Cruz: Trump Criticized My Wife Because He’s ‘Scared’ To Discuss Foreign Policy

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks at a campaign stop, Friday, March 25, 2016, in Oshkosh, Wis. (AP Photo/Darren Hauck)
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) argued Sunday that rival Donald Trump criticized his wife, Heidi, because Trump was “scared” to debate foreign policy issues.

“Attacking spouses and children is off-limits. It has no place in politics,” Cruz said on “Fox News Sunday.”

Trump tweeted about an anti-Trump ad that used a photo of Melania from a GQ photo shoot and threatened to “spill the beans” on Heidi. Cruz responded on Twitter that his camp didn’t have anything to do with the ad. The next day, Trump retweeted a meme with an unflattering photo of Heidi Cruz side by side with a more flattering photo of his wife.

Cruz then told Trump to leave Heidi “the hell alone” — a threat he seemed to reiterate on Sunday.

“And sadly, what Donald has done, when he gets scared — listen, particularly on foreign policy, Donald is out of his depth, he doesn’t know,” Cruz said. “He doesn’t understand these issues.”

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  1. Dear dog help me, I agree with Ted Cruz.

  2. No, Trump is discussing Cruz’s wife because Trump is a sexist buffoon.

  3. I thought this was about Cruz. Well, i got some good < span style=“line-height: 1em;” jokes too.

  4. Ah, no, Rafael. If you go through the NY Times transcript, he’s quite willing to spout out about any kind of foreign policy. Now, none of it’s sane, but that’s par for the course.

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