Posted on 02/03/2016 1:24:39 PM PST by CA Conservative
Ted Cruz unloaded on his rival Donald Trump after the real estate mogul accused him of voter fraud over Twitter. "I wake up every day and laugh at the latest thing Donald has tweeted," said Cruz, calling Wednesday’s outburst a "Trumpertantrum" brought on by Trump's inability to "debate the substance."
On Wednesday morning, Trump sent out a series of tweets demanding the caucus results in Iowa be nullified due to what he claimed was voter fraud perpetrated by the Cruz campaign. In particular, Trump singled out reports that the Cruz campaign told voters during the caucus Dr. Ben Carson had dropped out of the race, causing some of them to switch to Cruz.
At a press conference before a meeting with voters in Goffstown, New Hampshire, the new frontrunner in the Republican race pulled no punches. "It is no surprise that Donald is throwing yet another temper tantrum – or if you like, another Trumpertantrum," Cruz said. "It seems his reaction to everything is to throw a fit, and I understand that Donald finds it very hard to lose. But at the end of the day, the people of Iowa spoke."
"There's a reason that Donald engages in insult after insult - because he can't debate the substance," Cruz continued. "He doesn't actually want to talk about issues."
The Texas senator wasn't done. "Donald's insults get more and more hysterical the more and more upset he gets," Cruz said. "I think they're very funny. I wake up every day and laugh at the latest thing Donald has tweeted." He questioned Trump's temperament for the job of commander-in-chief, saying "we're liable to wake up one day and Donald, as president, will have nuked Denmark."
"You know, my girls are five and seven," Cruz said. "And I got tell you, Caroline and Catherine are better behaved than a presidential candidate who insults people every day." The line drew cheers and huge applause from the assembled New Hampshirites waiting to meet him.
Asked whether Cruz planned to fire the staffers accused of misleading Iowa caucus-goers, the senator demurred. "This is not a campaign that scapegoats our staffers, that holds someone out and fires them for political purposes," he told a reporter. "And I would note that the news story we passed on was true and accurate . . . is it a dirty trick to pass on your news stories?"
You could accurately say that this was the Donald's "Howard Dean Moment" ...
Rush is right.
How? (Read post #50, where I point out that Carson's team has only gone after a single Cruz staffer on this matter; whereas Rush & others point out that multiple Rubio staffers were prominent in the Carson rumor)
I can hardly wait for the SNL skits featuring Trumps tweets!
Put up or shut up.
In any case, changing a result you don’t like makes you look small.
Trump is just a little boy who had the crown snatched away from him.
And then there’s the sense of overinflated entitlement accompanied by a healthy dose of hubris for good measure.
Based on his stated opinions over the past 30+ years, he’s definitely a lefty.
Oooh. Watch it Ted. Donald's gonna SUE you!
The truth isn’t what’s important, it’s how the media spins it.
It’s growing bigger all right... in Trump’s head and among his backers here in FR. It’s going nowhere.
+1. He’s too smart and cute by half and it’s the half that leads to devious that concerns me with Mr. Cruz.
Pride Goeth Before A Fall.
Trump’s stupid tweets remind me of the Dean Scream.
You know, kittens aren’t safe around Dean and Trump.
Stick a fork in Trump, he’s well done!
Pooe Cruz. No one follows him on social media, so he has to respond via the moldia: the moldy old media.
He would lose as an independent too, only difference is he would guarantee Hillary wins the Presidency. Trump isn't a real conservative anyway so that might not be a loss in his book - it would mean President Hillary Clinton and family owes him Yuuuuge.
Well played. :)
Creepy guy?
This from someone who supports a man who would like to DATE his own daughter?
Donald Trump got cheated in Iowa.
Donald Trump is not rolling over, he’s fighting back.
All POS Republicans roll over. Over and over.
In the General, the Democrats are going to:
- Bus in the homeless
- Register ExCons
- Encourage voting more than one
- Encourage MILLIONS of Illegals to vote
- Rig the polling places
- Rig the touch screens
...and you’re telling me a candidate who is unwilling to take it and instead fight to the death to take what’s rightfully his/ours is a bad thing?
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