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Donald Trump says Ted Cruz is telling ‘lie after lie’

“He’s just saying lie after lie”. ‘He’s so nervous, ‘ Trump told ABC’s GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS on ‘Good Morning America.’ ‘He’s such a mess.’ In response to a clip of the real estate mogul previously saying he was pro-choice, Trump now insisted he is pro-life.

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Trump then added that he now prefers a “private system” and proposed a standard Republican idea: allowing insurance to be sold across state lines. “I saw him the other day”.

“He’s born in Canada, on Canadian soil, I mean come on”, jabbed Trump, who gained political prominence during the Obama administration for raising false questions about President Obama’s birth.

Trump’s searing attack on Cruz was a continuation of a narrative he began Monday afternoon? with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.

Pointing out that most people don’t even know what eminent domain is, Trump cast it in a positive light – something used to build highways and hospitals.

Three recent polls of the Iowa race show Trump pulling away with a lead over Cruz after several weeks showing the two virtually tied in the first-in-the-nation contest.

While Trump’s verbal attacks caused Cruz’s Iowa voting numbers to slip, he still responded with with no aggression.

Some of the criticisms Trump has unleashed on Cruz, including questioning Cruz’s commitment to stopping illegal immigration in a new ad, seem to be working.

Trump says he may not turn up to the debate next Friday if the host Fox’s Megan Kelly isn’t replaced.

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Trump cited the ad as the latest example of Cruz misrepresenting his positions.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally at Muscatine High School in Muscatine Iowa Sunday Jan. 24 2016