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Sen. [crscore]Ted Cruz[/crscore] welcomed Donald Trump’s threat of a lawsuit over his eligibility to be president saying, “If he wants to file a frivolous lawsuit, he can file a frivolous lawsuit.”
Tuesday on the “Hugh Hewitt Show,” Cruz said the question about Trump’s legal standing for the lawsuit “would surely be litigated if he filed that lawsuit. I think the lawsuit would be frivolous, and he’s not going to prevail.” (RELATED: Cruz Spokesman: Trump Would ‘Look Foolish’ If He Sues Cruz [VIDEO])
Hewitt asked Cruz about Trump threatening a lawsuit regarding Cruz’s eligibility to be president. The talk radio host said, “Now I am on the record as saying I believe you are completely eligible, you are a natural born citizen. People know that. That’s my Constitutional view. It’s always been my view. But I do believe he might have standing to bring that lawsuit as a competitor of yours. Would you, do you agree with me on the standing issue? And would you welcome him filing that suit?” (RELATED: Trump Vows To Sue Cruz If He Doesn’t Take Down Attack Ads)
“Listen, Donald has been litigious for many, many years. He uses lawsuits to try to intimidate people and attack people. If he wants to file a frivolous lawsuit, he can file a frivolous lawsuit,” Cruz said. “But there’s a pattern to what Donald does. It’s a very odd pattern, Hugh. Both Donald Trump and [crscore]Marco Rubio[/crscore], when you point to something about their record, when you point to what they have said and done in the past, rather than defend their record, they simply scream liar, liar, liar. And so Donald’s reaction to each of the points of his record that I bring up is simply to engage in personal insults and attacks, and scream liar and threaten a lawsuit.” (RELATED: Trump: ‘I’d Do The Public A Big Favor’ By Suing Ted Cruz Over Eligibility To Be President [VIDEO])
“You know, I have not responded in kind,” Cruz claimed. “I have no intention in getting in a mud fight with Donald Trump or Marco Rubio or anyone else. I’m going to stay focused on the issues of substance, because I think the people of South Carolina and the people of the country deserve a campaign focused on issues of substance and policy.”
“But it is a very odd pattern that when you point out Donald Trump and Marco Rubio’s record, and this is records that they have, you know, objectively on live television, their positions, they just scream liar. You know, we saw a great illustration of that Saturday night at the debate when I pointed out that Donald Trump still to this day supported taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood. He began bellowing liar, liar, liar. He said when did I support that? I said well, when we were having the fight over defunding Planned Parenthood, when I was leading that fight, he publicly came out against it, and you said on national television that you think Planned Parenthood does wonderful things. And his response standing there on the stage is he said well, I do think Planned Parenthood does wonderful things. I mean, it was an odd, it was almost out of the Twilight Zone that the thing he just had accused me of lying about, standing on that stage, he embraces and demonstrates it’s true. So they can do what they want to try to distract from issues of substance. But I’m not going to respond in kind. I’m going to focus on the issues that I think matter to the American people.”
Hewitt followed up, “But yes or no, Senator, do you think he has standing?”
“Look, that question would surely be litigated if he filed that lawsuit,” Cruz said. “I think the lawsuit would be frivolous, and he’s not going to prevail. But sadly, whether a lawsuit is frivolous or not has not historically dissuaded Donald Trump from hiring plaintiffs lawyers to go to court.”
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