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