Cruz: ‘Trump Gave $50,000 to Fund the Bullying’ Rahm Emanuel, $7,500 to Rod Blagojevich

REPORTER: "Senator, you talked about voters saying enough is enough. At what point do you say enough is enough?"
CRUZ: "This race provides a clear choice. The people of Illinois want to support a liberal New York Democrat who has funded the liberal Democrats, who have imposed failed policies on Illinois year after year after year. Donald Trump is on the ballot. If you're a Republican here in Illinois and you want to support someone who gave $7,500 to Rod Blagojevich ... I got to tell you, never at once I was never tempted to write a check to Blago. Never once -- that was not a difficult temptation to resist. Never once I was tempted to do what Donald Trump did which is to give $12,500 to the Cook county Democratic Party. And by the way, that's not a cost of doing business. That is supporting the corruption, supporting the failures of the Left, and how about $50,000 to the god father? $50,000. In [indecipherable;e] ten years as a mayor, Rob Emmanuel threatened financial institutions to try to force them to cut off the lineS of credit to gun manufacturers. It was an act of naked bullying, trying to use political power to try to force these companies to join in President Obama's efforts to take away our right to keep and bear arms. At the time, I wrote to the CEOs of the banks, observing that in Texas we had a different view of political power, a more humble view that we didn't think elected officials should be in the business of extorting private citizens and threatening government power and retaliation against anyone who disagrees on policy. Now, I git to say, the bullying of Rahm Emmanuel is entirely consistent with the bullying of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, and maybe that's why Donald Trump gave $50,000 to fund Rahm Emmanuel's  bullying Left wing tactics. You know, any political candidate who demands the people who attend his rallies that they raise their hands and pledge support to that candidate, as Donald Trump does, in my view, is getting it exactly backwards. The people of Illinois are familiar with that. There have been Chicago mayors who demand [indecipherable], perhaps on the knees. That's a phrase Donald Trump likes. He likes suggesting that people come to him and he makes them get down on their knees. If you like the abuse of power from Chicago Democrats then Donald Trump is a great candidate for you."