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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For the 10th time in 10 minutes. HE DID.
I’ve already linked to two separate articles showing where Cruz said it wasn’t his ad and that his campaign had nothing to do with it.
If you’d slow down the constant “Trump is God Cruz sucks” spamming of this thread you’d see where I posted what you’re asking for.
He blamed Trump for the #BLACKLIESMATTER violence at his rallies.
Case closed.
The bottom line is Cruz had no involvement, and has stated such. Get over it.
You’re simply too stupid to insult.
It’s not about Cruz ‘distancing’ himself from the ad. It’s about the fact Cruz should condemn that type of ad - smearing a candidate’s wife.
If Cruz isn’t going to CONDEMN it then he cannot expect his wife to be spared.
My third grader could explain it to you if we need to call him in.
Typical...when you Trumpbots get what you demand...you move the goalposts.
Now I understand Trump's moniker for Cruz; I still find it distasteful. However I understand the part of taking up the Bible in one hand and then, how shall I put it ? behaving as a Harvard attorney on the other; reminds me of Hillary Clinton. Character wise, I see a lot of parallels between Cruz and Clinton.
No, the bottom line is Cruz may have had nothing to do with it but he condones it anyway. He has not disapproved it, he has not condemned it. He is ok with the content.
Then in the next breath he thinks his wife should be off limits.
That’s called hypocrisy. Own it.
HOOAH! Well said CSM
“Ted Cruz comments on the David Duke non-endorsement, endorsement of Trump”
It’s not Senator Cruz fault that Trump does not know who David Duke is, or does Trump like David Duke?
heidi Cruz is a nasty globalist broad ....she can take North american Union and shove it up her ass....Cruz is a scumbag as it turns out and not just for allowing his name to be used in saying bad things about Trump’s wife...he has far more serious flaws than that....
The reason people are endorsing Sen. Cruz over the Donald is not because Cruz is part of the establishment it’s because the Donald is a horses ass. It turns out that it’s the Donald that nobody likes, not Cruz. I’m not surprised though tRump has been lying since he started his campaign.
They only hypocrites around here are you and the rest of the Trump cultists.
Cruz Bots Lying Ted again
Post it
Do you have a link?
I haven’t seen it.
Why the hell is Cruz’s response to trumps twitter war with him michael douglases speech from the american president? Almost word for word?
Cruz is freaking weird.
I notice you can’t point to any statements by Cruz saying candidate wives are off limits, nor any statement by Cruz condemning the smearing of Melania. He never made those statements and you know it. Prove differently if he did. Link to Cruz’s statements condemning the smearing of a candidate’s wife. Go ahead.
You’re the hypocrite.
Look at post 146
All we expect is the same in return.
Failing to do so, implies support -- per Ted!
Sorry, but that isn't a condemnation, just a denial.
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