UPDATE: Sunday 2:45 p.m. Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump really doesn’t like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and he wants the voters to know it.
Between campaign events on Saturday, Trump sent more than a dozen tweets blasting the freshman Senator on everything from his comments about “New York values” to the revelation that Cruz didn’t properly disclose a loan from Goldman Sachs (his wife’s employer) while running for Senate.
Trump even continued questioning Cruz’s eligibility to run because of his birth in Calagry, Canada to a Cuban father and an American mother.
Here’s a sampling:
Ted Cruz was born in Canada and was a Canadian citizen until 15 months ago. Lawsuits have just been filed with more to follow. I told you so
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 16, 2016
Ted Cruz said he “didn’t know” that he was a Canadian Citizen. He also FORGOT to file his Goldman Sachs Million $ loan papers.Not believable
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 16, 2016
Based on the fact that Ted Cruz was born in Canada and is therefore a “natural born Canadian,” did he borrow unreported loans from C banks?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 16, 2016
Ted Cruz purposely, and illegally, did not list on his personal disclosure form personally guaranteed loans from banks. They own him!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 16, 2016
Everybody that loves the people of New York, and all they have been thru, should get hypocrites like Ted Cruz out of politics!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 16, 2016
When will @TedCruz give all the New York based campaign contributions back to the special interests that control him.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 16, 2016
Is this the New York that Ted Cruz is talking about & demeaning? pic.twitter.com/rYGX9vazku
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 16, 2016
If Ted Cruz is so opposed to gay marriage, why did he accept money from people who espouse gay marriage?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 16, 2016
The calm and congenial relationship between the two candidates battling for the Republican presidential nomination is over. The nominating contest starts with the Iowa caucus on Feb. 1.
Hard to pick someone to root for in this poo flinging contest.
LOL, I hate Trump and all he stands for, but he does know how to throw a mean punch.
Most punchable face meets Trump tweet fist, er, fest
I find Cruz just about as repulsive as Trump, but I’ve got to side with Cruz on this one. The Goldman loan is a big non-story. First, apparently it was disclosed by Cruz on his Senate ethics disclosure submissions, just not on the disclosure forms for the election. If Cruz were really trying to hide this, he wouldn’t have disclosed anywhere. Second, I read that the loan was against his brokerage account, which basically means that he has sufficient value in the account and simply wanted to borrow against it. Since it’s a Goldman account, it makes sense to borrow from Goldman against it. This is hardly the kind of loan that would create undue influence. Third, it’s very easy for Trump to criticize other candidates for loans and corporate contributions, since he’s self-funding. Unfortunately, the other candidates aren’t in a position to do that.
Cruz is right–he should stick to issues.
But that is not the way the Donald plays. And it will be ironic if Cruz can’t the media to focus away - they taught Fox that (or visa versa) that truth does not matter. Based on Trump’s tweets he’s going for the full domination. Go ahead Ted, try to use logic and reason with your potential voters. They have not been trained that way… I don’t follow this very closely (headlines only usually) but I see what Josh is talking about. Interesting indeed.