WATCH: Rep. Peter King 'will take cyanide' if Ted Cruz gets the nomination

I think Peter King wins the "Republicans who hate Ted Cruz" competition. https://t.co/Kqd0o5N21j

— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) April 19, 2016

Well this escalated quickly.

Here’s Rep. Peter King joking (we think) on “Morning Joe” today that “he’d take cyanide if [Ted Cruz] ever got the nomination.”

Watch:

Rep Peter King (R-NY) w/ the most Peter King interview ever: "I'd take cyanide if (Cruz) ever got the nomination": https://t.co/2cQWnvj7NM

— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) April 19, 2016

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