Cruz on Trump labeling him ‘Lyin’ Ted’: ‘The man has an instinctual genius’
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · North America
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) praised President Trump’s “instinctual genius” for giving him the nickname “Lyin’ Ted” during their intense 2016 Republican presidential primary fight. In a Wednesday interview with the New York Post’s “Podcast One,” Cruz called the nickname “politically very effective” at the time, arguing Trump used it to undercut what Cruz considered one…
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