![]() Trump retweeted a follower early Thursday morning who posted a picture of Heidi Cruz alongside a glamor shot of Melania Trump. Donald, if you try to attack Heidi, you're more of a coward than I thought. Donald, if you try to attack Heidi, you’re more of a coward than I thought. ![]() That ad was produced by an anti-Trump super PAC, Make America Awesome, which has no known connection to the Cruz campaign.Ĭruz responded on Twitter by saying that the ad was not from him and if he went after his wife, then Trump is a “coward.” Trump appears to be referring to a Facebook advertisement targeted to Mormons that shows Trump’s wife, Melania, posing nude. Be careful, Lyin' Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife!- Donald J. Lyin' Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from a G.Q. Trump tweeted and deleted a similar version of the Tweet about 10 minutes earlier. Be careful, Lyin’ Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife!,” he tweeted Tuesday evening, just minutes before polls closed in Arizona. “Lyin’ Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from a G.Q. The real estate mogul tweeted that the Texas senator should “be careful” or he would “spill the beans on your wife” Heidi Cruz. Representatives for Cruz and Trump did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.Donald Trump escalated his feud with Ted Cruz on Twitter Tuesday - but this time he also involved the Texas senator’s wife, who hit back on Wednesday at an impromptu press conference. In October 2018, Trump called Cruz "Beautiful Ted," a sharp turn from his campaign trail nickname for the senator, " Lying Ted." Cruz was also seen having dinner with Trump at Mar-a-Lago in May 2021, months after the Capitol riot. Trump continued to rehash this conspiracy theory even after he accepted the GOP's nomination for president. In July 2016, Cruz said he would not back Trump "like a servile puppy dog" after insults to his family.īoth men seem to have buried the hatchet. In May 2016, Trump also baselessly alleged that Cruz's father was with Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, before Oswald killed the president. Your wife is lovely, and Heidi is the love of my life." In response to Trump's 2016 insult, Cruz hit back at Trump on Twitter, writing: "Donald, real men don't attack women. Heidi Cruz did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.Ĭruz's claim that his wife laughed off the insult appears to be an attempt to show he has a positive relationship with Trump despite their acrimonious exchanges in the past. It was idiotic."Ĭruz added, however, that Trump won "in the end." This, he said, motivated him to get over how his "feelings were hurt" and to instead focus on representing Texans in the Senate. "My father laughed, by the way - my dad didn't just kill Kennedy, he's got Jimmy Hoffa buried in the backyard. "I tell you, Heidi laughed when he said that," Cruz said. So tell us: Were you lying then, or are you lying now?"Ĭruz responded that he and Trump "beat the living crap out of each other" when they were both campaigning for the presidential nomination. "But you obviously have gotten over it, today you sing a very different tune. I don't know how you get over those kinds of calumnies against your father," Navarro said. "I frankly don't know how you get over your wife being called ugly. Navarro also brought up Trump's baseless accusation that Cruz's father, Rafael Cruz, took part in former President John F. "A picture is worth a thousand words," read the caption Trump posted, along with the hashtag #LyingTed. ![]() When they were both running for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, Trump shared an unflattering photo of Heidi Cruz next to a photo of his own wife, Melania. On "The View" on Monday, host Ana Navarro asked Cruz about Trump's 2016 insult. Ted Cruz on Monday said his wife, Heidi Cruz, laughed when former President Donald Trump insulted her looks in 2016. Trump in 2016 posted an unflattering photo of Cruz's wife next to one of his own wife, Melania. Ted Cruz said his wife, Heidi Cruz, laughed off Donald Trump's insult about her looks.Ĭruz said his "feelings were hurt" but that he moved on to focus on serving Texans. ![]()
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