Congressman Dave Brat Supporting Ted Cruz
written by Jeanine Martin
December 18, 2015
13 comments
Jeanine Martin
Also known as Lovettsville Lady, I am a Republican activist in the wilds of western Loudoun County.
13 comments
This does not show Dave Brat as a supporter for Cruz. It just shows Brat attending a Cruz event and I bet it’s out of respect and not out as a supporter. Dave Brat has not come out in support of any Presidential Candidate.
Please correct your headline.
Based on the fact that one of Dave’s campaign managers and one of his campaign organizers is on the Virginia Cruz leadership team, it’s a pretty good indication that he tacitly supports Cruz even if he hasn’t openly endorsed him yet.
The participation of Dave’s past campaign manager and organizers still does not mean nor implicat Dave Brat as a supporter of Ted Cruz.
Dave has also been mentioned by Donald Trump and that still doesn’t mean that he supports Trump.
Don’t “read” or fall into the trap what the Bull Elephant wants you to believe.
I’m not falling into anything. Dave’s team is part of Cruz’s team, and Dave himself is showing up at Cruz’s events. It’s not a leap to suggest that Dave supports Cruz.
Dave’s PAST team, Joseph. And as I said, Dave showed up to this event out of respect for a fellow Congress Member.
An endorsement is an endorsement — anything else is just that, something else.
His past team who got him elected into office and worked with him for months. You said you thought it was out of respect, not that it was confirmed to be that.
I’ve never said Dave endorsed Cruz, I said he has the appearance of supporting him. The appearance I believe is the truth of the situation.
Also, Dave would be in good company if he endorsed Cruz. Ken Cuccinelli, Shak Hill, Bill Stanley, Dick Black, Mark Berg, Brenda Pogge, Cynthia Dunbar, Dave’s old campaign team, a lot of Virginia’s grassroots conservatives, a number of Christian pastors and activists, they all have endorsed Cruz.
Why on earth are you so opposed to Dave supporting Cruz?
It is too early for Dave to endorse any Presidential candidates in my opinion, including Cruz or Trump. Too early endorsing anyone could end up biting him in the end.
Perhaps, perhaps not. If Dave wants to endorse someone that’s his choice isn’t it? And when has Dave ever shied away from risks in pursuit of doing what he feels is right?
If he’d shied away from risky politics, Eric Cantor would still be a Congressmen.
But again, he hasn’t endorsed. He has given the impression that he is supporting Cruz, and it wouldn’t be the least bit surprising if he was given both his personality and morals and the people who are supporting Cruz already.
Joseph, Brat would not want to endorse Cruz, because half of his supporters support Cruz and the other half support Trump. It would be political suicide to loose half of your support base.
First, Brat has never hesitated to do the right thing, even if it gets him into trouble.
Second, this post and the comments are over two months old, let it die.
I don’t get on this all the time. But when I do I answer. I am not saying Brat doesn’t do the right thing, but he is also politically smart, and that is why he won’t endorse during primary.
Agree. Dave lives not too far from where this rally was held. The last vote in DC was over and he came home. My guess is that he would have supported a rally of any of the candidates on the republican side. Very, Very few of any current congresspeople and Senators have endorsed any of them.