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Ted Cruz’s eligibility not a winning issue for Donald Trump

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Donald Trump certainly hasn’t doomed his campaign by raising the question of Sen. Ted Cruz’s status as a natural born citizen, but the issue did elicit rounds of boos from an otherwise enthusiastic and sometimes rowdy audience for Thursday night’s GOP debate. Most cheers seemed reserved for Cruz, if only because of his desire to shut down the issue and move along. After that exchange, the boos died down and things got back on track. Read more: http://twitchy.com/2016/01/14/sen-ted-cruzs-eligibility-not-a-winning-issue-for-donald-trump/

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Trump touts poll showing Rubio and Kasich doing the best against Clinton

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There’s a new USA Today poll out with some head-to-head matchups that Donald Trump wants you to know about. OK … let’s take a look at that poll, shall we? Yes, Trump does lead both Clinton and Sanders, but Marco Rubio and John Kasich (!) do even better than Trump. From USA Today: In hypothetical matchups in the general election: Clinton loses by 2 points to Trump (43%-45%), 1 point to Cruz (44%-45%), 6 points to Rubio (42%-48%) and 11 points to Kasich (38%-49%). That’s a weaker […]

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Ted Cruz has a plan to pay for that border wall but will it work?

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@tedcruz there ya go! — Runzwithsizzorz (@HeartsDeZYre) April 25, 2017 This afternoon, Donald Trump promised once again that the fabled border wall is going to be built in his currentterm, no less: The wall gets built – 100%, says Pres Trump. "We have plenty of time," he says in answer to @MajorCBS. Will be built in his current term. pic.twitter.com/0FLnnynmTw — Mark Knoller (@markknoller) April 25, 2017 But with Mexico vowingnot to fund it: JUST IN: Mexican foreign minister says Mexico considers construction of border wall a […]

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‘Crash crash crash’: Amanda Carpenter shares Obamacare sign-up experience

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http://twitter.com/#!/amandacarpenter/status/406361813794979840 Amanda Carpenter, senior communications adviser to Sen. Ted Cruz, tried to enroll in an Obamacare plan on Friday morning. How’d it go during the recommended “off peek” [sic] hours? Easy peasy … or not: https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/406362067613270016 Black Friday rush? https://twitter.com/mcc418/status/406362281782415361 https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/406362749447725056 Sheesh, you obstructionist Republicans ruin everything. https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/406363233474592768 https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/406363471459401728 https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/406365099080048640 https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/406370940990525440 https://twitter.com/Politics_PR/status/406374850098647040 https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/406375033565892609 Ouch: https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/406377327195848704 https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/406390093931638784 Good news if she runs into trouble again: https://twitter.com/FricosisGuy/status/406384972694839296 Related: Full Twitchy coverage of Amanda Carpenter Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/11/29/crash-crash-crash-amanda-carpenter-live-tweets-obamacare-sign-up-experience/

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