Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Tuesday brushed off Donald Trump’s decision to repeat a rally attendee who called the Texas senator a “pussy,” chalking up the remark to the real estate mogul’s inability to deal with losing.
“Donald doesn’t handle losing very well and his typical response is to engage in insults, and usually the insults are pretty crude and profane,” Cruz told reporters in New Hampshire when asked about Trump’s comments, according to Buzzfeed News. “Look, he’s welcome to do that.”
“I’m not going to insult Donald,” Cruz continued. “I think the people of New Hampshire deserve better than someone just throwing mud and insulting the other candidates. And my focus is gonna be on record. Listen, there is a reason Donald Trump engages in profane insults, because he can’t defend his own record.”
During a Monday night rally, Trump repeated an audience member who said Cruz was a “pussy” because he opposed legalizing waterboarding.
“You’re not allowed to say it, and I never expect to hear it from you ever again. She said that he’s a pussy,” Trump said.
The Republican presidential candidate defended his use of the word on Tuesday morning, noting that he had to repeat it for crowd members who could not hear the original remark.
“We were all just having fun. It was a great moment,” he said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
Which of these two is most dislikable?
All of them, Katie.
Pontificates (rhymes with defecates) the man whose record is indefensible…
What record?
Trump has never held any elected office, ever. So what “record” is Cruz referring to?
Regarding the claim that the word pussy is short for pussilaminous – maybe originally. However not as used in current language or common understanding. Are we really to believe that the ignoramus supporting Trump at his rally – or Trump himself, are thinking of the word pussilaminous when they call a male a pussy? The intention is to degrade not only as coward, but as having female characteristics – its a sexist term as well as a homophobic slur.
We will know in a few hours, if/when Sen. Cruz loses, whether he can control his language in public.