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Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« on: July 25, 2017, 12:21:22 am »
Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
By Jacqueline Thomsen - 07/24/17 07:57 PM EDT

President Trump and his advisers are floating possible replacements for Attorney General Jeff Sessions -- and the list includes Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), The Washington Post reports.

Cruz and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) are reportedly among the candidates Trump’s team is considering to replace Sessions, though Giuliani said earlier in the day that he's not being considered.

Trump has repeatedly said that he is disappointed by Sessions’s decision to recuse himself from the probe into ties between the Trump administration and Russia, saying in an interview last week that he would have never hired Sessions if he knew he would recuse himself.

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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2017, 12:27:46 am »
No, no, Cruz is to be pardoned for assassinating Garfield. Giuliani will replace Cruz when Texas is returned to Mexico under the Trump Border Wall Treaty.

And yes, there are Russians involved.



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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2017, 12:29:45 am »
IMHO Trump wouldn't pick Cruz for anything and Cruz certainly wouldn't jeopardize his career by accepting.  So far Trump's picks have been short lived.  Nope, don't see this happening at all.
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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2017, 12:35:49 am »
Quote from: libertybele on July 25, 2017, 12:29:45 am
IMHO Trump wouldn't pick Cruz for anything and Cruz certainly wouldn't jeopardize his career by accepting.  So far Trump's picks have been short lived.  Nope, don't see this happening at all.

I think you're right. A Trump assignment is where political careers go to die.
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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2017, 12:37:49 am »
Quote from: mystery-ak on July 25, 2017, 12:21:22 am
Cruz being considered to replace Sessions

And leave his office as senator (one of the very few Constitutional conservatives) only to end up out on the street at the first whim of pique by Trump? Why would he do such a foolish thing? Please, Senator Cruz! If the rumor is true, just say no!
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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2017, 12:40:10 am »
Trump, nominate the man he dubbed Lyin' Ted? Only if he were purposely trying to destroy him.
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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2017, 12:48:15 am »
Quote from: jmyrlefuller on July 25, 2017, 12:40:10 am
Trump, nominate the man he dubbed Lyin' Ted? Only if he were purposely trying to destroy him.

THIS ^^^^^^^^
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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2017, 12:53:51 am »
This could be a new, shiny object to react to.  Here's the original "scoop" from Jul 21:    :shrug:

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Scoop: Trump in Talks with Cruz to Replace Sessions and Mueller
Medium.com; Jul 21, 2017, Jack Posobiec

President Trump is talking to Senator Ted Cruz and others about what they would do differently as Attorney General, should Jeff Sessions resign, as reports indicate.

White House sources also report President Trump was truthful when he made comments expressing buyer’s remorse over appointing Jeff Sessions to the role.

More:  https://medium.com/@JackPosobiec/scoop-trump-in-talks-with-cruz-to-replace-sessions-and-mueller-5068eaaca2af

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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2017, 12:56:33 am »
Quote from: libertybele on July 25, 2017, 12:29:45 am
So far Trump's picks have been short lived. 
How long is that list of yours?  Unbelievable hyper-exaggeration.
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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2017, 12:57:11 am »
   Sen. Cruz is not stupid, Why settle for AG when you can get the whole enchilada in 2020?
   This will be another Cruz Flamewar, a repeat of this morning. 
   Not sure this is healthy for some Briefers.
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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #10 on: July 25, 2017, 01:01:05 am »
Quote from: libertybele on July 25, 2017, 12:29:45 am
IMHO Trump wouldn't pick Cruz for anything and Cruz certainly wouldn't jeopardize his career by accepting.  So far Trump's picks have been short lived.  Nope, don't see this happening at all.
@libertybele

Everyone around Trump has a short life, except his immediate family.  If truth be known, I would bet his family is afraid of him.  Only their continual praise keeps them from being kicked to the curb.

Everyone he picks to be Attn. General, should turn him down and leave an empty office to demonstrate he is poison to humankind.
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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #11 on: July 25, 2017, 01:05:14 am »
Would rather see Cruz replace Ginsberg.
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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #12 on: July 25, 2017, 01:06:19 am »
Quote from: corbe on July 25, 2017, 12:57:11 am
   Sen. Cruz is not stupid, Why settle for AG when you can get the whole enchilada in 2020?
   This will be another Cruz Flamewar, a repeat of this morning. 
   Not sure this is healthy for some Briefers.
@corbe
 :smokin:

Cruz is much too conservative to be a part of anything Trump.
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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #13 on: July 25, 2017, 01:14:24 am »
Why does anyone believe another story with unnamed sources is true? 
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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #14 on: July 25, 2017, 01:40:46 am »
Quote from: skeeter on July 25, 2017, 12:35:49 am
I think you're right. A Trump assignment is where political careers go to die.

