Ted Cruz, above, and Donald Trump had some sharp words during the 2016 primary campaign. A year ago Friday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called Donald Trump a “sniveling coward.” To recap: In late March 2016, with the contentious Republican presidential primary in full swing, an anti-Trump super PAC ran an ad featuring images of a scantily clad Melania Trump from a 2000 photoshoot with the caption, “meet Melania Trump. Or, you could support Ted Cruz on Tuesday.” Though the Cruz campaign was not involved with the ad, Trump responded by threatening to “spill the beans” about Cruz’s wife, Heidi. Ted Cruz endorsed him. Things remained toxic between Cruz and Trump for the remainder of the primary and well after, with Trump regularly referring to Cruz as “Lyin’ Ted” and Cruz leveling broadsides against Trump’s character.

Source: Huffington Post March 24, 2017 10:41 UTC