Donald Trump Calls Ted Cruz an ‘Anchor Baby’

[Purveyor]

Three days ahead of the Iowa caucuses,Donald Trump, the front-runner for the GOP nomination, today attacked Sen. Ted Cruz again for being born in Canada.

"Now, Ted Cruz may not be a U.S. citizen. Right? But he's an anchor baby in Canada. No, he's an anchor baby. Ted Cruz is an anchor baby in Canada," Trump said today at his event in Nashua, New Hampshire.

He also said the Texas senator got “pummeled last night" at the GOP presidential debate.

“They didn’t even mention he was born in Canada,” Trump lamented.

Trump also said he would've "in theory" rather have been at the Republican debate last night.

“In theory, I would’ve rather done the debate because you’re leading. You don't want to change the wheels...," Trump said today at his event in Nashua, New Hampshire. “...I took a chance...Whatever the result I did the right thing. I did the right thing because I did something great for veterans.”

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[FLPanhandle]

1. Love it.

I hate Cruz.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. who ever is writing his lines is shitting it out of the park

Trump just has the perfect personality disorder to serve them up perfectly.

[Hortensis]

11. Boorish lines delivered by a perfect buffoon.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

21. yup.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

8. Cruz is a POS... Bernie will crush him should he get the Rethug nomination.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2016!!!

[RockaFowler]

2. He doesn't know what the term "Anchor Baby" actually means

[KingCharlemagne]

5. If one can set aside the offensive and pejorative associations of the phrase

"anchor baby" for a moment, Cruz might well be a Canadian 'anchor baby,' in the sense that his birth on Canadian soil conferred upon him Canadian citizenship automatically, i.e., merely by virtue of being born on Canadian soil.

I'm not an expert in Canadian law, so I'm not sure their system follows the same logic as ours.

Or am I missing something?

[FLPanhandle]

7. Cruz was a Canadian citizen, so he was technically an "anchor baby".

He gave up his Canadian citizenship back in 2014 or so.

[KingCharlemagne]

10. N.B. Various dictionarie and etymologies now consider 'anchor baby' to

be offensive and pejorative. Maybe not quite at the intensity of the "N*-word" but probably a phrase best left to the Trumpenproletariat.

But yeah, my understanding matches yours.

[Orsino]

17. Yeah. Think he meant to say Rubio? n/t

[KamaAina]

3. Of course Cruz is a U.S. citizen, O vulgar talking yam

The dispute is over whether he's a "natural born" citizen.

[Jarqui]

6. Probably but I would not go so far as to say "it's over"

There have been some interesting arguments made by people who appear (not positive) credible. I just haven't felt inspired to waste my time for an ass like Cruz.

Trump calling him a Canadian "anchor baby" made my day. That's a deadly label Cruz will never recover from in this cycle. Cruz is done - on his way down.

i can't stand Trump but he's moping the floor with all the GOP candidates that come up to second place in the polls. He destroys them, they quickly wither in the polls as someone else rises to get smacked down.

I've never seen anything quite like it. It doesn't seem to matter what they do, they cannot knock Trump off his perch.

[randys1]

13. The Donald is proving that a large minority of our citizens are so full of

hate and intolerance and fear, that they will go along with ANYTHING

He already said he could murder people and they are good with that.

He has indicted all non whites as enemies of the country, and they are good with that.

On one hand it is very sick and scary, on the other, funny.

The ONLY concern is Karl Rove and the others do steal elections all the time. Kerry 2004, Ohio, etc.

Obviously 2000...so beware on election day when MILLIONS of Black and young people are told NO they cant vote, anything is possible.

[Jarqui]

16. He's frightening as a human being

Never. NEVER should this ignorant racist be president near the launch codes.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

22. Which one?

I am sorry, that fits both Trump and several others on the GOP side of the pig sty.

[Jarqui]

24. Trump (and Cruz + but Trump is who I was talking about)

[ChairmanAgnostic]

25. I still cannot explain how that bloviating self-promoting

brag-based con artist can be so popular among any crowd.

[Jarqui]

26. I have yet to hear a good explanation

that didn't make me kind of sick that so many Americans could be that stupid and ignorant. I'm still in disbelief.

[hibbing]

30. Sadly, I think it is the blatant racism n/t

[randys1]

9. Now we're having fun

I knew there was a reason I liked politics

[KingCharlemagne]

12. I think we've all gotten so used to circular Democratic firing squads that the

prospect of watching the fascists shed Reagan's 11th Commandment ("Thou shalt never speak ill of another Republican&quot brings us a surprising je ne sais quoi. But I share your feeling of mirth.

[randys1]

15. It is becoming clearer and clearer that on November 8 , Americans will

have a choice between a moderately liberal, decent human being (either of ours) or a stated Nazi.

Remember, Cruz actually BELIEVES all the racist and sick shit Trump says...So our choices are clear now.


I worry about Rubio getting in, he is slick. Empty vessel for the worst criminals on the planet, very scary

[ryan_cats]

14. Now I know

Now I know who Trump reminds me of.

[awoke_in_2003]

29. I'd rather have Jimmy Two Times as president than Trump. nt

[SheilaT]

18. Actually, Pyush Jindal was an actual anchor baby,

born six months after his parents came to this country.

Can't remember exactly what his stand was on them, and it hardly matters at this point.

[LittleBlue]

19. ...

Headline alone is worthy

[AngryAmish]

20. OK, that is really fucking funny.

[frizzled]

23. Fucking LOL

That's just beautiful. Mr. Trump, I can't help but love what you're doing to the GOP.

[Doctor_J]

27. This week's hilarity. bimbo and anchor baby

I hope he stays in the campaign

[Cali_Democrat]

28. LOL