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.
Why is Trump’s face so red?
[Why is Trumps face so red]
It’s because you are seeing red with all your rants.
“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.”
Cruz really whines a lot.
“Fresh off a victory in the Iowa caucuses, a feisty Ted Cruz....”
I don’t call it “feisty”, I call it arrogant and not so humble as the winner of a corrupt voting process.
Trump can’t help it...he got his feelings hurt...! Folks supposed to fawn and slobber all over this mitwit, not question him. Lol
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I’ve posted a lot of compliments and great photos of Donald Trump at Free Republic.
Trump’s clear and public display of childish spoiled rich kid kindergarden bully remarks against Ted Cruz ...
... is a very sad thing to watch, especially from a candidate who has proposed so many GREAT ideas.
BTW ... CW, you’re not in the mud ...
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I know youlove that crudely created graphic, but you do understand that it’s your boy Trump that lost, right?
Thank you.
Seeing this from you 10 times a day makes me wonder about your Caucus objectivity.
The field of candidates gets very narrow when it comes to actually being a conservative. The only way the moderates can distinguish themselves is with juvenile barbs, and accusations of unfair/cheating.
Orange can come off as red in some camera shots.
I see some people need to get a daily read on Trump’s emotions. It’s like a ‘fix’ for them.
I guess there’s nothing more important to be discussing.
Trump’s hair - oh that’s of National Importance!
Trump’s ego - consistent with how he’s been for decades
I guess that’s the Christian high-road,,to talk about the petty things while making fun of petty things.
SMH
7News/UMass Lowell New Hampshire tracking poll (Trump 36%, Rubio 15%, Cruz 14%)
It’s like 1980 all over again.
The Media’s and Democrat party job is done! Whatever unity all of the Republican party candidates had during the first three debates is all down the drain.
And this is how Hillary wins...portrayed as mature, while the Republicans all fight each other, all looking stupid...
The strategy to have the Trump, Cruz and possibly Rubio’s supporters hate the other candidate so much during the primaries, that they won’t vote for the Republican nominee is brilliant and effective. There is so much amo now for the Democrats to use against any of the current top three candidates, that Hillary will look like a saint. The liberal message boards are laughing at us and high-fiving...
In Cruz’s make believe world, when Trump insults Cruz (or more accurately, recounts what he did), it is childish. When Cruz insults Trump, it is grown-up.
Thanks Doughtyone for pissing on every stinking thread. I believe what someone needs to do is follow your lead and do the same on every Trump thread wih a nasty banneere, because heaven knows that would be the fair thing to do. A typical Trumptantrum.
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More dishonesty from Mrs. Doubtfire.
Actually, there’s a thread detailing some election fraud in Iowa. I don’t blame Trump for being hot. And as it turns out, Cruz’s campaign manager has a track record of...for example...spreading the word that an opponent was withdrawing from the race.
Actually, it's part of the vetting process. Candidates should expose their opponents positions on policy, social, economic and personal matters. We can't rely on the press for proper vetting.
However, Trump has taken it to a lower level. Playground name calling isn't productive.
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