Washington (CNN)Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said on Wednesday that President Barack Obama had "inflamed racial tensions" during his time in office.
Speaking to members of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the media, Cruz pointedly attacked the president for repeated missed opportunities to lead on race issues since he came into office.
"He's made decisions that I think have inflamed racial tensions -- that have divided us rather than bring us together," the Texas senator said. "We need leadership that brings us together rather than trying to divide us."
He cited Vice President Joe Biden's warning to an African-American audience that Republicans would "put you back in chains" during the 2012 campaign as proof of the kind of "incendiary and hateful rhetoric" that splits people apart.
Cruz could offer no specific examples on what he could do as President to address the tensions among minority communities when he was pressed.
"No. 1, most importantly, it comes to tone and language and rhetoric," he said. "Not having the President inflaming racial tensions, rather have the President working to appeal to our shared values."okay we know he's lying and doing it to people of his race, his farce emotional expression was a good act but all you need do is look back of everything he has said and done. listen to the video and notice the between the lines dog whistle and smoke and mirrors. he's a true republican a political fraud. if you believe Pres. incites racial divide take off the tin foil hat grab your right leg hand on head and jump up and down while drooling.
i almost want hi to win the primary just to see him squirm around all he's done and said in the general election because that is where they always expose themselves trying to justify and explain away what they've said and done.
http://www.politifact.com/personalities/ted-cruz/
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/ted-cruz-tea-partys-doomsday-prophet
