Trump's "Make Cruz Great Again" rally lasted 90 minutes, and "largely avoided direct talk of Cruz"

[Miles Archer]

In making the case for a man he once disparaged as “worse than Hillary,” President Donald Trump on Monday painted a vote for Sen. Ted Cruz as a vote for his administration. He touted the Texas senator’s voting record as being crucial to some of his key successes, including the Republican tax bill and the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh.

“Nobody has helped me more, with your tax cuts, with your regulation, with all of the things that we’re doing,” Trump said referring to Cruz.

The president notably played down their once contentious relationship during the 2016 Republican presidential primary—which included Trump insulting Cruz’s wife and suggesting Cruz’s father was part of a conspiracy to assassinate JFK—telling supporters that he now considered the senator someone who has become a “really good friend.” (Don Jr. already explained that all he needed to make nice with Cruz was a few drinks in the Trump Hotel Lobby.)

The president’s remarks, which lasted roughly 90 minutes, largely avoided direct talk of Cruz. He did, however, take a cue from the Texas senator by repeatedly mispronouncing O’Rourke’s name.


https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/10/trump-ted-cruz-rally/

[nature-lover]

1. I'm sure there was an evil, dark over that arena.

[techne7319]

2. If you've seen one rally, you've seen them all

Every Trump rally:

10% Trump talking about whomever he’s endorsing
40% Trump talking about Trump
40% Trump bashing Dems and liberals
100% misinformation

[Initech]

5. And it will end with the closing chant of "lock her up".

So predictable!

[John Fante]

3. Two assholes even a proctologist wouldn't touch.

[blogslut]

4. I voted this morning, ate a big-ass breakfast and then I remembered...

the autonomous pustule was going to be in my state today. So I went back to bed.