Ted Cruz dares Donald Trump to sue him over negative campaign ad

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Ted Cruz dares Donald Trump to sue him over negative campaign ad

Ted Cruz has said he would ‘encourage’ Donald Trump to file a defamation
lawsuit over a campaign ad in which Trump (in 1999) says he is ‘very pro-choice

Ben Jacobs in Columbia, South Carolina
Wednesday 17 February 2016 18.41 GMT

Ted Cruz dared Donald Trump to sue him over a negative campaign ad on Wednesday.

In a press conference before a campaign stop in Seneca, South Carolina, Cruz said he would welcome a lawsuit from his fellow Republican presidential candidate over a campaign ad that the Texas senator recently started airing in the state. The ad features footage from a 1999 interview of Trump with Tim Russert in which the New York real estate mogul said: “I am very pro-choice.”

Cruz, holding a cease and desist letter from Trump’s lawyers, said: “Mr Trump you have been threatening frivolous lawsuits for your entire adult life. Even in the annals of frivolous lawsuits this takes the cake. And so, Donald, I would encourage you, if you want to file a lawsuit challenging this ad, claiming it is defamation, file a lawsuit.”

The Texas senator, a constitutional lawyer who has argued before the supreme court, said that the end result of a lawsuit from Trump over the ad would be “Donald Trump and any lawyer that signs his names to the pleadings being sanctioned for frivolous litigation”.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/17/ted-cruz-dares-donald-trump-to-sue-him-over-negative-campaign-advert

[randys1]

1. Where are our lawyers, you cant successfully sue for this in regards to a public figure

politician, right?

Doesn't precedent make it near impossible regardless of the circumstances?

[stopbush]

2. A diversion by Cruz.

Trump is threatening to sue Cruz over his US citizenship and the cheating he engaged in in Iowa.

[Xyzse]

5. Agreed. Completely different from defamation.

When I heard about this, I was at the airport and could not stop laughing.

[lame54]

3. 'I triple dog dare you."

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. DOUCHE FIGHT EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!

Douche fight!
Douche fight!
Douche fight!
Douche fight!
Douche fight!
Douche fight!
Douche fight!
Douche fight!
Douche fight!
Douche fight!
Douche fight!

[gratuitous]

6. Took him long enough

Took Sen. Cruz long enough to figure out the right response to the cease-and-desist letter. Maybe he's ot-nay oo-tay ight-bray after all? What's Trump going to sue him for, definition of character?

[dmr]

7. No, it's a diversion. Trump says he's considering filing suit

over Cruz's birth certificate & eligibility to run for POTUS. So, I think. Could be wrong.

[gratuitous]

9. The story seems to be about a cease and desist letter from Trump's attorneys

The letter specifically refers to an ad that Cruz is running using footage of Trump running his mouth to Tim Russert. I know that Trump is also talking about filing a suit to have Cruz declared ineligible to run for President, but his lawyers are probably going to have to give him some bad news (if they haven't already, and I'd bet they have) about his lack of standing to bring such a suit.

[MohRokTah]

8. The cease and desist threatened a defamation suit.

Apparently, Trump thinks using video of Trump is legally defamation of character.

[bklyncowgirl]

10. Y'know back in the day this sort of thing would have been settled with a duel.

Come on boys, what'll it be. Pistols or sabers.

[SDJay]

11. What a Couple of Petulant Children

YOU LIED ABOUT ME ON TEEVEE!

DID NOT!

DID TOO!

YOU TAKE THAT BACK! YOU TAKE THAT BACK RIGHT NOW OR I'LL SUE YOU!

NOPE. WON'T DO IT!

THEN I'M GOING TO SIC MY LAWYERS ON YOU!

I TRIPLE-DOG DARE YOU! NANNY NANNY BOO BOO!

What's worst is the zealots who support these freaking clowns don't even have enough wattage between their ears to see just how incredibly embarrassing this is for them and the country. Damn.