Posted on 01/17/2016 6:35:43 PM PST by TBBT
Super PACs supporting Republican Ted Cruz's presidential campaign released a new digital ad Sunday that counters rival Donald Trump's recent attacks on the senator from Texas by using Trump's own words.
The 60-second spot is part of a coordinated six-figure buy by affiliated groups that call themselves Keep the Promise and are backed by Cruz's biggest donors.
It comes hours after tensions between Trump and Cruz escalated when Trump told ABC's "This Week" that Cruz is a "very nasty guy."
"Nobody likes him. Nobody in Congress likes him. Nobody likes him anywhere once they get to know him. He's a very -- he's got an edge that's not good," Trump said.
Kellyanne Conway, a longtime Republican strategist and president of one of the Keep the Promise groups, said that Cruz allies decided to promptly respond - and that Trump's scathing criticism Sunday did not echo what he said a few years ago.
"Guess who likes Cruz? Donald Trump. He calls him 'brave' and 'a special guy' in our new ad," Conway said in a statement.
The ad begins with a black-and-white photograph of the two GOP rivals together in happier times. Audio of Trump's effusive introduction of Cruz at a 2014 fundraising event in Florida plays over a montage.
Speaking at a Republican dinner held at Mar-a-Lago, his Palm Beach club, Trump showered praise on Cruz for his efforts to repeal President Obama's health-care law that led to a federal government shutdown.
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Tump has no PACs like Cruz, so Trump hasn’t been bought and paid for lock, stock and barrel like Cruz has.
Cruz is nose-diving since the debate. Jeb Bush will probably surpass him to be the number two candidate nationally before too much longer.
Sending us to ‘Twitchy’ no thanks, I can get insulted right here at home.
Don’t even try to sell that B.S. here... Trump is obsessed with Cruz ... he is the one who won’t let it alone.
So ... Cruz is supposed to sit and take it?
I hope it didn’t take you long to get that bank chart together because it is worthless.
Should I know who the Aborted Baby Chef is?
It didn’t. I’m sure it is representative of how much is doled out the candidates. We see Cruz is 3rd behind Bush.
That's what I'm reading on the grapevine that Cruz is in a nose dive.
No, you don’t try to sell your BS here.
Cruz was Mr. Nice Guy, drafted Trump and never had to do battle for his position, almost invisible. But he said in that taped meeting that he was going to hug Trump right up to the end.
Now I get what he was saying. He gets to the end and makes all these outrageous statements (like Trump) to engage Trump and get free press. He’s still hanging onto Trump for publicity now.
He had to jump early because of the nbc deal but if that hadn’t happened, I think he’d have rather waited until closer to the end so Trump didn’t have time to come back. That’s why he just stood there on the debate stage with that stupid grin, why he clapped for Trump. It all went down like he planned.
But it’s all calculated, not the nice guy he pretends to be. Like every other politician, he’ll do whatever it takes to win.
Until I saw Trump’s statement I thought Trump was against Cruz.
Trump is going to need to prove he is not afflicted with it.
I'll just use his own words.
Why do you say a graphic showing bank/investment house contributions to Presidential candidates is worthless?
It clearly shows which candidates are preferred by and influenced by Wall St.
I'll tell you what is schitzo - the media - when they don't apply the same investigative procedures to Hillary.
Romney. He profits from the incineration of aborted children via Stericycle, that his own laws as Governor helped create.
Is it just me is it that no one in congress likes Cruz is a good thing? As far as I know most people don’t hold congress in high esteem.
Brilliant!
Tump has no PACs like Cruz, so Trump hasn’t been bought and paid for lock, stock and barrel like Cruz has.
If we follow that logic, only billionaires will be able to run for president.
Conservatives give money to Cruz. Apparently you don't like that.
The banks have given only 700K to Ted Cruz? That’s puny.
Cruz PACs are worth 45 million,
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