Ted Cruz Tuesday punched back at Donald Trump after spending a week on the receiving end of attacks from the billionaire businessman, including charges that the senator isn’t eligible to be president because he was born in Canada.
After months of caution about criticizing Trump’s campaign, Cruz of late has gone more negative on the GOP front-runner. That after the real estate mogul last week began suggesting the Texas senator may not be eligible to be president because he was born in Canada, an argument supported by Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe.
“I will say it is more than a little strange to see Donald relying on as authoritative a liberal, left wing, judicial activist Harvard Law professor who is a huge Hillary supporter,” Cruz told reporters in Hudson, New Hampshire, Tuesday. “It starts to make you think, gosh, why are Hillary’s strongest supporters backing Donald Trump?”
Cruz then added that Democrats are eager to see Trump as the GOP nominee and suggested that should raise a red flag.
“You know, the past couple of elections we saw the Democrats thrilled that they got the nominee they wanted to run against in the general election,” he said. “And it seems the Hillary folks are very eager to support Donald Trump and the attacks that are being tossed my direction.”