Then on Sunday morning, Trump made his big move: It’s actually Cruz, not the former reality-show character, who doesn’t have the “right temperament” to be commander in chief. Last week, a recording of Cruz at a private event, however, indicated a change in this strategy when he questioned Trump’s judgement on national security.
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That helps Cruz capture Trump supporters and other Republicans who are flat-out angry their party is not more conservative.
Florida Senator Marco Rubio gathered 13 percent support and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson was at 10 percent.
But that poll, released Monday, was conducted before Trump released his controversial proposal to ban all Muslims entering the United States.
Trump told Tapper that voters should pick him over Cruz because he’s “more capable” to lead the country and that he gets along with people “much better” than Cruz. “You never get things done that way”, he said.
According to a story from Bloomberg News, its most recent poll shows Cruz has the support of 31 percent of those likely to attend the Republican caucuses on February 1, with Trump at 21 percent. “I don’t think the polls are accurate”, said Trump, who has spent much of his campaign highlighting positive polling.
“He’ll never get anything done, and that’s the problem with Ted”, Trump said. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is dancing to a different tune than any of the other candidates who have faced attacks from fellow candidate Donald Trump.
Cruz is also behind Clinton in a general election match-up – albeit by a slimmer margin – as Cruz falling 3 points short of Clinton’s 48% support in the poll.
Trump began targeting Cruz after The New York Times last week reported Cruz questioned the presidential qualifications of Trump and Carson in a closed-door session with campaign donors. “I’m sure it will end because, you know, he has got to come after me at some point”.
The numbers aren’t in Donald Trump’s favor this time.
An NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey published Sunday night found that Cruz had surged to 22%, the No. 2 position behind front-runner Donald Trump’s 27%.
Mr. Rubio placed third at 15 percent, followed by Mr. Carson at 11 percent, Mr. Bush at 7 percent and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina at 5 percent.
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In an interview broadcast Sunday by CNN’s “State of the Union”, Trump tried to counter Cruz’s remarks about his judgment by highlighting his business success.
