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On the recordMarch 23, 2016
I have to say, seeing him go deeper and deeper into the gutter. It's not easy to tick me off. I don't get angry often. But you mess with my wife, you mess with my kids, that'll do it every time. Donald, you're a sniveling coward. Leave Heidi the hell alone.
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

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Ted Cruz responds to Donald Trump's comments about his wife, expressing anger and calling Trump a coward.

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