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Wingnut commentator Erick Erickson is echoing what we’re hearing from a lot of evangelical leaders. He writes: Donald Trump believes the federal government should fund Planned Parenthood. Donald Trump believes there are good things the child killers do. What is most damning is how so many are willing to be compromised by Donald Trump. For eight years the conservative movement …

Oh brother. Via Mediaite: According to an article pushed by the Ted Cruz campaign Sunday, Marco Rubio casually renounced his Christianity in a roomful of people yesterday. In a video posted by the University of Pennsylvania student paper The Daily Pennsylvanian, Rubio runs into Ted’s father Rafael Cruz and a Cruz staffer while the campaigns were both staying in the …

Last night Marco Rubio dismissed the “conspiracy” nuts at Breitbart during an appearance on Fox News, telling host Neil Cavuto that his campaign doesn’t even credential Breitbart reporters for his events. Boom! As you probably now, for the last year Breitbart has acted as a de facto arm of the Trump campaign, with a large number of their articles either …

Not THE Anti-Christ, mind you. From their story: Donald Trump has been declared “not Christian” by the world’s foremost expert on the topic — Pope Francis. The Holy War of words erupted when the pontiff blasted the GOP presidential front-runner’s plan to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and expel 11 million undocumented immigrants. “A person who thinks only …

From the New York Times: Inserting himself into the Republican presidential race, Pope Francis on Wednesday suggested that Donald J. Trump “is not Christian” because of the harshness of his campaign promises to deport more immigrants and force Mexico to pay for a wall along the border. “A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and …

Marco Rubio is furious this morning after the Ted Cruz campaign circulated a photoshopped image of Rubio making a left-handed handshake with President Obama. Rubio notes that he doesn’t even own the suit, tie, or watch shown in the photo. His campaign is about to hold a press conference to denounce this latest “dirty trick” by Ted Cruz, who has …

Ted Cruz just concluded a bizarre 30-minute press conference in which he challenged Donald Trump to go ahead and file that “frivolous lawsuit.” Watch below. Yesterday Trump sent Cruz a cease-and-desist letter which demands that Cruz stop airing an ad which “lies” about Trump.   Cruz’s rambling presser included yet another claim that it was CNN that prompted his team to …

Somebody created a face Facebook page which falsely features Rep. Trey “Benghazi” Gowdy switching his endorsement from Marco Rubio to Ted Cruz. Gowdy is accusing the Cruz campaign of dirty tricks. Via Daily Caller: In a statement released by Rubio’s campaign, Gowdy — the chairman of the House Benghazi committee — said: “Its been reported that a fake Facebook page …

From Donald Trump’s Facebook page: Ted Cruz is a totally unstable individual. He is the single biggest liar I’ve ever come across, in politics or otherwise, and I have seen some of the best of them. His statements are totally untrue and completely outrageous. It is hard to believe a person who proclaims to be a Christian could be so …

From Talking Points Memo: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin accused Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) of lying by claiming his campaign did not fundraise from lobbyists or special interests. Palin, who endorsed Donald Trump, posted on her Facebook a link to a conservative blog that has what looks to be a screenshot of a Cruz campaign email. “I will never get …

CNN reports: Donald Trump on Friday threatened to sue Ted Cruz for “not being a natural born citizen” if the Texas senator “doesn’t clean up his act” and stop running negative ads against him. Trump and Cruz are in a tight race in South Carolina heading into the state’s primary later this month. Cruz communication director Rick Tyler said Trump …

Today’s installment of Infighting Is Funny comes, as it so often does, via Breitbart: TV host Glenn Beck attacked Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump Thursday, saying “too many people are looking at Trump and believing that man has ever opened a Bible … that’s the biggest crock of bullcrap I’ve ever heard.” Beck, founder of TheBlaze.com, spoke at a rally …

CNN reports: Ted Cruz will launch his most forceful attack yet against Donald Trump in a TV ad that accuses Trump of buying political influence “in a pattern of sleaze stretching back decades.” The 60-second spot, shared first with CNN, is part of a six-figure ad buy that will hit voters’ TV screens across South Carolina starting as early as …

But it was in self-defense! From Breitbart: The New Hampshire state chairman of the presidential campaign of Sen. Marco Rubio admitted in a Tuesday interview with Breitbart News that he was violent with an anti-Rubio protester dressed like a robot at an election day event today. Cliff Hurst, the New Hampshire state chairman of the official Rubio campaign, admitted he …

The Telegraph reports: Jeb Bush called Donald Trump a “loser, liar and a whiner” on the eve of a key vote in the race for the Republican nomination. Mr Bush who is lagging in polls behind the billionaire said he would not allow “someone try to hijack a party that I believe will allow people to rise up again”. Mr …

From the Washington Post: As Donald Trump brought up his chief rival, Ted Cruz, during a rally in a sports arena the night before the New Hampshire primary, a woman in the crowd shouted out an insult of the senator from Texas. “She just said a terrible thing,” Trump said with a smile. “You know what she said? Shout it …

“It is no surprise that Donald is throwing yet another temper tantrum–or, if you like, yet another Trumper tantrum. It seems his reaction to everything is to throw a fit–to engage in insults. And I understand that Donald finds it very hard to lose–that he finds that very difficult for him. But at the end of the day, the Iowa …

Here we go! Buzzfeed reports: Donald Trump says he will probably sue over the results of the Iowa caucuses, accusing Ted Cruz of committing voter fraud to win. In an interview on Boston Herald Radio on Wednesday, Trump criticized the Cruz campaign for spreading a CNN report saying Ben Carson would not travel to New Hampshire and South Carolina after …

Politico reports: Donald Trump on Wednesday ratcheted up his rhetoric after his loss in the Iowa caucuses, accusing Ted Cruz of “illegally” stealing the election in a tweet that he subsequently deleted. “Ted Cruz didn’t win Iowa, he illegally stole it. That is why all of the polls were so wrong any [sic] why he got more votes than anticipated. …

It turns out that Ben Carson was right when he accused the Cruz campaign of lying to Iowa voters about him dropping out of the race. CNN reports: The day after winning the Iowa caucuses, Ted Cruz issued an apology to Republican rival Ben Carson for falsely telling Iowa caucusgoers that the retired neurosurgeon planned to quit the race, calling …