Ted Cruz cast Donald Trump as a liberal in sheep’s clothing during a nationally televised town hall on Wednesday just days before the SC primary.
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“When you have Donald Trump and Marco Rubio repeatedly putting forth fabrications with no evidence, no basis whatsoever just trying to throw mud and attacks… that’s not indicative of candidates running an honest campaign”, he said.
George W. Bush’s rare emergence from political hibernation came at a time when Trump took several swipes at his two poisonous legacy of an unpopular war in Iraq and the economic recession that began at the end of his presidency. On Tuesday, Haley said Trump represents “everything a governor doesn’t want in a president”.
“One of the ways I can fight back is to bring a lawsuit against him”, Trump said. Likewise, if I want to bring the lawsuit regarding Senator Cruz being a natural-born Canadian, I will do so.
In a presidential race dominated by angst on both sides, with Trump and Bernie Sanders tapping into the frustrations of Republican and Democratic voters respectively, Kasich says he doesn’t see those feelings on the campaign trail. The ad features footage from a 1999 interview of Trump with Tim Russert in which the NY real estate mogul said: “I am very pro-choice”. Haley said she wants a president who is going to have the backs of military veterans, and those in active duty.
“If we elect Marco Rubio, every day will be a great day in America”, Haley said with Rubio at her side at an event in Chapin, South Carolina.
Donald Trump speaks to Ted Cruz at a break during the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate at the North Charleston Coliseum, Thursday.
“Mr. Trump has sent me a cease and desist letter saying stop telling the voters my record.”
Without mentioning Trump by name, the 69-year-old George W. Bush left no doubt he was talking about the NY billionaire who uses incendiary rhetoric at his campaign events.
Earlier Wednesday Rubio picked up the most coveted endorsement in SC — from gov. Nikki haley. “Even in the annals of frivolous lawsuits, this takes the cake”, the Texas senator warned.
Cruz has the backing of 28% of Republican voters nationwide, unseating Trump, who won the support of 26% in the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
In a statement issued by his campaign minutes after Cruz’s comments Wednesday, Trump pointed to the Cruz campaign’s tactics in Iowa, where staffers inaccurately portrayed Ben Carson as dropping out of the race while caucus-goers were still voting. I have been clear about my position on this issue for years.
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“I am pro-life and I do not support taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood as long as they are performing abortions”, Trump said in a statement. “We’re within striking distance right now of second place based on the polls”.
