Donald Trump on Monday night once again ratcheted up his attacks on Sen. Ted Cruz, calling his GOP presidential rival “sick.”
“This guy is sick. There’s something wrong with this guy,” Trump said Monday night as he slammed Cruz for the senator’s campaign tactics, including the attack ads Cruz and his allies have run against Trump.
Cruz’s campaign has run several ads scrutinizing Trump’s record on a variety of issues important to conservatives, including Trump’s past support for abortion rights and stricter gun control measures.
Trump has repeatedly slammed Cruz since the Texas senator surged in the polls ahead of the Iowa caucuses and has since ramped up his attacks on him since Cruz beat Trump in the Iowa contest.
Campaigning in South Carolina last week, Trump also called Cruz “unstable” and “a basket case.”
Trump also pointed out Monday that he beat Cruz out for the most support among evangelical voters in the South Carolina primary and said evangelicals voted against Trump because “they don’t like liars.”
“They’re really smart people. They don’t want to vote for a liar,” Trump said Monday to a crowd of thousands packed into a Las Vegas arena.