Ted Cruz goes on the attack in Peterborough and Keene Ted Cruz criticized Sanders and condemned the idea of including women in the draft at his rallies in Peterborough and Keene. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT JR. AND ERIC WILL HOLD SEVERAL EVENTS ON MONDAY. THE FAMILY CAPS OFF THE DAY WITH THE PRE-PRIMARY RALLY HERE AT 7PM TOMORROW NIGHT. IN MANCHESTER JEAN MACKIN WMUR NEWS9 TOM: TONIGHT, SENATOR TED CRUZ IS TAKING AIM AT THE NEW HAMPSHIRE FRONTRUNNER, ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE. WMUR'S SHELLEY WALCOTT TELLS US, THE REPUBLICAN SPOKE AT A STANDING ROOM ONLY TOWN HALL IN PETERBOROUGH, AND A MEET AND GREET IN KEENE. SHELLEY: A HUGE CROWD TURNED OUT TO SEE TED CRUZ IN PETERBOROUGH, AND THEN AT THIS RESTAURANT IN KEENE, AS THE SENATOR TRIES TO EARN MORE VOTES AHEAD OF TUESDAY'S PRIMARY. TED CRUZ WALKED INTO TO THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE AT T PETERBOROUGH TOWN HOUSE, TO BRING HIS VISION FOR AMERICA INTO FOCUS. >> MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN THE U.S. SENATE AND AS PRESIDENT IS ECONOMIC GROWTH. WHY IS THAT? ECONOMIC GROWTH IS FOUNDATIONAL TO EVERYTHING ELSE. SHELLEY: CRUZ TOOK AIM AT THE FRONTRUNNER IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, BERNIE SANDERS. >> TO ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO CANNOT GET A JOB NOW, HOW BAD DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE DOUBLING DOWN ON THE PATH? AS MARGARET THATCHER SAID, THE PROBLEM WITH SOCIALISM IS THAT YOU EVENTUALLY RUN OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY. SHELLEY: CRUZ THEN MOVED FROM DOMESTIC ISSUES TO FOREIGN POLICY, VOWING TO DESTROY ISIS. AND HE TOUCHED ON A TOPIC THAT CAME UP DURING LAST NIGHTS DEBATE, INCLUDING WOMEN IN THE U.S. DRAFT. >> WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, ESPECIALLY IN THE MILITARY. THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD DRAFT OUR DAUGHTERS, PUT THEM IN THE MILITARY AND PUT THEM IN CLOSE COMBAT, I THINK IS WRONG.

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