Cruz Responds to Trump Calling Him 'Maniac' With 'Flashdance' Video

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz responded on Twitter Sunday to his "friend" Donald Trump calling him "a little bit of a maniac" for the way he tries to get things done in the Senate.

Cruz posted a tweet with a video of the song "Maniac" from the 1983 hit movie "Flashdance," which starred Jennifer Beals as an exotic dancer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

In honor of my friend @realDonaldTrump and good-hearted #Maniacs everywhere: https://t.co/KOPIi4XTVt

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 13, 2015

Michael Sembello's song includes the lyrics, "You work all your life, for that moment in time/It could come or pass you by/It's a push shove world/But there's always a chance/If the hunger stays the night."

Cruz just passed Trump as the leader in two recent Iowa polls, bringing the heretofore friendly treatment of each other to an end.

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