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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He is a liar. Clearly Trump did not threaten his wife.
No he didn’t.
Do you have any proof that Cruz broke federal election law and coordinated with the Super PAC in question?
Or will you admit that you are a chicken-s$!t liar?
The media is all in for Cruz to stop Trump. If that is accomplished they will rip Cruz to shreds.
What attack? Have you denounced the super-Pac ad attacking Trump’s wife?
What is it with you cultists? The Cruz campaign had nothing to do with the crap with Trump’s wife.
Zip. Zero. Nada.
Put up proof that they had a hand in it or like with the rest of the bloviating bullsh*t that comes out of DJT’s mouth...just shut up about it.
Used to support Cruz, even gave some money.
Sad that he turned out as he has. Very disappointed.
His negatives outweigh his positives.
370 million Americans, and we have these choices.
Sheesh!
There's an understatement.
When did Ted Cruz attack Trump's wife? (Check your facts before responding)
Speaking of “character”...lets talk about donations to Pelosi, Clinton, The Clinton Foundation, Chuck Schumer and Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell by one Donald J Trump.
What does that tell you about HIS character?
Or does character only count when it’s NOT your guy?
What did he lie about?
I voted for Cruz in the Super Tuesday primary. I am sort of creeped out by him now. I can now see through his holier than thou bs.
And, yeah, I will be voting for anybody but Hillary even if it is somehow cruz.
Trump sure seemed to think he did, and thus his response.
Explain how he allowed it. The GQ pics of Melania were released by an anti-Trump PAC, completely out of the control of any campaign.
If Cruz doesn’t know what that PAC is doing how did he know what Trump was talking about in his Tweet?
Seems he Tweeted back immediately that it was not his ad.
Tell me from Trump’s Tweet how he knew about that ad??
Please explain how Cruz has any kind of control over a PAC not associated with the campaign?
I’m curious to see the pretzel you have to twist yourself into in order to make that association.
He hasn’t even attacked your wife yet just warned you not to attack his wife or he will respond back
They won’t have to do that. If Trump is stopped, everyone will just go back to buying ammo and stay home.
OK Cruz, Trump’s wife is more beautiful than yours. Get over it.
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