Posted on 03/23/2016 5:57:36 AM PDT by reaganaut1
Ted Cruz attacked Donald Trump’s character for threatening his wife on Tuesday and blamed his opponent's attack on “a very bad night” in Utah.
“If Donald wants to get in a character fight he's better off sticking with me, because Heidi is way out of his league,” Cruz said on CNN’s “New Day,” responding to a late-night tweet from Trump warning, "Be careful, Lyin' Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife!”
The attack reveals a lot about Trump's character, Cruz said. "That should be beneath Donald," he said. "The reason he's doing that is because he had a very bad night last night. He got clobbered in Utah."
Trump’s tweet — which began with “Lyin' Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from a G.Q. shoot in his ad" — is an apparent reference to an online ad by anti-Trump super PAC Make America Awesome, which used a photo of Trump’s wife Melania posing nude in British GQ in 2000 in an attempt to sway conservative Mormon voters.
Cruz responded via Twitter shortly after: "Pic of your wife not from us. Donald, if you try to attack Heidi, you're more of a coward than I thought. #classless.”
On CNN, host Chris Cuomo asked the Texas senator if engaging with Trump was a good idea.
"The tweet he was unhappy about was not even a super PAC supporting me. It is an independent group. I don’t know them,” Cruz said. "When Donald gets scared, when he gets angry, when he gets threatened ... So last night Donald threatened my wife, he went directly after my wife."
Cruz also ratcheted up his pressure on John Kasich, who fared poorly in Tuesday's contests, to get out of the race, repeatedly calling the Ohio governor a “spoiler.”
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This reminds me of the McCain illegitimate black baby story in 2000. I’m surprised Ted didn’t use this hit job in South Carolina. Utah seems like a waste.
It wasn’t just the ad. Mitt addressed some meeting in Utah where he dissed trump for marrying a foreigner. They’re all slime. It’s amazing seeing all the former really Romney haters - and I mean haters - standing with him now. Bottom line, if you stand with Cruz, you stand with Mitt and Jeb.
“The guy pretends to be something he isn’t.”
You mean like Trump pretending to be a Republican when he’s clearly a Liberal in a well tailored RINO suit?
You people keep asking if he disavowed the ad... he did. Start eating.
When did Cruz attack Trump’s wife?
Ted is on the same side as #BLACKLIESMATTER when it’s politically expedient.
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Looks like Melania has her own assets.
It's a Mormon thing. Ask Mittens.
Explain to me why Senator Cruz should apologize for something he did not do, nor have any control over.
Or have i seen him disavow the PAC either. Real nice, just adds to the sleazy things coming from that campaign. Is this an honest man?
Yes there is plenty of proof Cruz didn’t know anyhing about the ad.
Like the fact he disavowed it.
Now where is your proof he signed off on it.
As per Ted! himself, you have to publicly and completely disavow anything you don't agree with, or you tacitly approve it.
Seriously, would it matter to DT fans if he did disavow the ad? Would ‘truth’ matter?
And yes, I just saw TC interviewed, said it wasn’t something he would do.
Heidi Cruz. Police report about her breakdown...
Austin Police Report from Aug 22, 2005.
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/1688866/cruz-incident-report.pdf
Here is the location on Google Maps where Heidi Cruz was found sitting at 2200 (10pm), Aug 22, 2005 with her head in her hands.
“...I MADE CONTACT WITH THE ABOVE SUBJECT AT ENFIELD AND N.MOPAC. THE SUBJECT WAS SEATED IN THE GRASS, APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET AWAY FROM N.MOPAC PROPER AT THE ENFIELD ON-RAMP...”
Google Maps - Enfield Rd onramp to N. Mopac, Austin, TX
https://goo.gl/maps/iR8tKNUai2F2
Did Cruz denounce/disavow the attack on Trump’s wife.
I missed it if he did.
“If Cruz doesn’t know what that PAC is doing how did he know what Trump was talking about in his Tweet?”
Uhhh. Probably the same way all of us know about it. You can’t be serious with this question.
He does it underhanded thru his pacs. Not to his face.
We'll see how it plays out. At this point, it is a play-toy for the press, mostly. The Bush endorsement will probably (temporarily) swamp the possibility of a dirt fight.
I know. I have fun riling up the Branch Trumpidians.
They go nuts when you apply facts and logic to their idolatry of one DJT.
Cruz release your wife’s unredacted police report.
And explain the vote fraud in Utah.
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