Chris Christie: Ted Cruz has made the country less safe

“If conservatives continue to unite, I believe we will win here in Iowa, we’ll win the nomination, and we’re going to win the general here in November 2016”, said Cruz. He accused Rubio of supporting the kinds of “military adventurism” that has made the United States less safe.

Catherine Lane/Catherine Lane via iStock Pile of condoms.

Cruz, who is gaining traction in the polls and is now second place in Iowa with around 20 percent of the vote, told Mario about his campaign strategy, “You know, we very consciously have focused this campaign on building it slowly and steadily…” “Like look, when I used to be in college, we had a machine within the rest room. 50 cents in and voila!” Cruz seized the opportunity to share some unexpected rhetoric, calling the controversy surrounding Republicans and birth control “an utterly made-up nonsense issue”. But the larger conservative movement, with Cruz’s vocal support, has been diligently working to make it more hard for women, especially low-income women, to access reliable and affordable contraception.

“I think what we’re struggling with as a country is how to protect Americans and also protect Americans, but also protect their individual liberties and their privacy expectations”, he added.

Cruz claimed that Rubio’s supporters were trying to distract Republican voters from Rubio’s past support for comprehensive immigration reform. Ted Cruz’s support for a NSA spying reform bill on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015.

“Hillary Clinton embraces abortion on demand in all circumstances up until the moment of birth”.

An August Quinnipiac University poll showed that 78 percent of registered voters said abortion should be legal in cases of rape or incest, and 85 percent said it should be legal to save the life of the mother. “Rubio contrasts well with Hillary Clinton, and a lot of Senate Republicans still don’t like Senator Cruz because of electability concerns”. Cruz said. “You go, ‘Aha!” “I have never met anybody, any conservative, who wants to ban contraceptives”.

Iowans at a town hall waded into awkward territory on Monday evening as Ted Cruz tackled a question on contraceptives.

The most recent legislative assault (and, as of last week, violent assault) on Planned Parenthood was prompted by a smear campaign conducted by activists who have long sought the organization’s destruction. “And it’s a great example when the war on women came up, Republicans would curl up in a ball, they’d say, ‘Don’t hurt me”.

Targeting Trump for derogatory language signals a change in tone for Kasich, who just months ago would not comment on the front runner or his aggressive language.