Cruz Warns Trump ‘Could Be Unstoppable’ If He Wins Iowa, NH

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a campaign event at Heartland Acres Agribition Center, on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Independence, Iowa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Monday told a group of conservative pastors in Iowa that if Donald Trump wins the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary, he could become the Republican nominee.

“If Donald wins Iowa he right now has a substantial lead in New Hampshire. If he went on to win New Hampshire as well there’s a very good chance he could be unstoppable and be our nominee. And the next seven days in Iowa will determine whether or not that happens,” Cruz said at a luncheon held by an evangelical group, the American Renewal Project, according to the Washington Post.

The Texas senator pitched himself as the best alternative to Trump.

“So even if you’re thinking about another candidate the simple reality is there is only one campaign that can beat Trump,” he said, according to the Washington Post.

Cruz suggested that Trump is not a true conservative and would not follow through on his promises.

“Now I will note if you have a candidate who has never defended marriage, who has never defended religious liberty, we should not be surprised if they get to the Oval Office and do not defend marriage and do not defend religious liberty. Do not listen to our words, look to our actions,” he said, according to the Post.

He asked the pastors to rally their congregations to caucus for him in Iowa, according to the Post.

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  1. Yet, if Alberta Rafael won both, the word Alberta would use is “momentum.”

  2. Dear Iowa Pastors,

    Please endanger your church’s tax-exempt status for my personal benefit.

    Love,

    Ted

  3. I was playing Monopoly with some friends once. One guy was doing a lot of wheeling and dealing, letting the competition get the better of him and being kind of a pill. Late in the game, he’s solidly in second place and has gone from a pill to a downright asshole, bitterly, condescendingly explaining to people that unless they traded him St Charles Place, the guy in first place would be unstoppable.

    It never seemed to occur to him that he had occasioned such dislike that making the guy in first place unstoppable had become the actual goal.

  4. Would that were the case, Patrick. The IRS seems to be taking a hands-off approach to these sorts of shenanigans. In my opinion they’ve been much too hands-off in that respect.

  5. “If Donald wins Iowa he right now has a substantial lead in New Hampshire. If he went on to win New Hampshire as well there’s a very good chance he could be unstoppable and be our nominee.”

    “…And my quest for world domination would be over,” Cruz continued.

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