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I'm Ted Cruz and I approve this message. Eminent domain, a fancy term for politicians seizing private property to enrich the fat cats who bankroll them, like Trump. I think eminent domain is wonderful. It made him rich like when Trump colluded with Atlantic City insiders to bulldoze the home of an elderly widow for a limousine parking lot at his casino. He doesn't have no heart. Trump won't change the system. He's what's wrong with it.
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Candidate Committee
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Ted Cruz
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This hard-hitting ad from the Cruz campaign, released Jan. 22, goes after Donald Trump, who is riding high in Iowa polls with less than a week to go before the caucus. The ad, which implies Trump bulldozed an elderly woman's home, is misleading, reports Factcheck.org. Trump wanted to bulldoze the home, but he lost that battle in the courts.

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01/26/2016 UTC
Last Aired On
02/14/2016 UTC
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Widow’s Home Wasn’t Bulldozed
January 25, 2016

A Ted Cruz TV ad says Donald Trump “colluded with Atlantic City insiders to bulldoze the home of an elderly widow” for a casino parking lot. Trump called that claim “false.” We wouldn’t go that far. He wanted to bulldoze the home but lost an eminent domain case. However, the ad leaves the false impression that the widow lost her home, and she didn’t.

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