Author Topic: Trump doubles down on Heidi Cruz attacks (Read 11482 times)

mystery-ak · « **on:** March 24, 2016, 01:14:17 pm »

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/274159-trump-doubles-down-on-heidi-cruz-attacks

March 24, 2016, 07:46 am
Trump doubles down on Heidi Cruz attacks

By Jesse Byrnes

Donald Trump has intensified his feud with Ted Cruz over the Republican presidential rival's wife after she slammed his statements for having "no basis in reality."

Trump shared an image on Twitter around midnight Wednesday comparing his wife, Melania, a former model, to Cruz's wife, stating, "A picture is worth a thousand words."

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Donald J. Trump
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‎@realDonaldTrump

"@Don_Vito_08: "A picture is worth a thousand words" @realDonaldTrump #LyingTed #NeverCruz @MELANIATRUMP pic.twitter.com/5bvVEwMVF8"
10:55 PM - 23 Mar 2016

"Donald, real men don't attack women. Your wife is lovely, and Heidi is the love of my life," Cruz responded in a tweet of his own.

Trump raised the specter of a lurid fight Cruz with a tweet Tuesday night, amid primary voting in Arizona and Utah, that threatened to "spill the beans" on his rival's wife.

He cited an ad from an anti-Trump super-PAC that featured his wife Melania posing nude, claiming it was from Cruz, who has confirmed that he has no connection to the group.

Cruz pushed back immediately, tweeting, "Donald, if you try to attack Heidi, you're more of a coward than I thought." He later knocked him in a series of interviews, saying the threat to go after his wife "should be beneath Donald" and suggesting it illustrated the businessman's character.

Trump is more than halfway to locking up the GOP nomination as Cruz looks to thwart his path to the required 1,237 delegates, forcing a contested convention in July to determine the nominee.

“Most of the things Donald Trump says have no basis in reality,” Heidi Cruz told reporters during a campaign stop Wednesday in Wisconsin, acknowledging Trump's threat to go after her publicly.

sinkspur · « **Reply #1 on:** March 24, 2016, 01:29:57 pm »

This, folks, is who some here are touting as the man to lead the free world.

When is Trump going to suddenly start acting "presidential"?

ABX · « **Reply #2 on:** March 24, 2016, 01:32:08 pm »

Quote from: sinkspur on March 24, 2016, 01:29:57 pm

This, folks, is who some here are touting as the man to lead the free world.

When is Trump going to suddenly start acting "presidential"?

he is just using his buddy Bill Clinton as a role model (but even Bill wasn't this much of a richard)

Bill Cipher · « **Reply #3 on:** March 24, 2016, 01:33:24 pm »

Quote from: AbaraXas on March 24, 2016, 01:32:08 pm

he is just using his buddy Bill Clinton as a role model (but even Bill wasn't this much of a richard)

And even Nixon wasn't as petty.

andy58-in-nh · « **Reply #4 on:** March 24, 2016, 01:34:27 pm »

Quote from: sinkspur on March 24, 2016, 01:29:57 pm

This, folks, is who some here are touting as the man to lead the free world.

When is Trump going to suddenly start acting "presidential"?

His supporters don't want "presidential". They dig "dictatorial".

mountaineer · « **Reply #5 on:** March 24, 2016, 01:45:13 pm »

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He cited an ad from an anti-Trump super-PAC that featured his wife Melania posing nude, claiming it was from Cruz, who has confirmed that he has no connection to the group.

Some Trump supporters here have insisted that Cruz had a say in what this PAC did. This may be anecdotal, but in my experience running for state office in 2012, I had no idea what PACs supporting me were doing. One day, without any warning whatsoever, I received a mailing (that had gone out to everyone in my district) encouraging people to vote for me. I hadn't had any contact with the group funding and disseminating this advertising. I didn't know what they were going to say about me.

musiclady · « **Reply #6 on:** March 24, 2016, 01:46:42 pm »

Donald Trump is a deeply disturbed individual, and an ugly human being.

ABX · « **Reply #7 on:** March 24, 2016, 01:53:03 pm »

Quote from: mountaineer on March 24, 2016, 01:45:13 pm

Some Trump supporters here have insisted that Cruz had a say in what this PAC did. This may be anecdotal, but in my experience running for state office in 2012, I had no idea what PACs supporting me were doing. One day, without any warning whatsoever, I received a mailing (that had gone out to everyone in my district) encouraging people to vote for me. I hadn't had any contact with the group funding and disseminating this advertising. I didn't know what they were going to say about me.

It would also have been illegal for Cruz to have any coordination with them, either telling them to run it or telling them not to.

mountaineer · « **Reply #8 on:** March 24, 2016, 02:01:31 pm »

Quote from: AbaraXas on March 24, 2016, 01:53:03 pm

It would also have been illegal for Cruz to have any coordination with them, either telling them to run it or telling them not to.

Yes, there's also that.

jmyrlefuller · « **Reply #9 on:** March 24, 2016, 04:48:49 pm »

He didn't even try the CFR attack that those who support him here have been using. He went to the superficial, shallow level of looks.

Of course, as I said before: at least Ted is loyal to his ONE wife. When Melania's looks fade, when will The Donald move onto #4?

Formerly Once-Ler · « **Reply #10 on:** March 24, 2016, 04:54:11 pm »

Quote from: sinkspur on March 24, 2016, 01:29:57 pm

This, folks, is who some here are touting as the man to lead the free world.

When is Trump going to suddenly start acting "presidential"?

Trump is disgusting.

Bill Cipher · « **Reply #11 on:** March 24, 2016, 04:55:45 pm »

Quote from: Once-Ler on March 24, 2016, 04:54:11 pm

Trump is disgusting.

I know. Trouble is, Clinton and Sanders are even more disgusting. This is such a sad, depressing election season when it could have, should have, been triumphal for the GOP.

mountaineer · « **Reply #12 on:** March 24, 2016, 04:57:17 pm »

Quote from: Bill Cipher on March 24, 2016, 04:55:45 pm

I know. Trouble is, Clinton and Sanders are even more disgusting. This is such a sad, depressing election season when it could have, should have, been triumphal for the GOP.

'Zackly.

ABX · « **Reply #13 on:** March 24, 2016, 05:21:05 pm »

Quote from: jmyrlefuller on March 24, 2016, 04:48:49 pm

He didn't even try the CFR attack that those who support him here have been using. He went to the superficial, shallow level of looks.

Of course, as I said before: at least Ted is loyal to his ONE wife. When Melania's looks fade, when will The Donald move onto #4?

The problem with the CFR attack, is Trump just named his foreign policy team and more than half are CFR members.