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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And THAT is the crux of the matter. Take the bounty and none of the blame in this increasingly dishonest contest.
Do Trumpanzees know any emotion besides anger?
It’s not from the Cruz campaign. But Cruz, and you apparently think it’s still ok,,as long as Cruz didn’t touch it. Smear the wives. Alright then, you and Cruz can’t squeal when Heidi gets smeared.
Pick your standard. Oh wait, you have. Cruz crew ok with shaming candidate’s wives. While they pretend Heidi should be off limits.
Hypocrites.
You are right, cruz never attacked his wife. It was a group supporting Trump and it was a vile AD. Cruz could have easily have denounced it and called Trump to say it was disgusting.
He did not so stop splitting hairs on this and face facts.
Then Cruz should condemn or denounce it.
The pictures were actually pretty tasteful and tame by today’s ‘ standards
Considering they were taken many years ago when she was a model
So now they are out there and good, let’s get on with it
Time for Melania to stand uo, own them, and say “ so what? What does this have to do with my husband’s campaign?”
The sleaze factor is not the pictures but the actors trying to use them in a political ad and then the candidate being all, like, hey man, that your wife? Don’t know nothing ‘bout how those pictures showed up ... Get over yourself, man”
“Cruz is a nasty piece of work!”
A real sleazebag! I feel the need to go take a shower every time I see/hear that guy.
A lawyer, member of Congress, politician,...... do we know if “used car salesman” is also in his resume?
No , but his Super PAC did and it would have been right to have denounced this vile AD publically .
“Do you ever get tired of Cruz’s lies?”
had he lied about something...then yes I would be tired.
However...
“He says Trump “attacked” his wife because of the Utah results, yet any moron knows that Trump tweeted about the wives BEFORE the Utah results.”
Now who is the one making up quotes.
Cruz said IF Trump attacks his wife...he didn’t say Trump attacked his wife.
The polling results already had Cruz with an insurmountable lead. The polls don’t need to be closed to know who the winner is going to be.
Loosen up your tinfoil hat. It’s screwed on too tight.
OFFS he did already.
Where have you been?
cruz never attacked Trumps wife , but a group in his name did and it would have been right to have denounced this vile AD.
cruz did not and has now doubled down yet again.
Now that you’ve patronized me, do you feel like you have that Cruz momentum?
I can’t bear the excitement
There is only one possible candidate and a long shot hope for convention tricks.
Don’t I remember Cruz saying that Jeb Bush was responsible for what his PAC said in ads? That must have been before he became his best buddy.
The list of people endorsing him is not impressive:
Lindsey Graham, Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney.
Sorry, these are not assets if you ask me.
Good God now you lie about Cruz’s lies?
“The reason he’s doing that is because he had a very bad night last night. He got clobbered in Utah.” -Cruz
You should try READING instead of buying Cruz’s bull. He lies constantly but you are too into worship to notice. Sucks for you.
Did you even read past the headline?
"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.
Dear, saying that you will "spill the beans" someone is not an attack.
It is a warning that if your sock puppets continue to go after his wife that yours will become fair game.
Cruz is moving perilously close to "honey child" territory.
Why not just throw Rush in that mix.
Sheesh.
So....I’m guessing that now Ted who is officially endorsed by the Jeb, Romney, Graham, Ryan establishment IS that “only candidate?” That’s a real ‘hope’ for convention tricks unhuh....
All this machination and scheming and plotting to keep a man who is winning votes and delegates from getting fair treatment Republicans always profess they want for everyone. Yep....real cool.
I guess Cruz meant it when he told John Stossel he was going to follow Obama’s blueprint for victory. Nice,,now Cruz is taking after Obama. Unbelievable.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/02/10/technology-and-2016-election-ted-cruzs-secret-weapon.html
According to Stossel re Cruz - “He told my producers recently, “I bought a copy of David Plouffe, Obama’s campaign manager’s book, ‘The Audacity to Win,’ gave it to our senior team (and told them) we are going to nakedly and shamelessly emulate this.”
Good job Cruz-bots. Now your oh-so-smart guy needs to follow Obama’s lead to get the job done. You must be proud. Which candidate wife will be smeared today with your approval?
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