Ted Cruz tells a reporter that it is not complicated, that physically assaulting a reporter is a fireable offense and that should be the case in any campaign that is maintaining a standard of integrity:

Just now: @tedcruz tells @HallieJackson RE: Lewandowski: "Physically assaulting a reporter is a fireable offense": pic.twitter.com/gBbUHByFbq — Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) March 29, 2016









Well that’s not how Trump is going about this. In fact Trump says his campaign manager didn’t do anything wrong and was only trying to protect him or something from Fields who was trying to grab him:

“Corey’s a fine person.” Moments ago, @realDonaldTrump commented on battery charge brought against his camp manager.https://t.co/AYqZ2IkcGi — Fox News (@FoxNews) March 29, 2016

WATCH: @realDonaldTrump vows to stick by his campaign manager charged with misdemeanor battery.https://t.co/kYgyavNzWl — Fox News (@FoxNews) March 29, 2016

The Trump campaign has become a sideshow at this point, and not a good one. Between this and his social media director smearing Amanda Carpenter over a false tabloid smear, this GOP campaign for the presidency has been brought to new lows. It’s quite pathetic actually.