Posted on 01/27/2016 8:44:23 AM PST by SoConPubbie
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said late Tuesday that Donald Trump's fear of defending his record is behind the GOP front-runner's boycott of the next Fox News GOP presidential debate.
"The reality is, the reason Donald is doing this â I actually don't think it's because of [Fox News host] Megyn [Kelly] at all," he said on Fox News's "Hannity."
"I think it's because he's afraid to defend his record, that he knows he can't defend his record, and he's trying to hide from the voters of Iowa," Cruz said six days from the first voting state's caucuses next Monday.
"He's not willing to stand up and explain why he supports Bernie Sanders-style, full-on socialized medicine, expanding ObamaCare so the federal government is in charge of our healthcare," he said, tying Trump with the Democratic presidential contender.
"He can't explain why today he supports taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood," Cruz added.
"He can't explain why he supported Obama's stimulus plan and supported Obama's TARP bail-out of the big banks. He doesn't want to answer those questions, and he refuses to show up."
Cruz argued that Trump's claims of bias from Kelly reveal he is not capable of confronting more powerful public figures.
"If you're afraid of Megyn Kelly, then you're going to be afraid of Hillary Clinton and you're going to be afraid of Vladimir Putin," he said.
"If you're afraid to have anyone ask a question, that does not bode well for what kind of commander in chief you'd make," the Texas lawmaker added.
Trump announced late Tuesday that he is skipping the seventh GOP presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday evening.
Kelly and Trump have publicly sparred since the first debate last August. The outspoken billionaire disliked her questions about his past remarks toward women.
Lolk...Cruz is clinging to Trump’s leg like a poodle in heat.
Nothing there to defend that would not expose him further as a lefty liar and manipulator with the manners of a 5 year old with no parental guidance and as much class... Nevermind, he has no class or sense of human decency. I can’t think of an adult with less class than him.
[Cruz should just shut up and let this thing play out.]
Yup. Cruz is sounding more and more like an ass. Hopefully enough people get tired of his lame schtick and move over to Trump, a real leader.
A long as Trump has to defend his support for demonrats, abortion and unions.
I like Cruz - he’s my second choice after Trump, but he’s starting to come across as a sore loser...
Cruz will bite Trump's kneecaps off!
Sure sets a precedent for Hillary to duck debates in the General elections.
According to Greta Van Susteren Poll 83% will not watch the debates.
http://gretawire.foxnewsinsider.com/poll/yes-or-no/
[Lolk...Cruz is clinging to Trumpâs leg like a poodle in heat.]
Cruz is desperate to seem relevant, and Trump knows this, and will continue to hold his leash and string him along to his peril.
Fancy but irrelevant
Trump has beaten Cruz at ever debate so far. What is Cruz on, some sort of self flagellation mission?
Fox wants to setup some kind of gang bang. Trump does not want a stacked deck holding him.
Agreed. I thought Ted's response was great and were legitimate and effective jabs at Trump until he got to the Trump is afraid meme. Ironic since Cruz' breakout moment this election cycle was at the CNBC debate where he berated the "moderators" for their biased, attack dog "gotcha" questions. Trump is just responding to the same thing but in a grander style.
I don’t think the CruzBots are helping themselves by pretending to believe this lying nonsense.
Right! And the only reason he is a Senator at all is that Sarah Palin was standing beside him in Texas.
I think Trump is absolutely afraid of having Cruz expose his liberal record. Trump is a con man and he doesn’t want his con to unravel.
If Der Trumpenfuhrer can’t handle Megan Whatshername, how’s he going to handle the body of Piranhas in the Whitehut Press Corpse?
About time SOMEONE stuck it to FOX ! Might have been an early Cruz supporter, but he’s proving himself to be like all the other politicians to me ...
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