That has in turn become a new attack line by Cruz as he battles Trump for a first-place finish in the Iowa caucuses, which polling a week out shows could go either way.
He commented on a raft of TV ads he has seen in Iowa – bought by campaigns and super PACs supporting Ben Carson, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz – that hammer him on everything from illegal immigration to foreign policy.
Grassley did not offer an endorsement, but his presence underscored Trump’s enduring positions at the top of the polls as voting approaches.
Most pundits south of the border believe the Republican race will come down to two men: Trump and Canadian-born Texas Senator Ted Cruz.
“He’s a sad sack, and he cries”, Trump told a crowd at Dordt College, a Christian school in the heart of rural evangelical northwest Iowa. With characteristic confidence, Trump said his supporters are so loyal, “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK?“.
Those voters chose Trump at 28 percent compared to Cruz at 25 percent.
Beck’s endorsement of Cruz was as much a testimonial against Donald Trump.
Trump on Saturday also raised the subject of Cruz’s previously undisclosed loans he received from Goldman Sachs and Citibank to finance his political campaign that propelled him to the Senate.
Glenn Beck and Brent Bozell, two conservative commentators who endorsed GOP presidential contender Ted Cruz, were among the writers who published essays criticizing Trump. “I can say I have no intention of shooting anybody in this campaign”, Cruz said.
Beck then loaned Cruz one of his prize possessions: a compass Beck said was the only one ever used by George Washington. And you know what else they say about my people?
In New Hampshire, Trump is also the candidate who would make the most Republicans stay home in November.
“The other guy has said he hasn’t done anything in his life that actually makes him feel like he should ask forgiveness from God”, he said of Trump.
The potential for more chaos in what has been a turbulent race on both the Republican and Democratic sides emerged on Saturday with the news that former NY mayor Michael Bloomberg might launch an independent run for president.
In a meeting with reporters in Ankeny, Beck accused Trump of arrogance. ‘I cried when I was one year old. “It is not. It is a sign of deep insecurity and weakness”, Bush said.