Trump Condemns Cruz’s ‘Most Disgraceful’ Voter Violation Mailers

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at the Orpheum Theatre in Sioux City, Iowa, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump condemned mailers sent by Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) presidential campaign over the weekend, which implied Iowa voters had violated election law.

The mailer, which uses social pressure to urge potential voters to the polls, “grades” Iowa voters on their voting history — a practice not done by the state.

“I think it’s one of the most disgraceful things I have seen in politics,” Trump told MSNBC’s Chris Matthews on Sunday’s “Hardball.” “When you say violation, and then they’re giving you F’s for your voting records and they’re saying immediately come and vote. I think it’s one of the most horrible things that I have seen in politics.”

Here’s one of the mailers posted to Twitter from a user in Des Moines, Iowa:

“I don’t think I have ever seen anything like that in politics so bad,” Trump said.

The Iowa Secretary of State, a Republican, called the mailer “not in keeping in the spirit” of the Hawkeye State’s caucuses. In a statement published by BuzzFeed News, Paul Pate, the Iowa Secretary of State said the mailer “misrepresents Iowa election law.”

“The Iowa Secretary of State’s Office never ‘grades’ voters,” he said. “Nor does the Secretary of State maintain records related to Iowa Caucus participation.”

Pate also said Iowa caucuses are organized by state political parties — not local officials. The voter records can be purchased “for political purposes only, under Iowa Code,’ according to Pate’s statement.

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  1. Well, it’s not the most horrible thing that I’VE seen in politics.
    #SendTrumpAMirror

  2. “I don’t think I have ever seen anything like that in politics so bad,” Trump said.

    I’ve had my differences with HRC, but it’s been said that she answers questions in complete paragraphs, which is impressive. Trump, while not as bad Palin, can’t make it through a complete sentence without fucking it up.

  3. Avatar for lio lio says:

    One of the right wingers who post here once wrote about one of the debates that Cruz was the smartest man in the room. That person may want to reevaluate that assessment.

  4. The swine bites the snake. Or is it two enemy clowns locked in mortal combat forever in a paper bag? Or is it a re-enactment of the famous nude wrestling match between Tojo and Adolph? Or is it a tarantula vrs. a black widow? Regardless, this is what happens when two viciously selfish thugs with no moral compass except the elevation of selfishness go after each other.

  5. This is like Bubonic Plague criticizing the Ziku Virus for being mean to people.

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