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Ted Cruz: Drudge Report Is 'the Attack Site for the Donald Trump Campaign'

2016-04-12

[Breitbart] Ted Cruz told a local radio show in California on Monday morning that the Drudge Report, the most popular conservative news website, has "become the attack site for the Donald Trump campaign."

Cruz was interview on The Mike Slater Show on KFMB 760 AM. Host Mike Slater asked Cruz (15:16), "What do you think of Drudge Report lately? Not even about Trump, but their anti-Christian headlines?"

Cruz responded:

Look, Drudge Report over the years has done a good job highlighting the excesses of the left and the excesses of liberalism, and about the past month the Drudge Report has basically become the attack site for the Donald Trump campaign. And so every day they have the latest Trump attack. They’re directed at me. It -- by all appearances, Roger Stone now decides what’s on Drudge, and most days they have a six-month-old article that is some attack on me, and it’s -- whatever the Trump campaign is pushing that day will be the banner headline on Drudge.

By the way, they no longer cover news. Remember they used to have things like election results? They don’t put those on Drudge anymore. When we win a state, suddenly the state doesn’t matter. You know Colorado -- there was no red siren on Drudge when we won all 34 delegates in Colorado. That wasn’t news, because -- I mean listen, that’s fine. If people want to get on the "Trump train," they can. I actually think we need real and meaningful solutions to the problems in this country, and as president my focus is going to be on three things: jobs, freedom and security.

My number one priority is bringing jobs back to America, raising wages for everyone, making it easier for people struggling to achieve the American Dream. That’s my focus. I’m going to let others worry about the silly political game and the circus.

Posted by:Besoeker

#18 He's back. Cite one abc agency or department guaranteed to be closed and not just reduces and moved under another department to grow later. Cause in the end, they can't help themselves.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-04-12 20:43

#17 Explain this: What is Trumps tax plan? Here is Cruz:

Tell me whats not conservative about that? This is how he plans to add jobs, not like Obama as you falsely claim. He wants to cut the size and scope of government. What do you not get about that? How is that "establishment"?

You might want to reexamine your thinking, and get the facts, since you've been drinking from polluted sources like Drudge. Or Conservativtreehouse, or gatewaypundit.

Posted by: Guillibaldo Jerert6099 2016-04-12 19:09

#16 I think you guys have gotten stuck on stupid when it comes to Cruz vs Trump. Drudge has obviously become Trumpkin, as has Breitbart, Coulter, etc. Facts are what they are. You guys seem to be drinking the koolaide. When will you wake up?

Posted by: Thumper Slerong2201 2016-04-12 19:06

#15 Everyone one of us is a RINO, Since there is No central authority granting us a Pearl Schine as a passed conservative, suggest we drop the term and concentrate on what we have in common.

Posted by: Shipman 2016-04-12 18:45

#14 Gorb:

Did you get that from the Drudge Report?

"CRUZ IN APRIL: DRUDGE NO LONGER COVERS NEWS!
CRUZ IN JANUARY: 'We have got the Drudge Report'..."

Posted by: Iblis 2016-04-12 16:48

#13 Cruz in January: We have got the Drudge Report.

Posted by: gorb 2016-04-12 15:58

#12 Cruz was asked and responded to a specific question regarding Drudge's website. Some may not agree with his assesment. Others may veiw this as another politicians tedious rant against the media. But seeing as how Drudge, as of late, has highlighted frauds like Coulter, Palin, and Savage he may have a valid point.

Posted by: DepotGuy 2016-04-12 15:50

#11 There's Two Brands & One Party.
You get to "choose" a party...

Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2016-04-12 13:32

#10 don't think Cruz is a Rino but this nonsense makes him sound like a whiner and despite the most recent example that is generally not seen as Presidential.

It's not as if Trump exactly looks presidential when he complains about Cruz either. Or the dozens of other non-presidential things he says during the week.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-04-12 13:12

#9 These days terms like "conservative" don't seem to mean what they used to mean.

I used to think a conservative would be careful not to squander money, promote traditional family values and national security. But then, to me anyway, national security encompasses secure borders. So you have guys like Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio calling themselves conservative and denouncing Trump for not being conservative while claiming that illegal immigration is an act of love. Well, Trump may be a bit liberal on some of the social issues that conservatives hold dear. But ships like ObamaCare, abortion and gay marriage have already sailed with no less than a SCOTUS Chief Justice appointed by George W Bush. Now we have a Congress where the majority consists of so called conservatives and yet the federal debt is upwards of $20 trillion. And if we don't secure the border nothing else will matter because the people sneaking across it will vote Democrat and together with our own native liberals they will completely overwhelm conservative voters, no matter how that term is defined.

Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-04-12 12:41

#8 I don't think Cruz is a Rino but this nonsense makes him sound like a whiner and despite the most recent example that is generally not seen as Presidential.

Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-04-12 11:08

#7 Hillary Clinton is probably more popular with the Beltway GOP than is Ted Cruz. It wasn't that long ago Lindsey Graham was joking about shooting Cruz dead on the Senate floor. Love him or hate him, but don't call him establishment.

Posted by: Iblis 2016-04-12 10:17

#6 GOP do anything about the corrupt IRS ?
GOP do anything about Fast & Furious ?
Anything come of the Benghazi hearings ?
GOP demanding a special prosecutor for emails ?
Performance of Turkey as a NATO member ?
Migration of GITMO inmates ?
Champ's Syrian bombing campaign ?
Number of boots and contractors in Iraq ?
The Kurds ?

Party affiliation is a figment of the imagination designed to entertain the proles and permit them to feel empowered. Once inside 495 it's the beltway party. Been that way for quite a while now.

Posted by: Besoeker 2016-04-12 09:06

#5 ..never was. Then again, never was Romney. Bush II would classify as a classical liberal (ie Kennedy-Humphrey). Didn't stop the party apparatchiks from putting them on the ballot. They were one of them.

Did the GOP secure the border with control of the White House and Congress? NO.
Did the GOP balance the budget with control of the White House and Congress? NO.

Who gave us the TSA? The GOP
Who gave us the Patriot Act? The GOP
Who expanded Medicare to include prescription drug coverage? The GOP
Who created the precursor of Common Core in Race To the Top? The GOP
Who played the race card in Mississippi to re-elect Thad Cochran? The GOP
Who paid Democrats to vote in the Mississippi primary? The GOP
Who refused to support Ken Cuccinnelli in Virginia? The GOP
Who supported Charlie Crist? The GOP
Who supported Arlen Spector? The GOP

Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-04-12 08:48

#4 #3
I'm not sure that Cruz is a RINO, but, I am sure Trump is not a conservative.

Posted by: jvalentour 2016-04-12 08:37

#3 So obvious now. Then his RINO's will turn once Trump is out of play. I don't believe however that Trump will go silently into the night. Much can happen yet.

Posted by: Dale 2016-04-12 07:06

#2 Told ya.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-04-12 06:22

#1 Cruz now channeling Obama. What could possibly come next ?

Posted by: Besoeker 2016-04-12 03:04

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