I often wonder what condition the Republican party will be in after Trump's time in office. Surely we will have moved farther away from Constitutional conservatism and embraced progressivism even more than before. It remains to be seen, but I rather doubt I'm going to be pleased with the final outcome.
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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #15 on: July 25, 2017, 01:44:55 am »
Quote from: AllThatJazzZ on July 25, 2017, 01:40:46 am
I often wonder what condition the Republican party will be in after Trump's time in office. Surely we will have moved farther away from Constitutional conservatism and embraced progressivism even more than before. It remains to be seen, but I rather doubt I'm going to be pleased with the final outcome.

It will be financially bankrupt if it pays Trump's legal fees like he is requesting.  It is already morally bankrupt.
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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #16 on: July 25, 2017, 01:50:49 am »
Quote from: jmyrlefuller on July 25, 2017, 12:40:10 am
Trump, nominate the man he dubbed Lyin' Ted? Only if he were purposely trying to destroy him.

Well, Trump almost destroyed Cruz once before -- during the campaign.  If Cruz did accept the job should it be offered to him, he would be the biggest boob in Washington. 

What's that saying?  Fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me twice, shame on me.
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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #17 on: July 25, 2017, 01:52:08 am »
Wow.  This truly is the greatest presidential administration in history!
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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #18 on: July 25, 2017, 01:52:44 am »
Quote from: AllThatJazzZ on July 25, 2017, 01:40:46 am
I often wonder what condition the Republican party will be in after Trump's time in office. Surely we will have moved farther away from Constitutional conservatism and embraced progressivism even more than before. It remains to be seen, but I rather doubt I'm going to be pleased with the final outcome.

Don't really care.  The party deserves to go the way of the Whigs.
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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #19 on: July 25, 2017, 02:01:16 am »
Quote from: jmyrlefuller on July 25, 2017, 12:40:10 am
Trump, nominate the man he dubbed Lyin' Ted? Only if he were purposely trying to destroy him.

Exactly! 
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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #20 on: July 25, 2017, 02:19:53 am »
Quote from: Applewood on July 25, 2017, 01:52:44 am
Don't really care.  The party deserves to go the way of the Whigs.

I'd rather use it as a vehicle to turn back to true conservatism. Many decided we wanted to pull away from that philosophy and move toward "populism." I'm not completely certain what populism stands for, but, taken to its logical conclusion over several years' period of time, it sounds like a recipe for anarchy.
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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #21 on: July 25, 2017, 02:25:38 am »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on July 25, 2017, 01:14:24 am
Why does anyone believe another story with unnamed sources is true?

Because it is what qualifies as "journalism," these days.

Ring, ring. "Hello, Tom here."

"Tom, I am Bill with (Politico, NYT, take your pick). Mind if I ask a question?"

"Go ahead."

"Do you think it is possible, your boss Ted would talk with Trump about the AG position?"

"Anything is possible, I suppose. Why do you ask?"

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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #22 on: July 25, 2017, 02:30:53 am »
Quote from: RoosGirl on July 25, 2017, 01:44:55 am
It will be financially bankrupt if it pays Trump's legal fees like he is requesting.  It is already morally bankrupt.
@RoosGirl

He isn't using Republican Party funds - he is using his campaign funds people donated to him.  If you recall he had two campaign fund raisers in the past month or so and brought in millions of dollars.
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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #23 on: July 25, 2017, 02:33:42 am »
Quote from: libertybele on July 25, 2017, 12:29:45 am
IMHO Trump wouldn't pick Cruz for anything and Cruz certainly wouldn't jeopardize his career by accepting.  So far Trump's picks have been short lived.  Nope, don't see this happening at all.

So ... Cruz would leave the Senate seat for which he's running hard for a second term to accept a part-time position as Attorney General in the Trump administration.

Has anyone seen any pigs flying around?
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Re: Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report
« Reply #24 on: July 25, 2017, 02:43:29 am »
   No, @Emjay but apparently there's some damn good smoke going around, probably Hawaiian, so it's your fault.
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