A CNN poll on Wednesday showed Donald Trump leading in Ohio, with 41 percent, over John Kasich, at 35 percent. Cruz was in third, with 15 percent.
The Cruz campaign on Thursday told WND that the senator supported Congress giving President Obama “Trade Promotion Authority,” TPA, generally known as “Fast Track.” It would allow the White House to push the Trans-Pacific Partnership, TPP, through Congress in an up or down vote with limited debate and no amendments.
But the campaign said Cruz always has opposed the TPP and supports TPA only because he favors free trade generally.
However, on April 22, 2015, Cruz co-authored with Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc, then chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal that endorsed TPP and its sister Trans-Atlantic Partnership.
“By establishing TPA, Congress will send a signal to the world,” Ryan and Cruz stressed in their last paragraph. “America’s trading partners will know that the U.S. is trustworthy and then put their best offers on the table.”
They continued: “America’s rivals will know that the U.S. is serious and won’t abandon the field. And the American people will know this trade agreement is a good, fair deal – because they’ll have the information they need to decide for themselves. … Promoting American trade will create more opportunity in the country, and so we strongly urge our colleagues in Congress to vote for trade-promotion authority.”
In the period February through April 2015, Cruz and Ryan supported Congress voting TPA for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, going so far as to add a TPA provision toHR2146, a bill originally introduced in the House of Representatives to deal with the retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers, with specific reference to TPP(at Sec. 107).
The Cruz campaign said nothing Cruz has ever said indicates support for TPP, discounting both the language added to HR2146 and the Ryan-Cruz op-ed.
Cruz’ plan for the economy. I challenge any Trump supporter to post a DETAILED economic plan from Trump.
https://www.tedcruz.org/issues/jobs-and-opportunity/
Karma is coming back to him .All Trump supporters will never vote for him after all the crap hes said about us now this.He gets NO pity from me!
If Cruz is the nominee I will vote for him without hesitation but it sure seems like he is playing all sides of this issue.
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/us-china-trade-reform
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/healthcare-reform
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/tax-reform
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/immigration-reform
What did I win?
Thank you, we all want the same thing but don’t agree on who can get us there. Each person needs to look at both candidates positions and make their decision based on who has stood against Washington, done what they said and would be able to bring the country back from the Obama disaster.
Boom, I actually gave you a TU for that comment. Maybe there’s hope afterall
Give Ted 20 minutes.
He’ll talk until you just say, “ya, you’re right, you didn’t say or do that thing that we all saw you say and do.”
The WSJ essay was simply his way of rooting out Ed Shmenkman and forcing Schmenkman to admit he ate the strawberries.
Thanks Boom . . . now can you link to anywhere in the Constitution that makes the “economy” any business of the POTUS?
Something about making “treaties” and “promote the general Welfare?”
I see it now, President Ryan, Cruz V.P.
“we all want the same thing”
Too late BOOM…but thanks for the BJ though!
How anybody can still find Cruz trustworthy at this point is beyond me.
Sure, he is better than Hillary (I guess), but he will sell our asses out the first chance he gets.
He lost me forever with his comments after the Chicago riot.
He’s just another politician telling the people what he thinks they want to hear.
He will say anything, yet do nothing.
‘Might as well elect John Boehner for all the good it will do us.
Go Republicans!
How anybody can still find Trump or Cruz trustworthy at this point is beyond me.
Fixed it for you Bud
No, you are just talking crap.
Can you imagine such a limp dick as Cruz in the White House?
He pulled a Benghazi Hillary move and told an obviously transparent lie just for political advantage when he could have told the truth and gained the admiration of everyone, but he took the cheap liars way out and that’s why he will never be President.
He’s weak.
Maybe everyone in the Senate hates him not because he’s anti-establishment, but because he’s an untrustworthy man that will say anything?
“because he’s an untrustworthy man that will say anything?”
Same can be said about Trump this election season.
I don’t trust anyone anymore.
Isn’t Brad the best….nice job Brad
Lol the only one doing what he said he would is ted cruz. Trump is a liar and a fraud with a spray on tan.