Shortly after publishing and then deleting a menacing Twitter post about the
wife of Sen. Ted Cruz, Trump quickly corrected himself late Tuesday - by adding
more colorful language and punctuation to his threat.
"Lyin' Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from G.Q. shoot in his ad," Trump wrote in the slightly revised message. "Be careful, Lyin' Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife!"
Trump appeared to be referring to a recent ad from the super PAC Make America Awesome, which showed Trump's wife Melania, a former model, posing nude. The ad, which was targeted to Mormon voters, has no ties to Cruz's campaign.
"Lyin' Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from G.Q. shoot in his ad," Trump wrote in the slightly revised message. "Be careful, Lyin' Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife!"
Trump appeared to be referring to a recent ad from the super PAC Make America Awesome, which showed Trump's wife Melania, a former model, posing nude. The ad, which was targeted to Mormon voters, has no ties to Cruz's campaign.
But the text beside an image of
Melania Trump reads, "Meet Melania Trump, your next first lady. Or, you
could support Ted Cruz on Tuesday."
Less than 30 minutes after Donald Trump's post, as primary results trickled in, Cruz responded.
"Pic of your wife not from us," he wrote. "Donald, if you try to attack Heidi, you're more of a coward than I thought. #classless."
Less than 30 minutes after Donald Trump's post, as primary results trickled in, Cruz responded.
"Pic of your wife not from us," he wrote. "Donald, if you try to attack Heidi, you're more of a coward than I thought. #classless."