Christie And Cruz Hammer Cancer-Stricken Jimmy Carter On The Trail

Former President Jimmy Carter talks about his cancer diagnosis during a news conference at The Carter Center in Atlanta on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. Carter announced that his cancer is on four small spots on his brain... Former President Jimmy Carter talks about his cancer diagnosis during a news conference at The Carter Center in Atlanta on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. Carter announced that his cancer is on four small spots on his brain and he will immediately begin radiation treatment, saying he is "at ease with whatever comes." (AP Photo/Phil Skinner) MORE LESS
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Republican presidential candidates Chris Christie and Ted Cruz continued to attack former President Jimmy Carter from the campaign trail over the weekend, even after the Democrat announced he would undergo radiation treatment for cancer that had spread to his brain.

Politico reported that Christie told an audience at the Iowa State Fair on Saturday that the United States has a “weak” president, adding that, “(Obama) makes Jimmy Carter look strong,” according to the publication.

Also at the fair on Friday, Cruz compared the Obama and Carter administrations, saying they have the “same failed domestic policies, same misery, stagnation and malaise, same feckless and naïve foreign policy,” according to the publication.

Cruz even wished Carter well on Twitter before his comments in Iowa.

Obama also told Carter on social media that he was praying for him.

Carter taught a Sunday school lesson this weekend, days after his radiation treatment.

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