There are a heck of a lot of reasons to hate Donald Trump. He’s a misogynist, a racist, and a serial liar. There are so many that it’s actually pretty hard to keep track of them. Now, a conservative anti-Trump Super PAC called “Make America Awesome” has decided to lash out against Trump with some misogyny of their own, as if we should expect any different.
The Super PAC ran an anti-Trump advert slut-shaming his wife Melania Trump for a nude photo shoot she did for GQ magazine back in 2000. The Super PAC has also come out in support of Ted Cruz for president. The ad contains one of those nude images with a caption reading, “Meet Melania Trump. Your next first lady. Or you could vote for Ted Cruz on Tuesday.”
The ad was an attempt to win over the extremely religious community in Utah and get them to vote heavily for religious candidate Cruz. If Cruz could secure more than 50 percent of the popular vote, Trump would be denied any delegates from that race.
Trump, of course, wasn’t about to take this lying down. He took to his Twitter account, attacking “Lyin’ Ted Cruz.”
Lyin' Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from a G.Q. shoot in his ad. Be careful, Lyin' Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 23, 2016
It’s unsure exactly to what The Donald was referring. Some sources suggest that he may be referring to Heidi Cruz’s history of depression.
Cruz, of course, was not even responsible for this ad. The PAC is free to support whomever they want. In defense of his wife, Cruz also took to Twitter, calling Trump a “coward” and “classless.”
Pic of your wife not from us. Donald, if you try to attack Heidi, you're more of a coward than I thought. #classless https://t.co/0QpKSnjgnE
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 23, 2016
It’s a difficult case. While we certainly hate Trump and his message, fighting fire with fire probably isn’t the best strategy, it’d be better to take him down using his poor understanding of policy and rallying against his message of hate rather than resorting to the same underhanded rhetoric he himself uses to assault entire groups of people.
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