And now, it would seem as if Cruz has shifted his attention onto other films to quote. After the Republican frontrunner cryptically Tweeted — then deleted — “I will spill the beans on your wife,” the Texas Senator returned fire of sorts.
Cruz told CNN, “…and if Donald wants to get into a character fight, he’s better off sticking with me because Heidi is way out of his league.”
If Cruz’s retort seems like too good of an on-snap! slam to be true, that’s because it is, and it comes from the mind of Hollywood’s flashiest writer of political dialogue: Aaron Sorkin.
The line comes from 1995’s The American President
So what’s next for the Cruz Cinema Club? West Wing stretched for seven seasons, and there’s lots of good one-liners there. Cruz seems like the type of person to start with Josiah Bartlet’s famous, “In this building, when the President stands, NOBODY sits!” so look for that one to be tossed around on the afternoon on January 20th, 2017… if new Cruz-endorser Jeb Bush has his way, that is.