That said, Donald Trump could have responded to Cruz with sympathy and trust. Say something like ‘I have met Ted Cruz, I have spent time with him, his wife, their kids. Ted is a family man and I can't imagine anything like this being remotely true.’
With a simple statement like that, he would have 1) soothed over some of the relationship with Cruz supporters and 2) if any part of it was actually true, his sympathetic statement would have buried Cruz once and for all. Maybe because of Trumps own past he just couldn't say it.
I don't like what this primary season has done to the republicans as a party and the candidates themselves. Sad. But worse yet is what I have seen FreeRepublic denigrate into. FR is such a habit for me, a source of truth and camaraderie, but these last couple months...not our best moment...
How could anyone expect Trump to respond that way AFTER Cruz came charging out of the gate blaming Trump? With ZERO evidence to support it.
Personally, I don’t like the circus aspect of things but I do enjoy the light being shined on who the traitors are in the GOPe, it’s important to know and deal with them when their elections come up.