Posted on 01/28/2016 2:26:49 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said on Thursday that his candidate would be "happy" to debate Ted Cruz once the Texas senator gets a federal judge to rule him eligible to run for president.
"Once you've gotten that ruling from the federal judge and you're the last man standing in this presidential contest next to Donald Trump, we'll be happy to have a debate with you one-on-one, anywhere you want, because that's the way the system works," Lewandowski said. "But, as it stands right now, we don't even know if Ted Cruz is legally eligible to run for president of the United States."
Trump and his supporters have argued that Cruz, who was born in Canada to a U.S. citizen, is not natural born and therefore ineligible to run for president under the Constitution.
Cruz challenged Trump to debate him one-on-one after Trump announced that he would not be attending the Fox News Republican presidential debate Thursday night because of objections to the presence of anchor Megyn Kelly and a statement Fox issued in response to his complaints. "What this is, is a publicity stunt by Senator Cruz who is continuing to fall in the polls in the state of Iowa," Lewandowski told Boston radio host Jeff Kuhner, before unleashing a slew of attacks at Cruz, arguing that he had used "dark money donors" through his super PAC to offer a donation to charity if Trump agreed to the debate.
"If Ted Cruz were able to disclose the loans that he's taken out from Goldman Sachs and Citi, then maybe he would use his own money for this, but instead he's using super PAC money which I don't even know if he can do legally," Lewandowski said, referring to loans Cruz took out during his 2012 run for Senate that he did not disclose in campaign filings. "And the bottom line is, you know what we've said to Ted Cruz, go into court, seek a declaratory judgment to find out if you're even legally eligible to run for president of the United States." In the interview, Lewandowski addressed his remark that Megyn Kelly had a "rough couple of days after that last debate" and "would hate to have her go through that again," which some at Fox News interpreted as a threat.
"That's not a threat. It's a factual statement," Lewandowski said. "And the bottom line, was, she did have a rough couple days after the debate because what she did during that first presidential debate was she made sure the debate was about her and not about the candidates who were actually on the stage."
Toward the end of the interview, Lewandowski took another shot at Cruz, this time over Cruz's criticism of Trump's support for eminent domain. Lewandowski said that eminent domain would be required to build the Keystone Pipeline, which Cruz supports. "The Keystone Pipeline, as you know, starts where Ted Cruz was born, in the country of Canada, and runs right down to where he lives now, in the state of Texas, and eminent domain is an issue that you know what unfortunately, sometimes you need to use it to get projects like that done," Lewandowski said.
They must have read my posts.
Ouch that might leave a mark!
I want to like Trump, but this type of sh$t renders him an a$$h0le.
Would you if anything you said is immediately lapped up by fawning fans...?
Can’t blame him at all.
Its Jesse the Body all over again.
YEP......PRAISE HIM, PRAISE HIM, PRAISE HIM, GLORIFY HIS WORSHIPFUL SELF TRUMPY.
Let's say Cruz had that in hand (who knows he may have not that I need it), what then would be Trumps excuse? omg Trump in a corner?
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That’s the primary reason his supporters back him. Pretty goofy reason but I know, but there ya go.
Do not believe it is possible to do that to Cruz’s critics satisfaction.
Once again using comedy to hide his cowardice. The elections start Monday, and a ruling would take months.
Due to the fact that his parents were both citizens and his father was on active duty serving his country. It’s the only exception I would agree with.
Is Ted Cruz a 'natural born Citizen'? Not if you're a constitutional originalist
This Trump guy is emerging as a political monster, certainly the best I've seen since I first voted in 1976.
He doesn't just bash his opponents, he cuts their heads off.
It’s also really comical that a guy who filed for bankruptcy four times seems to think that taking out a second mortgage on your home so you can run is an indication of corruption.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAL!
Trump’s condition only pertains to one-on-one when two are left standing.
LOL......BOOM!
“I figured Trump would find some childish way to abstain.”
He had to abstain.
While I think it would be good for the country for Trump and Cruz to debate, I understand why Trump, as the front runner, wants to avoid getting bloodied.
It’s good politics, even if not good for the voters.
Well, not until Trump is cleared of Financial Fraud in all of his past business deals.
Much butthurt this will cause. Yes.
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