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TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 12:41 AM Mar 2016

Ted Cruz Day One: How feasible is his conservative checklist?

If it weren't for Trump, we would all be talking about how batshit crazy Ted Cruz is...

https://www.yahoo.com/politics/ted-cruz-day-one-how-feasible-is-his-conservative-180516909.html

A Cruz presidency could set the United States on a very different trajectory within hours — if he can make good on his many promises for change on Day One.

Throughout his campaign, GOP presidential hopeful and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has outlined the actions he plans to take on his first day in the Oval Office if he is elected president.

Mainstream America first heard this list during Cruz’s closing statement at this election cycle’s first Republican presidential debate, on Aug. 6.

“If I am elected president, let me tell you about my first day in office,” he said at the Fox News debate. The list included overturning President Obama’s executive orders, canceling the Iran deal and ordering the Department of Justice to investigate Planned Parenthood, among many other things.

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