There’s no question that Donald Trump was a hit at AIPAC this evening. In an unusual turn for him, Trump stuck closely to prepared remarks read from a teleprompter, and he received several ovations, particularly following his promise that his “number one priority” would be “to dismantle the disastrous deal with Iran.”
Trump was a tough act to follow, but Ted Cruz took the microphone and immediately took a shot at the Republican front-runner.
Cruz going right at Trump over saying "Palestine"
— Katie Glueck (@katieglueck) March 21, 2016
Trump’s own transcript shows him referring to Palestine three times. It might have slipped past many in the audience, but not past Cruz.
https://twitter.com/RosieGray/status/712052201380814849
Dem Rep. Brad Sherman, in press box, yells "bingo!" when Cruz dings Trump for saying "Palestine."
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) March 21, 2016
Cruz takes immediate Trump shot: "perhaps to the surprise of the last speaker, Palestine has not existed since 1948."
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) March 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/ArthurSchwartz/status/712052312701870080
Cruz whacks Trump's slip right out of the gate: "Palestine has not existed since 1948."
— David Catanese (@davecatanese) March 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/Cameron_Gray/status/712053119266324484
Cruz starts speech with a shot at Trump. Says it "may come as a surprise to the previous speaker … palestine has not existed since 1948."
— Jon Ward (@jonward11) March 21, 2016
Cruz repeated the line later on CNN, to mixed response from viewers.
Ted Cruz just said Palestine has existed since 1948.. So it existed before then?
— عمرو (@Am_The_Bomb) March 22, 2016
#Cruz keeps repeating "Palestine hasn't existed since 1948" again on @CNN. But Palestine has never existed, ever. A mandate isn't statehood.
— Matthew RJ Brodsky (@RJBrodsky) March 22, 2016
@JoyAnnReid Cruz failed the party line by making the case that Palestine existed before Israel instead of being an after the fact invention.
— Henry Cobb (@henrycobb) March 22, 2016
Huh? Did Cruz really just say that "Palestine has not existed since 1948"? Does that really means what I think it means?
— Shadi Hamid (@shadihamid) March 21, 2016
@shadihamid It means that Cruz is denying the hard right Israeli line that Palestine never historically existed, therefore it can reemerge.
— Henry Cobb (@henrycobb) March 22, 2016
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