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.
BING freakin' O
Bold, bald, outright lies from Cruz at this point.
I liked both candidates much better before this war broke out, and I see a real danger of conservatives getting discouraged from voting before the primaries are even over.
I don’t know, Ted, maybe you because you made it possible for Obama to sign the TPP yesterday.
Trump said in rally recently he wanted to revise healthcare so more affordable with better coverage for people and far less people needing medicaid.
which to me sounds good - less people needing govt to pick up tab.
Ditto, talk about woman being catty.....these boys take the cake...meeeeeeeooooooowwwwwwww.
TPP was signed by Obongo yesterday!
Amen Brother, Amen
So many pressing issues.
No sh*t.
I support Cruz, but both he and Trump need to put a sock in it. Enough's enough.
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.
the media and the democrats had nothing to do with the way Trump has conducted himself....this is all on him
TPP was signed by Obongo yesterday!
No.
http://time.com/4207350/barack-obama-tpp-trade-deal/
President Obama Urges Swift Passage of TPP Trade Deal
“President Obama released a statement Wednesday evening championing the major Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership shortly after the trade deal was signed in New Zealand by officials from the 12 member nations....
Though the deal was signed on Thursday-New Zealand is 18 hours ahead of Washington-the deal will still have to be ratified by the U.S. Congress.”
The last few weeks I feel more and more we are living in a world like the movie The Matrix. It feels we are all (libs and Convs) being played for idiots. Times like this the only indicator I can trust are the contra-indicators. Whoever the Reps & Dems & media & cheap labor whores hate the most is who Im for.
http://www.sessions.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/blog?ID=E1340828-7882-41CA-B602-AC59570700BA
And it will be thanks to guys like Ted who gave Obama fast track.
I bet ole Ted will show up to vote against it unlike his not showing up to the audit the Fed bill he signed on to. Gotta keep up that persona.
But lying to Carson voters is...
Thanks for the comments on the graphic.
Take care.
D1
Spam clown,
We shall see...
Well, the graphic does address that...
I’ve been challenged on that since day one.
Well this is in response to defamation on every Trump thread, so you can enjoy the results.
Well this is in response to defecation on every Trump thread, so you can enjoy the results.
Now that’s presidential.
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