Posted on 02/04/2016 12:34:50 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
NASHUA, N.H. - Still riding a wave of confidence after winning the Iowa Caucuses, Ted Cruz was in rare form Wednesday night as he mocked Donald Trump over everything from losing Iowa to a previous record of liberal policy positions.
"Have you noticed Donald doesn't take losing well?" he said at a town hall here. "Donald told us every day for a year he was going to win Iowa, win it big, win it 'yuuuuuge,'" he said, poking at Trump's speaking style.
"I don't think people are interested in temper tantrums, or you could call it a 'Trumpertantrum,'" he continued, when asked about a number of criticisms Trump has thrown at him recently, including that his Monday night win in Iowa was fraudulent.
Cruz's comments came hours after his first major escalation of attacks of the day, when he suggested Trump's temperament was so poor that he might be inclined to "nuke Denmark," and Cruz also suggested his young daughters were more mature than Trump.
On Wednesday night, Cruz gloated over a report that former Democratic President Jimmy Carter's comment that he would prefer Trump over Cruz because Trump would be "malleable." Cruz said he instructed his team to track down video of those remarks from Carter, who is deeply unpopular among Republicans.
"I read the article on my iPhone today, my comment to the team was, if there is video, get the video, I want the video, I'm going to pay to air Jimmy Carter's attack on me," he said.
When protesters interrupted Cruz, with some yelling about climate change, Cruz said it appeared that "these children attended the Donald Trump-style school of debate."
And when he was asked about his wife's ties to Goldman Sachs and an undisclosed loan from the bank in the Senate race, Cruz defended the move and pivoted back to Trump attacks. "Heidi and I did something that is very novel and unfamiliar to Donald: we paid it back," he said to applause. "We have never declared bankruptcy, we have never stiffed a loan, we have never walked out on a loan, we paid it back."
Cruz said Trump's last financial disclosure form showed he had millions of dollars in loans, and "it could literally be billions of dollars he owes."
"For him to make this attack, to use a New York term," Cruz said, "is the height of chutzpah."
Pack of lies. I pity you.
All’s fair in love, war, and politics.
Maybe the love started when John Roberts learned that Ted loved Broadway show tunes as well?
That’s funny! Vote for me or I’ll shoot this puppy!
Oh brother...So this loser is going to vote for Rubio because he can't find a job, so he's taking it out on Trump...
Is he too stupid to know that it's because of Rubio and Cruz that there is no work for Americans out there????
Wow...You will grab at anything that is anti Trump...When are you going to start posting hits from Hillary supporters
So Rubio's your guy, eh??? You went from Perry to the guy in Wisconson to Rubio...You are pure GOPe...
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