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Cruz Asks: Who Will Trump Call 'Stupid' Next? - It's no holds barred in New Hampshire
The Weekly Standard ^ | February 4, 2016 | Chris Deaton

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.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz; gopprimary; newhampshire; trump
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To: patq

Why is Trump’s face so red?


21 posted on 02/04/2016 4:51:56 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

[Why is Trumps face so red]

It’s because you are seeing red with all your rants.


22 posted on 02/04/2016 4:56:58 AM PST by RetSignman (Obama is the walking, talking middle finger in the face of America)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“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.


23 posted on 02/04/2016 4:58:46 AM PST by odawg
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To: odawg

“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.


24 posted on 02/04/2016 5:04:48 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: wideawake

Trump can’t help it...he got his feelings hurt...! Folks supposed to fawn and slobber all over this mitwit, not question him. Lol


25 posted on 02/04/2016 5:05:32 AM PST by swampfox101
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; All

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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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26 posted on 02/04/2016 5:05:43 AM PST by Patton@Bastogne
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To: DoughtyOne

I know youlove that crudely created graphic, but you do understand that it’s your boy Trump that lost, right?


27 posted on 02/04/2016 5:07:28 AM PST by reegs
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To: Patton@Bastogne

Thank you.


28 posted on 02/04/2016 5:07:35 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: DoughtyOne

Seeing this from you 10 times a day makes me wonder about your Caucus objectivity.


29 posted on 02/04/2016 5:09:09 AM PST by catfish1957 (I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
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To: ScottinVA
I’d really like to see all these candidates STFU about each other and start focusing on policy matters.

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.

30 posted on 02/04/2016 5:09:46 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Why is Trump’s face so red?

Orange can come off as red in some camera shots.

31 posted on 02/04/2016 5:10:18 AM PST by catfish1957 (I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

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


32 posted on 02/04/2016 5:11:51 AM PST by austinaero
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

7News/UMass Lowell New Hampshire tracking poll (Trump 36%, Rubio 15%, Cruz 14%)

It’s like 1980 all over again.


33 posted on 02/04/2016 5:15:00 AM PST by McGruff (We're not in Iowa anymore Heidi.)
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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...


34 posted on 02/04/2016 5:17:09 AM PST by Maringa
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To: DaveA37

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.


35 posted on 02/04/2016 5:19:57 AM PST by odawg
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To: DoughtyOne

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.


36 posted on 02/04/2016 5:20:24 AM PST by DaxtonBrown (ANOTHER)
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To: DaxtonBrown

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37 posted on 02/04/2016 5:21:01 AM PST by DaxtonBrown (ANOTHER)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
"You know, he accused the people of Iowa of being stupid"

More dishonesty from Mrs. Doubtfire.

38 posted on 02/04/2016 5:26:30 AM PST by steelwheels
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To: wideawake

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.


39 posted on 02/04/2016 5:26:34 AM PST by gogeo (If you are Tea Party, the GOPee does not want you.)
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To: ScottinVA
I'd really like to see all these candidates STFU about each other and start focusing on policy matters.

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.

40 posted on 02/04/2016 5:30:14 AM PST by cowboyway (We're not going to be able to vote our way out of this mess.)
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