Trump Blasts Cruz On Everything From Loan Disclosures To Gay Marriage

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, in Portsmouth, N.H. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

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:

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.

Latest Livewire

Notable Replies

  1. Hard to pick someone to root for in this poo flinging contest.

  2. Avatar for anniew anniew says:

    LOL, I hate Trump and all he stands for, but he does know how to throw a mean punch.

  3. Most punchable face meets Trump tweet fist, er, fest

  4. Avatar for drf55 drf55 says:

    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.

  5. 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.

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

126 more replies

Participants

Avatar for ajm Avatar for sabatia Avatar for anniew Avatar for josephebacon Avatar for srfromgr Avatar for feathered_head Avatar for navamske Avatar for trnc Avatar for teenlaqueefa Avatar for inlabsitrust Avatar for mrcomments Avatar for mantan Avatar for yankeeclipper Avatar for harry_r_sohl Avatar for stradivarius50t3 Avatar for longtimeobserver Avatar for darcy Avatar for greycardinal Avatar for darrtown Avatar for benthere Avatar for misterneutron Avatar for professorpoopypants Avatar for swampcritter Avatar for Landshark2995

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: