Trump on Cruz: "Pussy"

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump repeated a word suggested to him by a follower to describe rival Ted Cruz—pussy—at a campaign rally last night in New Hampshire.

"I never expect to hear that again. She said he's a pussy! Terrible. Terrible. What kind of people do I have here?" Trump said, after inviting the woman to shout it again. CNN:

Suddenly, Trump stopped mid-sentence, pointing to a woman near him in the crowd: "She just said a terrible thing."

"You know what she said? Shout it out because I don't want to say," Trump continued as the woman appeared to loudly shout the vulgar word again. But realizing most of the crowd could not hear the woman, Trump decided to take matters into his own hands.

"OK you're not allowed to say and I never expect to hear that from you again. She said — I never expect to hear that from you again — she said he's a pussy," Trump said as the crowd erupted into a roaring cacophony of laughter and applause.

The gendered slur was cast in the context of Cruz's refusal to agree with Trump that terror suspects should be tortured.