told a Stanford University crowd on Wednesday evening that Cruz is “Lucifer in the flesh”. Boehner continued, according to a Stanford Daily report: | Former House speaker John Boehner told a Stanford University crowd on Wednesday evening that Cruz is “Lucifer in the flesh”. Boehner continued, according to a Stanford Daily report: |
| I have Democrat friends and Republican friends. I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son-of-a-bitch in my life. | I have Democrat friends and Republican friends. I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son-of-a-bitch in my life. |
| Lucifer! Miserable son-of-a-bitch! Not to put too fine a point on it. | Lucifer! Miserable son-of-a-bitch! Not to put too fine a point on it. |
| In fact Boehner has called Cruz “Lucifer” before, and for good measure deemed the senator a “jackass” for his role in the government shutdown of 2013. Cruz held what must have been frustrating sway, for Boehner, over the Tea Party wing of the House as Boehner tried to cobble together various coalitions to keep the government funded and avoid crashing the debt ceiling and pass a border security bill, among other efforts. | In fact Boehner has called Cruz “Lucifer” before, and for good measure deemed the senator a “jackass” for his role in the government shutdown of 2013. Cruz held what must have been frustrating sway, for Boehner, over the Tea Party wing of the House as Boehner tried to cobble together various coalitions to keep the government funded and avoid crashing the debt ceiling and pass a border security bill, among other efforts. |
| As for Cruz nemesis Donald Trump, Boehner said they had played golf together for years and that they are “texting buddies.” | As for Cruz nemesis Donald Trump, Boehner said they had played golf together for years and that they are “texting buddies.” |
| Cruz has not issued a reply to the former Ohio congressman’s assessment. He might say that Boehner, who spent 30 years in Congress and was known for having a comfortable relationship with lobbyists, represents everything that is wrong with the Republican establishment. | Cruz has not issued a reply to the former Ohio congressman’s assessment. He might say that Boehner, who spent 30 years in Congress and was known for having a comfortable relationship with lobbyists, represents everything that is wrong with the Republican establishment. |
| Say what you will about Cruz, it's truly impressive to be so right wing that John Boehner thinks you're a living manifestation of Satan | Say what you will about Cruz, it's truly impressive to be so right wing that John Boehner thinks you're a living manifestation of Satan |
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| Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Texas senator Ted Cruz created some electricity on Wednesday evening with his announcement that, should he win the Republican presidential nomination, the bumper stickers would read Cruz-Fiorina, as in Carly, the former tech executive (and presidential candidate). | Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Texas senator Ted Cruz created some electricity on Wednesday evening with his announcement that, should he win the Republican presidential nomination, the bumper stickers would read Cruz-Fiorina, as in Carly, the former tech executive (and presidential candidate). |
| Fiorina made a punchy appearance with Cruz in Indianapolis culminating in a lullaby she sang to Cruz’s kids: | Fiorina made a punchy appearance with Cruz in Indianapolis culminating in a lullaby she sang to Cruz’s kids: |
| The challenge for Cruz-Fiorina is to inspire Republican primary voters in Indiana, which will award 30 delegates to its statewide winner this coming Tuesday in a contest billed as a last stand for the #NeverTrump movement. Fiorina was up early on Thursday to argue that Donald Trump, who is leading in the (scant) polls in the Hoosier state, is just the same as Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton: | The challenge for Cruz-Fiorina is to inspire Republican primary voters in Indiana, which will award 30 delegates to its statewide winner this coming Tuesday in a contest billed as a last stand for the #NeverTrump movement. Fiorina was up early on Thursday to argue that Donald Trump, who is leading in the (scant) polls in the Hoosier state, is just the same as Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton: |
| I put them in the same category because they are the same category. They’re two sides of the same coin ... I do think for some of us, principles matter, and convictions matter, and policies and principles matter. | I put them in the same category because they are the same category. They’re two sides of the same coin ... I do think for some of us, principles matter, and convictions matter, and policies and principles matter. |
| .@CarlyFiorina: On the one hand, you have Cruz and Fiorina. On the other hand, you have Trump and Clinton. https://t.co/TsCOk2GN8n | .@CarlyFiorina: On the one hand, you have Cruz and Fiorina. On the other hand, you have Trump and Clinton. https://t.co/TsCOk2GN8n |
| It has been reported that Fiorina, early in the primary process, was uniquely capable of getting under the skin of Trump, who was advised to ignore her but mostly could not. He’s on Twitter this morning not ignoring her, in fact: | It has been reported that Fiorina, early in the primary process, was uniquely capable of getting under the skin of Trump, who was advised to ignore her but mostly could not. He’s on Twitter this morning not ignoring her, in fact: |
| Lyin' Ted Cruz, who can never beat Hillary Clinton and has NO path to victory, has chosen a V.P.candidate who failed badly in her own effort | Lyin' Ted Cruz, who can never beat Hillary Clinton and has NO path to victory, has chosen a V.P.candidate who failed badly in her own effort |
| Trump holds events in Evansville, Indiana, and Costa Mesa, California, today, while John Kasich is in Portland and Medford, Oregon, and Bernie Sanders is in Springfield, Oregon. | Trump holds events in Evansville, Indiana, and Costa Mesa, California, today, while John Kasich is in Portland and Medford, Oregon, and Bernie Sanders is in Springfield, Oregon. |
| Did you catch Trump’s big foreign policy speech on Wednesday? Did you have the nagging sense that it didn’t make sense and may in fact have been packed with internal contradictions abetted by an absence of any real detail? You weren’t imagining things, writes Dan Roberts: | Did you catch Trump’s big foreign policy speech on Wednesday? Did you have the nagging sense that it didn’t make sense and may in fact have been packed with internal contradictions abetted by an absence of any real detail? You weren’t imagining things, writes Dan Roberts: |
| Related: Ten inconsistencies in Donald Trump's big foreign policy address | Related: Ten inconsistencies in Donald Trump's big foreign policy address |
| And here’s a curveball story: a top Cruz campaign operative in Virginia has visited Syria and turns out to be a Bashar Assad apologist: | And here’s a curveball story: a top Cruz campaign operative in Virginia has visited Syria and turns out to be a Bashar Assad apologist: |
| Related: Cruz campaign's Virginia co-chair visits Syria and pledges to back Assad | Related: Cruz campaign's Virginia co-chair visits Syria and pledges to back Assad |
| Thanks for joining us today, and as always, visit us in the comments! | Thanks for joining us today, and as always, visit us in the comments! |
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