Quote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact...dows-home/

 

Trump: “If somebody has a property in the middle of a 7,000 job factory, as an example, that’s going to move into the town — but they need this one corner of this property, and it’s going to provide 7,000 jobs in a community that’s dying, of which we have many in this country, okay? I am for that.”

 

“When you think about eminent domain, so if you go to the login, if you go to Keystone Pipeline [website] and the sales pitch, you’ll see a whole section on eminent domain: ‘Yes, we have to use the power of eminent domain.’ Because you’ve got to go through hundreds of private properties to get the pipeline. The only way you can do it is through eminent domain. I don’t love eminent domain, but you need it.”

 

It’s a juicy story: Trump convinced the government to bulldoze a woman’s home and force her out of it. Trump certainly tried, but he didn’t succeed. Moreover, the Cruz campaign continues to mislead the public by not making it clear that the state Superior Court ruled in the woman’s favor, and it takes Trump’s comments out of context.

 

This ad is a classic example of cherry-picking video footage and quotes from news articles to craft an attack message. Other candidates, most recently evidenced by Jeb Bush, have figured out how to use the facts to attack Trump over this case and his support for eminent domain — but Cruz still appears to insist on twisting the facts to achieve the same.

 

We award the Cruz campaign Two Pinocchios for employing a combination of attack ad tactics that creates a misleading impression.

 

Yes, Ted Cruz is a liar.   I already knew that.   But that doesn't change the fact that Trump loves eminent domain, even the expanded version where the government takes your private property and turns it over to someone else because they think that other entity can make better use of it.   I don't see how any conservative who supports private property rights and free markets can support a person who supports that interpretation of eminent domain. 

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