Bush, Trump continue to trade insults: ‘jerk,’ ‘dumb as a rock’

In Iowa and elsewhere, Rubio’s support for legalization still lingers in the minds of many conservatives.

Despite exchanging frequent jabs this week, Ted Cruz praised Senate colleague Marco Rubio on Saturday, calling him a “talented leader” and saying he could “of course” see a role for Rubio in a Cruz administration. On talk radio, on the campaign trail and on television in states like Iowa, Mr. Rubio is suddenly facing a torrent of criticism from his own party unlike anything he has faced so far in the presidential race.

Cruz said that the amendment he offered in 2013 was a “poison pill” meant to expose those behind the “Gang of Eight” bill who, he said, were angling for amnesty above all other forms of immigration reform. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, right, accompanied by Sen.

“I think on a number of issues, he wants to have it both ways, depending on which audience he’s talking to”, Paul said of Cruz.

“I really think it’s been blown out of proportion”, Carter Cobb, 56, a retired Navy veteran with a gelled head of spiky grey hair, told MSNBC.

“I oppose amnesty. I oppose citizenship”.

Conservative blogger Michelle Malkin, who appeared separately on “The Laura Ingraham Show”, said Cruz has gotten stronger on the immigration issue since the 2013 debate. One of those would have supported legalization, but banned a pathway to citizenship. “Rubio or any other candidate running to make that same statement, to be clear where they stand”. In an interview Friday with CBS, Rubio defended his decision to skip the vote, using an explanation similar to what Cruz said after missing the confirmation vote for Attorney General Loretta Lynch earlier this year. I oppose legalization for those here illegally. “He’s a friend of mine, he’s charming, he’s an incredible communicator”, Cruz told reporters during a campaign event in Georgia.

Cruz insisted that was not the case, and they kept going back and forth as Van Susteren repeatedly tried to press Cruz on why, then, the letter says so. Cruz said at one point, visibly irritated. The Iowa Poll gave Ted Cruz a 31 percent to 21 percent lead over Donald Trump in Iowa.

Voters at a Cruz rally in Las Vegas rally on Thursday felt differently.