'Hope he doesn't try to eat me!': Ted Cruz responds to Donald Trump's latest insult with 'Austin Powers' joke
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Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz took to Twitter to respond to his party's frontrunner Donald Trump calling him a "soft, weak, little baby" earlier on Tuesday.
".@realDonaldTrump, showing class & grace, calls me a "soft weak little baby." Hope he doesn't try to eat me!" Cruz tweeted.
He also attached a video of the well-known scene from "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" in which the character Fat Bastard told Mini Me, "Get in my belly!"
Trump has been railing on Cruz in recent days, repeatedly calling him a "liar."
Cruz is a big fan of responding to Trump's attacks with pop-culture references. In January, he posted a clip from the 1970's TV show "Happy Days" in response to Trump questioning his natural-born citizenship status, and in December, after being called a "maniac" by Trump, he posted the popular 1980's song "Maniac" by Flashdance.
Their latest trading of barbs happened just before Tuesday's Nevada caucuses, where Trump is a heavy favorite.
Here's Cruz's tweet, with the video attached, below:
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/702304168245985287
.@realDonaldTrump, showing class & grace, calls me a "soft weak little baby." Hope he doesn't try to eat me! https://t.co/bv9ID4lEhF
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