Uh oh it looks like el Trumpo has been reading some far right fringe blogs because now he’s bringing up doubts around Ted Cruz’s eligibility to be president!!
From the Washington Post:
Donald Trump said in an interview that rival Ted Cruz’s Canadian birthplace was a “very precarious” issue that could make the Texas senator vulnerable if he became the Republican presidential nominee.
“Republicans are going to have to ask themselves the question: ‘Do we want a candidate who could be tied up in court for two years?’ That’d be a big problem,” Trump said when asked about the topic. “It’d be a very precarious one for Republicans because he’d be running and the courts may take a long time to make decision. You don’t want to be running and have that kind of thing over your head.”
Trump added, “I’d hate to see something like that get in his way. But a lot of people are talking about it and I know that even some states are looking at it very strongly, the fact that he was born in Canada and he has had a double passport.”
Catherine Frazier, a spokeswoman for Cruz, declined to comment Tuesday.
But the official Ted Cruz Twitter account DID respond, and they did it hilariously:
My response to @realDonaldTrump calling into question my natural-born citizenship? https://t.co/gWfAHznlCY
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 5, 2016
That’s the scene that brought into our parlance the use of the term “jumping the shark” to signify that someone’s relevancy had reached it’s zenith and was in decline.
Former Cruz spokesperson Amanda Carpenter noted this flip flop on the issue:
There's the Birther Trump we all knew and loved from the 2008 election! (Pls note sarcasm). You knew it was coming! https://t.co/WncK5Zmu4y
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) January 5, 2016
Reminder: The birthers gave the Tea Party a really bad name. Don't let Trump screw over activist conservatives again.
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) January 5, 2016
Personally, I'm glad that Trump is reintroducing himself as a birther. Tried it against Obama, now it's a Cruz conspiracy, too. K!
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) January 5, 2016
According to Trump: Cruz may not be a evangelical, may not be an American. He's probably not Hispanic, either. Wait for it!
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) January 5, 2016
Trump again says something stupid about Cruz, Cruz replies with a funny video. I like this game. It's a convo stopper.
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) January 5, 2016
A few months ago Donald Trump said lawyers told him Cruz's citizenship wasn't in question https://t.co/DKAoeT8MZE
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) January 5, 2016
TRUMP: “I hear it was checked out by every attorney and every which way and I understand Ted is in fine shape”
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) January 5, 2016
But, as Trump says, if someone gains in the polls he has to criticize them for something! So, flip flopperyoo it is
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) January 5, 2016
Donald Trump Sept 2015: Cruz's citizenship "checked out by every attorney…Ted is in fine shape." Did Trump change lawyers?
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) January 5, 2016
Is Cruz right about Trump jumping the shark? Or will the Donald defeat the Cruzinator the way he has other GOP competitors?!