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Ted Cruz Analysis

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There is a huge controversy in America, and that is abortion. Abortion has been the hot topic in America for several hundred years. No matter the ruling of the government, there will always be firm believers on each side. Therefore, it has been talked about in countless ways like articles, reports, and even political rallies. In “Ted Cruz Connects with Pro-Lifers at West Des Moines Rally”, Page Jones and Andrew Clark discuss the negativity point of view about abortions at a Ted Cruz rally. In this article Page Jones and Andrew Clark express their negativity abortions reporting out taxes, morals etc.
In summary, in the article “Ted Cruz Connects with Pro-Lifers at West Des Moines Rally” Jones and Clark holds the position that abortion is wrong. It is an estimate that 100,000 women in Texas self-abort from the ages 18-49. In the article Jones states “Without life there is no liberty, without life .there is not pursuit of happiness, and every human life is a precious gift of …show more content…

The authors choose a photo of Ted Cruz to complement their article. It isn’t just Ted Cruz in the picture, in the background it shows Pro-Life supporters who also support him. This is appealing to the sense of belonging or “trying to fit in. The image is persuading voters to vote for Ted Cruz along with persuading Ted Cruz’s supporters to the vote against abortion. Page Jones and Andrew Clark not only directs their article at Republicans and Ted Cruz voters, but they also direct their article towards the Christians. Some of the terminology and phraseology throughout the article support this. The authors make often remarks about Christian’s belief in their choice of context. They use words and phrases like “precious gift of God” and “regarding Christian beliefs”. This is mostly directed at Christians, using their beliefs to coincide with the authors’

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