Donald Trump (Sort Of) Just Called Ted Cruz a "Pussy"
Apparently, at a campaign event in New Hampshire on Monday, a Trump supporter shouted out that Ted Cruz was a “pussy.” Trump had been criticizing Cruz’s torture policies.
To be completely clear, Trump just REPEATED a crowd member’s accusation that Cruz is a pussy. Then he very sarcastically “reprimanded” her.
— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) February 9, 2016
“We’re gonna do a lot worse than waterboarding” still probably the most offensive thing he’s said in the last 24h, tho. Pussies are great.
— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) February 9, 2016
Update – 10:05 pm
Mic found the woman who originally shouted the comment about Cruz. She declined to tell us her name or be photographed, but agreed to answer a few questions. The 52-year-old woman from Salem, New Hampshire, said the Trump event was her first political rally of the cycle, but described herself a “huge Trump supporter.”
“I watched the debate, and [Ted Cruz] just comes across as a pussy,” she told Mic on the floor of the Verizon Center. “He doesn’t have the balls to stand up to Putin. He doesn’t have the balls to stand up to other leaders of others countries.”
When asked whether she trusts Trump, she answered, “He’s got the balls the size of watermelons, whereas the other ones got the balls of little grapes.” She then specified the size of other candidates’ testicles. “The other one, Rubio, [has balls] like a raisin.”
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