Tea Party
Patriots Citizens Fund Endorses Senator Ted Cruz for President, 1/30/16
Sioux City, IA – Tea Party Patriots
Citizens Fund Chairman Jenny Beth Martin today announced the SuperPAC
associated with the largest national Tea Party organization in the country is
endorsing Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) to be the next president of the United
States.
“We seek a candidate who shares our
values: personal freedom, economic freedom, and a debt-free future. On behalf
of Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund and our supporters, I am proud to announce
our endorsement for president of the United States: Senator Ted Cruz!”
Key Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund
activists from around the country joined Jenny Beth Martin on stage in Sioux
City to endorse Senator Cruz.
“I was asked a few weeks ago ‘what
makes a great president?’ I want our next president to have clear, easily
identifiable, conservative principles, which he has lived with for his entire
life. I want our next president to be able to clearly communicate his
principles to America. I want our next president to have an understanding of
the ‘levers of government.’ He should demonstrate a history of creative,
constitutional, and effective solutions that have furthered his principles; and
I want to be assured that he will continue to do exactly what he said he would
do. And finally, I want our next president’s actions and principles to
be guided by a spiritual moral compass. I think that man is the man I voted
for in this endorsement process; Senator Ted Cruz.” – Frank Racz, Fayetteville,
NC
“I have been a grassroots tea party
activist for over 6 years, and I met Ted Cruz at a small event in Houston that
several of our local groups held about four years ago when he was running
against the establishment for Senate. He exuded a quiet confidence as I grilled
him on why he was running and why I should support him. He told me he would
visit with every grassroots group as he campaigned – and he did. He said Texas
needed a Senator that would work for the people, and would stick to
constitutionally conservative principles – and we did. He promised he would be
that Senator, and we could trust him to do what he says – and we can. Over his
four years in the Senate, he has fought for us on issues like repealing
Obamacare and abolishing the IRS. I trust that Ted Cruz believes what he says
and that he will do what he says! He has earned that trust from me, and he will
earn it from all of you! I am honored and thrilled to be here in Iowa with the
Tea Party Patriots to endorse Senator Ted Cruz to be the next President of the
United States of America.” – Darcy Kahrhoff, Huntington Beach, CA
“It was 6 years ago, almost to the
day, that I had the privilege to meet Ted Cruz for the 1st time in January
2010. Ted had invited a dozen or so members of the more active Tea Party
groups in Texas for an early pre-announcement of his intent to run for the
United State Senate. At that time both of our Senators were as much ‘Washington
Cartel’ as they make them. In that room we were all fierce watchdogs, not ready
for a new politician willing to deal and get along.
A couple of hours later, as we came
out of that meeting, we all had sparkles in our eyes. The reaction was
unanimous: ‘This is just too good to be true. Is this guy for real? If he is,
we have found the most incredible gem we could ever have dreamed of.’ Well,
during these last 6 years, because he first was my candidate, and then my
Senator, I have watched him very closely, day after day. And yes, I can tell
you now, we have not been disappointed. Ted is for real!
He said what he was going to do, and
he did what he said he would do. He has been the game changer in corrupt
Washington, DC. Ted Cruz has been a fantastic Senator who made Texas proud! Ted
Cruz will be the genuine and strong President our Country needs to become great
again! I am proud to stand by Ted and endorse him! God Bless Iowa! Please show
us the road!” – Suzanne Guggenheim, Corpus Christi, TX
The Process
Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund
conducted a series of steps in order to gather and comprehend sufficient
information to enable the organization to make an endorsement for President of
the United States that instills confidence in the process, in the organization,
and, most importantly, in our grassroots supporters around the country.
To ensure a fair process, Tea Party
Patriots Citizens Fund took the following steps with each candidate.
1. — Sent a questionnaire to all of
the candidates.
2. — Attempted to schedule a
personal interview between the candidate and the leadership of Tea Party
Patriots Citizens Fund.
3. — Provided as much information as
is publicly available and reasonably accessible to our research team in order
for our supporters to see where each candidate stands on the issues that matter
to us and the issues that matter in the general election.
4. — Performed an online balloting
process that consisted of four different ballots over the course of four weeks
prior to the endorsement.
1.
The first ballot included the top
existing candidates in the race for the Republican nomination.
2.
The second ballot was reduced to
include 8 candidates from the first ballot.
3.
The third ballot was reduced to
include the top 4 candidates from the second ballot.
4.
Finally, the fourth ballot included
the top 2 candidates from the third ballot.
5. — Registration: Anyone was
allowed to register to participate in the Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund
Primary. Existing supporters were considered registered by simply being
affiliated with Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund.
6. — Implemented a validation
process to ensure the integrity of the votes counted in the balloting process.
Implemented a validation process to
ensure the integrity of the votes counted in the balloting process.
Background
Over the course of the last year, we
have had many internal discussions, as well as many discussions with
conservative leaders, local activists and Tea Party leaders around the country
about the pros and cons of endorsing in the Republican Presidential Primary. We
asked our supporters what we should do. After being surveyed, our supporters
conveyed overwhelmingly that they wanted to go down the path to an endorsement.
An even bigger majority said they would be willing to commit to voting en bloc
with other Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund supporters around the country on
primary election or caucus day for our eventual endorsee to ensure that he or
she has the greatest opportunity to win the Republican nomination.
Comments
The Tea
Party Patriots organization based their endorsement on their own research. All local Tea Party groups continue to act
independently and are split on who we prefer.
I prefer Trump because he effectively stated the priority issues and has
a populist approach that attracts non-voters and grass-roots blue collar
voters. As a Constitutional
Conservative, I am proud of the 96% score Ted Cruz earned, so I understand why
Cruz has received this endorsement.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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