Ted Cruz To Donald Trump: Yes, I’m A ‘Maniac’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, greet each other on stage during a rally organized by Tea Party Patriots in on Capitol Hill in Washington, ... Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, greet each other on stage during a rally organized by Tea Party Patriots in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, to oppose the Iran nuclear agreement. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) MORE LESS
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As Sen. Ted Cruz (TX) rises in popularity with Iowa Republican voters, Donald Trump has started taking swings at the Texas senator, who continues to shrug off Trump’s attacks.

Though Cruz has refrained from criticizing Trump in public, he questioned the real estate mogul’s “judgement” during a private fundraiser last week. He later tried to downplay the comments, noting that voters will have to decide whether each candidate has good judgement.

Trump last week called out Cruz for attacking him in private but refusing to do so in public. But the senator would not accept Trump’s challenge to take his attacks out into the open.

Then on Sunday, Trump said on CNN that he has “far better judgement” than Cruz. And on “Fox News Sunday,” Trump said Cruz doesn’t have the right “temperament” to be president, describing him as a “maniac.”

“You look at the way he’s dealt with the Senate, where he goes in there like a — frankly like a little bit of a maniac,” Trump said. “You can’t walk into the Senate and scream and call people liars and not be able to cajole and get along with people. He’ll never get anything done.”

On Sunday evening, Trump again challenged Cruz to bash him in public.

And Cruz then admitted to being a “maniac” in a tweet including a video from “Flashdance.”

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  1. Who’s ready for a Derp Off?

  2. Avatar for lew lew says:

    IN the spirit of the 80s and after reading Cruz’s imbecilic comments, all I can say is “gag me with a spoon”.

  3. CAT FIGHT!!! :cat: :cat2:

    will there be wet T-Shirts too?

  4. Avatar for buford buford says:

    these folks have taken campaigning for a once proud and powerful office, and reduced it to WWE entertainment…the “cheapening of America” is a sole product of the republican party…

  5. Ted dancin’ around in spandex underwear – because no other image conveys his machismo better!

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