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Among those of us on the inside of the Republican Party, Raphael "Ted" Cruz is known as "The Mexican."
Now he is angry at Godly Iowa Governor Terry Branstad because the governor Terry said when the government subsidizes corn ethanol it reduces the size of government. Everyone but Cruz knows the government grows through welfare payments, not subsidies to farmers.
Donald Trump is a big supporter of subsidies to ethanol. The Governor is pleased with that.
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Cruz hits back against Branstad, labels Iowa governor part of ‘Washington cartel’
By Katie Glueck
01/19/16 04:25 PM EST
Updated 01/19/16 06:38 PM EST
CENTER BARNSTEAD, N.H. — Ted Cruz on Tuesday dismissed Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad as a crony capitalist who is part of the GOP establishment, hours after the prominent Republican governor indictated that he did not want Cruz to win Iowa.
“It is no surprise that the establishment is in full panic mode,” Cruz told reporters here. “We said from the beginning, that the Washington cartel was going to panic more and more. As conservatives unite behind our campaign you’re going to see the Washington cartel firing every shot they can, every cannon they can. Because the Washington cartel lives on cronyism, it lives on making deals, it lives on picking winners and losers and supporting corporate welfare and cronyism. This is what people are so fed up with.”
Now he is angry at Godly Iowa Governor Terry Branstad because the governor Terry said when the government subsidizes corn ethanol it reduces the size of government. Everyone but Cruz knows the government grows through welfare payments, not subsidies to farmers.
Donald Trump is a big supporter of subsidies to ethanol. The Governor is pleased with that.
AP Photo
Cruz hits back against Branstad, labels Iowa governor part of ‘Washington cartel’
By Katie Glueck
01/19/16 04:25 PM EST
Updated 01/19/16 06:38 PM EST
CENTER BARNSTEAD, N.H. — Ted Cruz on Tuesday dismissed Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad as a crony capitalist who is part of the GOP establishment, hours after the prominent Republican governor indictated that he did not want Cruz to win Iowa.
“It is no surprise that the establishment is in full panic mode,” Cruz told reporters here. “We said from the beginning, that the Washington cartel was going to panic more and more. As conservatives unite behind our campaign you’re going to see the Washington cartel firing every shot they can, every cannon they can. Because the Washington cartel lives on cronyism, it lives on making deals, it lives on picking winners and losers and supporting corporate welfare and cronyism. This is what people are so fed up with.”
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