Texas Senator Ted Cruz kicked off the GOP’s Trump-less Iowa debate by getting a little something out of the way — Donald Trump.
“I’m a maniac,” he said, impersonating the current front-runner, “and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat, and ugly.”
Turning to neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Cruz said “Ben, you’re a terrible surgeon.”
“Now,” he concluded, “we’ve got the Donald Trump portion out of the way.”
Check out our GOP debate recap here:
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