Posted on 01/16/2016 9:48:38 AM PST by gwgn02
FORT MILL, S.C. — Ted Cruz, long reluctant to directly criticize Donald Trump, threw caution to the wind Saturday as he ripped his Republican presidential opponent as a fake conservative.
"Donald’s record does not match what he says as a candidate," told reporters before a national security forum here at a church, delivering an assessment of the onetime ally in the race that would have been unthinkable as recently as last week. "I recognize what Donald says on the campaign trail today is fairly conservative, but voters are discerning."
Cruz went on to respond to a serious of critical tweets earlier Saturday morning from Trump by questioning his judgment and temperament to be president. The senator suggested Trump's tweets were caused by a new poll that show him beating the survey-obsessed billionaire in a head-to-head match-up.
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Trump is having a twitter meltdown...GO CRUZ!!
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Trump doesn’t even PRETEND to be a conservative. He is a populist blowhard going with the wind. He fits to whatever gets him ahead of the poll.
Only Cruz is the true conservative in the race.
Go Cruz I am glad to finally see this battle joined. Win or lose people need to know the truth.
Donalds not that terribly clear headed
Given he’s quite glib and has mastered the art of rapid fire response...but his cogency has always been in question as far as I am concerned
who in a serious position to run a Nation could have pronounced this meaningless string of words??
““I am pro-choice in every respect as far as it goes, but I just hate it.â€..DJT
No he’s not - he’s at another rally. Trump is rallying the troops like no other candidate.
Trump is a fake conservative
Meltdown? I saw 2 tweets.
Good. I was hoping this day would come. Lines have been set. Now we’ll see who supports conservatism and who supports a “run-of-the-mill liar, political whore, and charlatan.”
I really like how people underestimate Trump. Really puts them as a disadvantage. Like Ted with his New York Values statement at the debate. That was a massive tactical mistake. It was a “youth and inexperience” moment. Ted will have many more of those if he continues to punch above his level.
I don’t consider trump a conservative. He’s a moderate who loves America.
Cruz is a Goldman Sachs republican, attorney.
Choose.
so you want me to believe that you didn’t GET New York City Values??
and thats WHOSE FAULT??
should ted play to the peanut gallery to the expenses of the rest of us??
Don’t you love how Trumpbots get all upset when Pro-Cruz stories get posted more than once?
When Trumpbots and Trump himself can answer these questions, we can start talking about the 70,000 Cruz got from GS.
http://www.nationalmemo.com/21-questions-for-donald-trump/
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This is a staged conflict. It is the type of thing that will only help the Trump/Cruz ticket in the general election. The two camps know that the media will breathlessly report anything that looks like a conflict between the two of them. They are working the media to the point that it is starting to look a little choreographed to the astute observer.
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