Limbaugh and Levin Finally Bash Donald Trump
Published Dec. 14, 2015 10:32PM ET
Micah Walter/Reuters

Right-wing talk radio hosts Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin have long praised
Donald Trump and his presidential campaign, refusing to criticize him even as
he made inflammatory comments about other Republicans and policy ideas.

But on Monday both talkers seemingly found the one sacred cow Trump could
simply not attack: Sen. Ted Cruz.

Appearing on Fox News Sunday this weekend, Trump said of the Texas senator
who has made it a campaign agenda to avoid criticizing the frontrunner: �I
don�t think he has the right temperament. I don�t think he�s got the right
judgment. You look at the way he�s dealt with the Senate, where he goes in
there like a�you know, frankly, like a little bit of a maniac. You�re never
gonna get things done that way.�

In response, Limbaugh called the remarks a �blunder,� and suggested the Cruz-
bashing will hurt Trump in the polls. �A genuine conservative, even in the
Republican field, would not go after Cruz this way,� Limbaugh said. �So that
just raised a red flag for me.�

Similarly, Levin said that calling Cruz a �maniac� means Trump is �lurching
left� and �defending the GOP ruling class.� And on his syndicated radio show,
Levin added, �I think my friend Donald Trump really screwed up this time. Big
time.