Rep. Steve King likened Donald Trump's tactics on the campaign trail to those of "a schoolyard bully" in a
Newsmax TV interview on Tuesday.
"I have never seen such a schoolyard bully in all my experience in politics," the Iowa Republican, who is backing rival Ted Cruz, told "The Steve Malzberg Show" in an interview. "That's what I think we've got going on."
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"They attack his integrity trying to break that down, because if you can succeed in that and get people to no longer have that trust factor, then it breaks everything else down and it opens a path for somebody who is throwing out these vile accusations like Donald Trump.
"It also confirms that Trump sees that Ted is making a move in South Carolina and he would like to be able to knock him down — so these nasty attacks are coming out."
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