Mr. Cruz’s Wall Street hypocrisy

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Mr. Cruz’s Wall Street hypocrisy

The Editorial Board at the Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mr-cruzs-wall-street-hypocrisy/2016/01/14/e9fc5570-bafc-11e5-b682-4bb4dd403c7d_story.html

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“Inadvertent filing error” was how Mr. Cruz characterized the failure to list the loans with the Federal Election Commission. Let’s give Mr. Cruz the benefit of the doubt and assume that this was not a calculated omission; that a Harvard-educated attorney who speaks endlessly of his smarts and legal prowess was unaware of requirements that candidates, including those running for offices far less lofty than the U.S. Senate, are able to follow without problem.

What’s harder to overlook is the hypocrisy. At the very time he was presenting himself to voters as an anti-establishment candidate free of Wall Street influence, he was getting a big loan from a Wall Street firm. So much for Mr. Cruz’s attacks on crony capitalism and his tale of putting everything on the line to get where he is.

But then such duality is the DNA of Mr. Cruz’s campaign. The Harvard law grad who, according to a friend at the time, didn’t want to study with anyone who hadn’t graduated from a big Ivy League school now disdains intellectualism. The onetime Supreme Court clerk now wants to strip the c ourt of authority. Positions on issues — be it immigration or military intervention in Syria or accepting refugees — change with the political winds and what he thinks will advance his career.


Federal election officials will determine whether there was a violation of law in the failure to disclose these loans and whether there should be consequences. Pundits will debate the fallout on his campaign. The most important question will be answered by voters who must decide if a man of Mr. Cruz’s character — or lack thereof — belongs in the Oval office.



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