Cruz rips Trump for ‘profane insult’
Responding to being called a "pu–y" last night, @tedcruz says profanity is Trump's style & says it's not surprising pic.twitter.com/VqhGaggDhg
— Katherine Faulders (@KFaulders) February 9, 2016
Ted Cruz on Tuesday said he wouldn’t respond in kind to Donald Trump’s calling the Texas senator a “pussy.”
Instead, Cruz went after the outspoken billionaire on healthcare, arguing Trump couldn’t defend “his support of government controlled healthcare, of socialized medicine,” according to The Observer.
{mosads}”If you vote for me, we’re going to repeal every word of ObamaCare. Donald can’t defend that substance,” Cruz told media in New Hampshire, which is voting Tuesday in its primary.
“So instead, his approach is to engage in a profane insult. I’m not gonna respond in kind.”
Trump on Monday night echoed a woman during a rally in Manchester, N.H., who labeled Cruz a “pussy” for not coming out in support of waterboarding, which Trump was discussing.
The real estate tycoon defended voicing the term earlier in the day Tuesday, saying on MSNBC that “we were all just having fun.”
Trump is leading polls in New Hampshire, but has caught flak for using the term at his rally. Former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu called it “demeaning of the office he’s seeking.”
Cruz’s campaign has argued that Trump resorts to insults after losses, pointing to his loss to Cruz in the Iowa caucuses last week.
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