Posted on 04/11/2016 2:42:38 PM PDT by markomalley
Ted Cruz mocked Donald Trump for "a lot of whining" and "cursing" over losing delegates to the Texas senator on the campaign trail.
Cruz told a California crowd he won "11 elections" in the past three weeks and said Trump has been beside himself ever since. The senator picked up scores of delegates in Colorado this weekend, which prompted Trump to deliver an indignant response on Twitter questioning the nominating process of the Centennial State.
"Now in response, Donald has been yelling and screaming, a lot of whining, I'm sure some cursing, and some late-night fever-tweeting. All the characteristics, I would note, we would want of a commander in chief," Cruz said on the trail in California. "And the latest thing he's seized upon is when people vote against him, they're stealing the election. It's a really odd notion. 'Well what is this democracy of which you speak? Wait, wait you mean voters get to vote? No, no, no. No, no, no.'"
Cruz went on to tout the importance of the upcoming Golden State nominating contest, and said it would determine the outcome of the entire GOP primary.
"I'm going to say a sentence that has not been said in 50 years. California is going to decide the Republican nomination for the presidency," Cruz said.
The California primary's 172 delegates will be up for grabs on June 7. Cruz is campaigning in the Golden State this week, and is making stops in Irvine and San Diego on Monday.
more like grandpa munster
So what was Cruz supposed to do? Be stupid like Trump and IGNORE the system and leave delegates on the table? Cruz didn't stop the democratic process, the GOP leaders of Colorado set up the rules for that state long before Cruz or Trump were even running for president.
Obviously to anyone with a brain, you wouldn't call it "stealing" if Trump had done it. For example, Trump got less than 50% of the vote in Florida but he got 100% of the delegates. OOOOOHH!! Trump STOLE delegates in Florida!!!! Which you will hear from Trumpsters exactly never.
It’s hilarious! Trump fired the guy in charge of CO two days before the Convention. Then his team passed out a sheet of Trump delegates to the Convention members with 7 misspelled entries and one with a CRUZ delegate by mistake. One big CF for Trump there; thus the tantrum to foist the blame onto CRUZ.
Yep. He likes to hide behind people.
Classic response by Cruz.
He deserves a laugh after Trump’s lying tantrum today.
Stop standing in front of a mirror.
Alinksy tactics: I see Trump using rules 1, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 13 throughout the entire campaign. Is his use off-putting as well, or is your outrage selective?
Cruz only *thinks* he is the chosen eGOP candidate. Wait until his prom date tosses him out of the limo at the convention and he find Paul “knee-pad” Ryan at the podium. Cruz is nothing but the useful idiot right now.
Trump screwed this up. LOL. Complete cluster by the Trump team.
trump wins either way..they go with Cruz it was stolen from him by dirty corrupt politicians like Cruz.it will almost be more fun to watch the demise of the Republican Party.
Election wipeout for the republicans.they will lose everything and I will lmao
How many votes did Kasich and Trump get in Colorado??
Do you know?
Two things irk me
Talk radio insistence Cruz is anti establishment even as the contradict their own words
Votes not counting and liberty loving people rationalizing it in the name of #nevertrump
You see that because you think Trump uses lies, because you're blinded to all the lies your candidate tells you, like the one about him never supporting amnesty, even though he did as recently as March 2015.
Cruz used to be revered on FR, now we see what a mistake that was....
Exactly. Because the more Trump whines the worse he looks.
‘Well what is this democracy of which you speak? Wait, wait you mean voters get to vote? No, no, no. No, no, no.’”
Exactly, Mr. Cruz. Voters should get to vote. And Mr. Constitutionalist, it’s not a democracy.
IF Cruz was losing 33% of the Republican votes last week, he’s losing 50% after Colorado.
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