Donald Trump admits tweet comparing his and Ted Cruz's wife was mistake
Donald Trump made such a yuge mistake by tweeting a photo comparing presidential challenger Ted Cruz's wife Heidi to his own wife Melania that even he thinks so.
In an op-ed on Saturday, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd recounted a conversation with the GOP frontrunner in which he issued a rare admission of wrongdoing, saying, ""Yeah, it was a mistake. If I had to do it again, I wouldn't have sent it."
The concession came after Dowd shared with Trump that his latest (at the time) perceived misstep cost him her sister's vote. On Mar. 23, the real estate mogul retweeted a post from a follower comparing Heidi Cruz and Melania Trump solely on outward appearance.
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But, in trademark Trump fashion, he mitigated the move by asserting in this election cycle of diminished expectations, "It wasn't nude!"
It all started the night before the offending retweet, as polls closed during the Western Tuesday primaries. On Twitter, the GOP frontrunner for president wrote, "Lyin' Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from a GQ shoot in his ad. Be careful, Lyin' Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife!"
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That tweet was a response to a meme posted by the Super PAC Make America Awesome on Facebook, in which Trump's wife is pictured naked on a fur pelt, accompanied by the words, "Meet Melania Trump, your next first lady. Or you could support Ted Cruz on Tuesday."
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Cruz responded via Twitter moments after Trump's tweet. "Pic of your wife not from us. Donald, if you try to attack Heidi, you're more of a coward than I thought. #classless."
Trump's mic-drop side-by-side juxtaposition of the Texas senator's wive and his own former model wife followed shortly thereafter.
The Donald has been getting hammered recently after a series of developments that are being blamed for his waning support among women, a group from whom he didn't enjoy overwhelming backing to begin with.
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Earlier last month Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was accused by former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields of nearly yanking her to the ground following a victory press conference to conclude the Florida primary, when he allegedly grabbed her arm forcibly as she tried to approach the candidate.
Despite mounting evidence that some form of altercation took place between the two, Trump earlier this week insisted he doesn't "discard people," and would not dismiss Lewandowski from the campaign. Trump previously defended his staffer, suggesting that Fields "made the story up."
On Wednesday, Trump was forced to walk back comments he made during an interview with MSNBC's Chris Matthews about abortion, which included saying that there "has to be some form of punishment" for women who undergo the procedure.
"If Congress were to pass legislation making abortion illegal and the federal courts upheld this legislation, or any state were permitted to ban abortion under state and federal law, the doctor or any other person performing this illegal act upon a woman would be held legally responsible, not the woman. The woman is a victim in this case as is the life in her womb. My position has not changed — like Ronald Reagan, I am pro-life with exceptions," the campaign said in a statement.
The next day on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor," Trump blamed "convoluted questions" for what he claims was a misunderstanding of his position.
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