Texas Sen. Ted Cruz urged Donald Trump to join him at a debate in Wisconsin on Tuesday, rather than appear in consecutive town halls on cable television.
In remarks to reporters before an event in Rothschild, Wis., Cruz said Trump was scared of squaring off in a debate.
“Tomorrow CNN has a town hall scheduled. It actually right now has two town halls back-to-back — Donald Trump and me each of us have an hour. The exact same location. The TV cameras are there. The moderators are there,” Cruz said. “And so I invite Donald, rather than two separate town halls let’s combine and do a two-hour one-on-one debate.”
Cruz continued to say that Trump would likely turn him down “because he’s scared of actually answering questions about substance.”
“The people of Wisconsin deserve a debate between the candidates and anyone who wants to be president, who wants to earn the votes of the men and women in this state, owes it to the voters to be here on the ground to answer their questions and ask for their support,” Cruz said.
Wisconsinites will vote in the Republican primary on April 5. Trump has a 1.7-percentage-point lead on Cruz in RealClearPolitics’ average of Badger State polling.
