Republican U.S. presidential candidate businessman Donald Trump (L) listens as rival candidate Senator Ted Cruz speaks during the Fox Business Network Republican presidential candidates debate in North Charleston, South Carolina January 14, 2016.
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That began to change, however, when a secret recording surfaced last month of Cruz questioning Trump’s judgment at a Republican fundraiser, The New York Times reported.
Ted Cruz is condemning the deadly shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic, but is refusing to blame the attack on the anti-abortion rhetoric that has consumed stretches of the Republican primary campaign.
Trump then referenced a loan Cruz received from Goldman Sachs during his 2012 Senate candidacy as well as a New York Times report from Friday that said Cruz failed to disclose a second loan from Citibank during his 2012 Senate run.
“I don’t think Ted Cruz has a great chance, to be honest with you”, Trump told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos in an interview on “This Week” Sunday.
Cruz responded to Trump’s tirade Saturday morning, saying it was Trump’s way of attacking Cruz since they’re close in polls. “So, you know my views are a little bit different than if I lived in Iowa”.
As for Trump’s Democrat donations, on the other hand, Cruz mentioned a list of Democrats that Trump supported which included Hilary Clinton, Andrew Cumo, Weiner and Rahm Emmanuel.
“Frankly, they’re not the rest of the country’s values”, Cruz continues.
Cruz calls it a “paperwork error” that he included the loans only on Senate personal financial disclosures, but not on the Federal Election Commission filings that typically get more attention before voters cast ballots.
“To be honest, I don’t know what Donald’s position is”, Cruz said.
I think it’s interesting that Trump … basically said at [a] family values forum he’s never asked for forgiveness, but yet he is Christian.
“He’s taken money from people that are very much into the whole gay marriage situation”, he said on This Week. Trump retorted: “Say whatever you want”.
“Believe me, if I could say ‘liberal Jews, ‘ I would”, Killam said.
Cruz said that he’s been a “consistent” conservative but noted that Trump has donated to Democrats in the past and expressed support for progressive policies. “He explained that the key to understanding Donald Trump’s worldview is understanding that he is from New York City, from Manhattan, and those are the values and views that he has embraced his entire life”. Several New Hampshire Republicans cautioned that poll is an outlier and insist Cruz will place third or fourth.
“They don’t want to wake up every day wondering if the latest polls might set off the commander in chief into a frenzy of tweets”.
‘Oh, he’s a total hypocrite, ‘ Trump insisted.
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Trump also bashed Cruz for his “wiseguy apology” to the people of NY for knocking Trump’s “New York values”.
