Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said he views the Donald Trump presidential campaign’s treatment of the press and voters as “disturbing.”
In response to conservative radio host Dana Loesch’s question about the controversy involving Trump’s campaign manager and a then-Breitbart writer, Cruz pointed the blame at Trump.
“There’s no doubt that physically assaulting a reporter is a firing offense,” Cruz told Loesch. “And at the end of the day every candidate bears responsibility for their campaigns, for the behavior of their campaigns, and to see a reporter physically assaulted raises real questions. And it raises real questions about how the Trump campaign treats the voters, how they treat the press, how they treat the protesters. All of them, they treat them as enemies.”
Cruz went continued to argue that candidates for president of the United States should run as servants of the people rather than have supporters pledge allegiance to a candidate, as Trump has done several times.
“We live in the United States of America, we don’t pledge allegiance to men,” Cruz said. “We pledge allegiance to the flag. We pledge allegiance to the Constitution. But no man is above the law.”
While Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski faces an assault charge from a writer, North Carolina authorities are reportedly considering whether Trump himself should face charges for inciting a riot.
Republicans in five states, including North Carolina, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, and Ohio will vote on Tuesday.
