SAD. Ted Cruz Runs Another Dishonest Anti-Trump Eminent Domain Ad… But Doesn’t Mention He Supported It Too! (VIDEO)

The Ted Cruz campaign released another ad today attacking Donald Trump on eminent domain.
The ad claims Donald Trump “bulldozed” a woman’s home to build a casino parking lot.

But Trump never bulldozed the woman’s home. It never happened.
The ad is based on a complete lie.

And then there’s this…
Ted Cruz also said he supported eminent domain – and it wasn’t that long ago.
Even The Blaze, Glenn Beck‘s website, reported today that Ted Cruz supported eminent domain just three year ago.

In his run for the U.S. Senate in July 2012, Cruz was asked during a debate about his stance on eminent domain when it comes to securing the U.S.-Mexico border.

“Let me ask you about a constitutional issue: liberty,” the moderator asked Cruz. “What about the liberty of the hundreds, if not thousands, of private landowners in Texas whose land would be seized by the government for what even some in your own party say would be an ineffective project? What about their liberty?”

Cruz responded by saying that he had been a longtime advocate for liberty, but added one stipulation.

“The Constitution also provides that property can be taken with due process of law and just compensation, and with respect to securing the borders, it is a national security issue,” Cruz said.

The Cruz campaign released an ad on Tuesday attacking Trump for his support of eminent domain. The ad alluded to allegations that the New York City businessman once took an elderly woman’s house to build a parking lot for his limousines.

Trump has denied taking the woman’s property, while defending eminent domain use as “an absolute necessity.”

Only the government could use eminent domain until 2005, when the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the provision also applies to cases where the acquisition of one’s property would promote private economic development.

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