Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump seized on the poorly-kept Hill secret that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is wildly unpopular, even among his Republican colleagues, in a new Instagram video posted Friday afternoon.
“NOBODY LIKES TED…” the video, soundtracked by tango-lite music, begins.
Posted with the caption, “Does anybody like Lyin’ Ted?”, the video documents Cruz’s former roommate college, fellow senators and ex-bosses each offering their reasons for disliking him.
“Ted Cruz was my roommate. I did not like him at all in college,” Craig Mazin, a screenwriter whose disdain for his former roommate is well documented, is heard saying in the video.
Former Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole says he might “oversleep” on election day if Cruz is the nominee, while Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who endorsed Cruz’s campaign, says the Texas senator has been as bad as President Obama “if not worse.”
The video ends with an interview clip of Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly telling Cruz it was widely reported that George W. Bush didn’t like him, before flashing the text “TRUSTED?”
For his part, Trump once praised Cruz, saying in September, “I like him. He likes me. He’s backed me 100 percent.”
The video comes a day after a pro-Ohio Gov. John Kasich super PAC released a bizarre ad attacking Cruz that borrowed Trump’s “Lyin’ Ted” nickname.
Kasich told reporters Friday he’s “very unhappy with the use of that word” and he voiced his “displeasure” over the super PAC’s ad.
Watch Trump’s video below:
