Posted on 02/03/2016 1:24:39 PM PST by CA Conservative
Ted Cruz unloaded on his rival Donald Trump after the real estate mogul accused him of voter fraud over Twitter. "I wake up every day and laugh at the latest thing Donald has tweeted," said Cruz, calling Wednesday’s outburst a "Trumpertantrum" brought on by Trump's inability to "debate the substance."
On Wednesday morning, Trump sent out a series of tweets demanding the caucus results in Iowa be nullified due to what he claimed was voter fraud perpetrated by the Cruz campaign. In particular, Trump singled out reports that the Cruz campaign told voters during the caucus Dr. Ben Carson had dropped out of the race, causing some of them to switch to Cruz.
At a press conference before a meeting with voters in Goffstown, New Hampshire, the new frontrunner in the Republican race pulled no punches. "It is no surprise that Donald is throwing yet another temper tantrum – or if you like, another Trumpertantrum," Cruz said. "It seems his reaction to everything is to throw a fit, and I understand that Donald finds it very hard to lose. But at the end of the day, the people of Iowa spoke."
"There's a reason that Donald engages in insult after insult - because he can't debate the substance," Cruz continued. "He doesn't actually want to talk about issues."
The Texas senator wasn't done. "Donald's insults get more and more hysterical the more and more upset he gets," Cruz said. "I think they're very funny. I wake up every day and laugh at the latest thing Donald has tweeted." He questioned Trump's temperament for the job of commander-in-chief, saying "we're liable to wake up one day and Donald, as president, will have nuked Denmark."
"You know, my girls are five and seven," Cruz said. "And I got tell you, Caroline and Catherine are better behaved than a presidential candidate who insults people every day." The line drew cheers and huge applause from the assembled New Hampshirites waiting to meet him.
Asked whether Cruz planned to fire the staffers accused of misleading Iowa caucus-goers, the senator demurred. "This is not a campaign that scapegoats our staffers, that holds someone out and fires them for political purposes," he told a reporter. "And I would note that the news story we passed on was true and accurate . . . is it a dirty trick to pass on your news stories?"
What? Last time I heard, passing on a news story isn’t a capital offense.
And the fact Trump lost is a non-issue.
So true. But that's about all that Trump the Insult-Comic Dog has got.
Let’s see if we can get #TrumperTantrum trending on social media!
How to say it?....Trump enjoys people; Cruz out maneuvers and outsmarts them.
Trumps opponents tear themselves down.
Tom sullivan calling this what it is. This is turning out to be illegal vote tampering.
Art of the Squeal
h/t DaveyB
Minutia? What, does the end justify the means? I was all for Cruz, but after his antics in Iowa I might just stay home.
Perfect! I wish I’d thought of that!
Who's doing the rumor-mongering now?
I don't know of any "mailing" of this nature.
Apparently, it was a SINGLE Cruz staffer guilty of the false rumor. (And it wasn't a mailer)
Note that Carson's team only went after a single Cruz staffer:
"...Republican Ben Carson Tuesday called for the firing of A Ted Cruz campaign staffer who said the retired neurosurgeon was planning to drop out."
Source: First on CNN: Ted Cruz apologizes to Ben Carson
Whereas, Rush says today it 'twas MULTIPLERubiostaffers who engaged in spreading the Carson rumor.
See: Limbaugh: Rubio Campaign To Blame for Carson Drop-Out Rumors
See also: Uh Oh, Was Marco Rubio Guilty In The Ben Carson Dropout Rumor?
So, the Carson team only goes after Cruz 'cause he's the front-runner?
So, the media only goes after Cruz 'cause he's the front-runner & they hate him?
So the TANTRUMp's trump-upsters only go after Cruz 'cause he's the front-runner & some of them hate him?
Cruz continued....”He doesn’t actually want to talk about issues.”
Lets see if Trump takes the bait.....I highly doubt it because it’s true he’s avoiding the issues. Trump will continue to divert from those and he knows exactly why....he can’t compete.
This isn’t about trump. This is about vote tampering.
Your boy is going down and it’s his own doing.
“He has nothing positive to say.”
I can understand that in the world of St. Cruz the phrase “Make America Great Again” would be considered as not positive.
Bringing back jobs from overseas. Positive to the real world. Not in the world of St. Cruz, right?
Taking care of our vets. Not positive, right?
Those are all things Trump says over and over again,,but you can’t go there. Doesn’t fit your nasty narrative.
I’m equally upset at Cruz, they’ve opened the door for Rubio, and maybe even god-forbid, Jeb.
Trumpbots will stand by him to the end.
Although defending him stretches human credulity.
The man can’t handle losing and there’s truth to the notion he might nuke a country because he had a bad day.
We all do but we don’t whine when things in life don’t always go our way.
LOL
(Commented Cradle of Freedom, rather "smugly" I might add)
“hen picked up by Cruz supporters, apparently believing it to be true.”
Nope. Cruz operative DanielPGabriel tweeted how he was personally told by a Carson “insider” that Carson was OUT. Gabriel is allegedly ex-CIA..does he know his source?
Cruz/Rubio fired anyone yet over this? Nope.
You apparently never had kids. Imagine you’re 6 or 7 and suddenly everyone wants to shake hands with your daddy taking some of the attention away. Plus, you’re standing by a bus and a whole bunch of guys you don’t know start crowding around.
My son, when he was 6 was going through a period of unusual shyness. My mom came over and he hid under the table. He’d act just like that with everyone.
You also don’t know what the conversation was. She might have been asking for a milkshake and he told her she couldn’t have one right now.
That’s not creepy at all. Just a mistimed video.
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