Posted on 02/04/2016 4:35:32 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Fresh off a victory in the Iowa caucuses, a feisty Ted Cruz unloaded on his rival Donal Trump Wednesday afternoon, asking repeatedly who the New Hampshire frontrunner might call "stupid" next.
"You know, he accused the people of Iowa of being stupid. In fact, he skipped the Iowa debate," Cruz said during a press availability in New Hampshire. "It makes you wonder if his next step is to accuse the people of New Hampshire of being stupid -- if he plans to skip the New Hampshire debate, and after that if he plans to accuse the people of South Carolina of being stupid and skip the South Carolina debate."
Trump wondered aloud during a November campaign event how Iowa voters could be so "stupid" as to believe parts of fellow candidate Ben Carson's backstory. At the time, Carson was challenging Trump for poll supremacy in Iowa.
Cruz's barbs Wednesday were the sort of pointed attacks against Trump that the Texas senator previously had been reluctant to make. It wasn't until the lead-up to caucus day, particularly during a mid-January debate, that Cruz began to challenge the GOP frontrunner publicly. Now, it's no holds barred.
"It seems his reaction to everything is to throw a fit, to engage in insults. And I understand that Donald finds it very hard to lose," he said in reference to a Twitter fit Trump threw Wednesday, during which he challenged the legitimacy of Cruz's Iowa victory. Part of Trump's rationale was that Cruz misrepresented his position on healthcare policy.
During his presser, Cruz doubled down.
"Donald does not want to defend his lifelong support for socialized medicine, for Bernie Sanders-style socialized medicine. Donald wants to expand Obamacare, so that the federal government is in charge of your health care and my health care, is in charge of your doctor and my doctor," he said. "And he's entitled to that view. It's a view that would be very welcome in the Democratic Party."
Trump has prevaricated on his public policy preferences for health care in the past, though he has said he would replace the law with a system that relies mostly on the private sector.
It's fair to call the exact plan Terrificare.
FR THREAD: Levin says Trump Took a Baseball Bat to Carson Before Defending Him Now
Who thinks we are being lead by smart people raise your hand?
If you did, you`re stupid.
Go Trump Go!
Doesn't change the fact that Donald Trump's response to his loss in Iowa was less dignified than a three year old after his mommy takes away his juice box.
Not Presidential!
Twenty years ago you were viewed as above and beyond the daily mud pit.
Now, you bring your mud pit with every thread you post.
I’d really like to see all these candidates STFU about each other and start focusing on policy matters.
Trump is the mud pit.
Thanks for reposting that Levin article. I guess I hadn’t seen that one the first time around.
FR THREAD: How Cruz Crushed Ethanol - "Hot d*mn!" a gentleman shouted from the back of the room.
*led
(Since we’re on the subject of smart vs stupid)
Trump can sure dish it out...stupid, loser, nasty, maniac,etc...
I wonder if he can take it...
His whining cry baby antics after Iowa seems like he can’t...
how does a guy who was a loser in Iowa call other candidates a loser now....?
It got “vaporized.”
So is Cheater Cruz representing Canada, Goldman Sacs,
or ObamaTRADE when he says this?
Is Trump representing Cuba, the NSA or Obamacare?
Levin needs to hammer Rubio. If Trump and Cruz do not leave each other alone, Rubio is rising. Talk radio is doing same thing bashing Cruz or Trump. Not just Rubio, but that Ohio mailman too. Knock it off! Cruz and Trump need to be allies.
Turns out the only difference when it comes to the egos of Trump and Obama is Obama has better hair.
Cute!
Cruz doubles down on phasing out ethanol mandate
"In a Des Moines Register op-ed Wednesday, Cruz said he would look to "phase out the Renewable Fuel Standard, end all energy subsidies, and ensure a level playing field for everyone,".....
Did Cruz give his tough guy talk in his nasally, whiny Canadian voice? Ted seems angry ever since he got busted doing questionable voter activities in Iowa.
I say, what new twist will the two Hispanics Crubio put on Trump’s family name?
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