Posted on 03/24/2016 5:46:31 AM PDT by reaganaut1
Ted Cruz warned Donald Trump not to "attack women" Thursday after the Republican frontrunner appeared to escalate the personal feud over their wives.
"Donald, real men don't attack women," the Texas senator wrote after the billionaire retweeted an unflattering photo of Heidi Cruz.
The exchange came after Trump showed no sign of backing down in the dispute over a campaign ad that featured an old picture of Melania Trump posing handcuffed and nude for GQ magazine.
The flare-up prompted Jeb Bush to endorse Cruz Wednesday in a rebuke to what the former Florida governor called the "divisiveness and vulgarity" of Trump.
Trump repeated late Wednesday that he believed Cruz "knew about" the ad, which appeared to be aimed at persuading Mormon women to support Cruz in Tuesday's Utah primary.
The ad was created by the anti-Trump Make America Awesome Again super PAC and featured a photo shoot of Melania from 2000 with the meme caption: "meet Melania Trump. Your next first lady. Or, you could support Ted Cruz on Tuesday."
As polls closed in Tuesday's contests, Trump tweeted : "Lyin' Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from a G.Q. shoot in his ad. Be careful, Lyin' Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife!"
On Wednesday, Cruz told NBC's TODAY that Trump's threat "speaks volumes about character" and "is the epitome of classlessness."
"If Donald is trying to mess with my wife, he's way out of his league," he added
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Cruz...just like Obama denying ultimate responsibility for the IRS scandal, Fast and furious, and other misdeeds by his surrogates.
Cruz must have found out about things like the fake voting subpoena by reading about it in the newspaper. And, the publishing of Trumps wife’s picture. Cruz sets the tone for his own campaign. He is ultimately responsible for by refusing to say he will not tolerate things that are being done by his surrogates in his campaign.
It would be the same way if he is President. No reason to think otherwise.
We need to bring back dueling.
“Swords or pistols, gentlemen, take your choice.”
Trump stated that he isn't spending money on ads due to "free nationwide publicity". In other words, Trump knows Cruz had nothing to do with the ad but this is free publicity and Trump uses controversy to get it. Trump is a liar.
No.... It's WAY past ridiculous and is going to start costing BOTH campaigns!
‘Real Men Don’t Attack Women’
...they have their staff AUTHORIZE IT for them, right Ted?
Ted, disavow the ad against Melania Trump. Otherwise, shut up!
Sure. You vote for what we already have in the WH, a lying narcissist.
Oh like Cruz is blaming others although his name is on the ad. As a woman, I would prefer being threatened than attacked as Cruz let be done to Melania. Cruz is one dirty, disgusting trick after another then lying.
Why on earth would I vote for Cruz ?
Cruz drew first blood.
Is this and indication of how Cruz will handle foreign affairs, insult/blackmail leaders’ wives?
Trump doesn’t have or need surrogates. That’s the difference.
Cruz did nothing to disavow the ad. That was an error on his part.
Real men hide behind a PAC that attacks women.
>> you have Romney saying she is just some cheap European import wife <<
He didn’t say she was cheap. Just said she and Ivana apparently were willing to do jobs that Americans (except for Marla) don’t want to do.
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