Trump ad: Can't trust Ted

Donald Trump plans to welcome Ted Cruz to the South with a punch in the mouth.

Ahead of Tuesday night's New Hampshire primary results, Trump's campaign unveiled a new ad for South Carolina, where Republican voters will head to the polls on Feb. 20. The target: Cruz, who was largely left untouched in establishment-friendly New Hampshire.


"What kind of man talks from both sides of his mouth on amnesty for illegals on national television and still denies it?" a narrator asks in the 30-second ad titled "What Kind of Man." "Who took more than a million dollars in sweetheart loans from Wall Street banks, and fails to disclose them as required by law? Who runs a campaign accused of dirty tricks that tried to sabotage Ben Carson with false rumors?"

The spot features some of Trump's tried-and-true attacks on Cruz, namely on immigration and his failure to report loans from Citibank and Goldman Sachs during his 2012 Senate campaign. It also refers to the Cruz campaign's conduct during last week's Iowa caucuses, where staffers passed along a CNN report that made it seem as if Ben Carson was leaving the race. In reality, the CNN report was correct, in that in a subsequent tweet, the reporter clarified that Carson was merely returning to Florida for a change of clothes. Cruz has admitted fault in both cases, apologizing to Carson on multiple occasions.

"Ted Cruz, the worst kind of Washington insider, who just can't be trusted," the spot ends, using Cruz's "trusTED" slogan against him.