Trump campaign accuses Cruz of using ‘Gestapo tactics’ to win delegates

Well that escalated quickly.

New Donald Trump convention manager Paul Manafort accused the Ted Cruz campaign of using “Gestapo tactics” to secure delegates in states that Trump has won:

Uh-oh. Trump's Paul Manafort accuses Ted Cruz of "Gestapo tactics" in grabbing Trump's delegates. Katie, bar the door.

— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) April 10, 2016

.@realDonaldTrump campaign manager Paul Manafort just accused @tedcruz's delegate operation of "Gestapo tactics."

— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) April 10, 2016

So following the rules and having a ground game is now comparable to the Nazi secret police?

@LarrySabato @RedneckThink So when you follow the rules & work hard that is considered "Gestapo"?

— HollyB (@MyDriver88) April 10, 2016

On @meetthepress @PaulManafort says @tedcruz is using Gestapo tactics. Pure desperation!

— Charlie Eckert (@EckertCharlie) April 10, 2016

Desperate is right:

Just about everybody's now accepted Trump must win 1,237 on 1st ballot. Too many double-agent delegates will melt away from DT on 2nd.

— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) April 10, 2016

Trump whined about the “Bad system!” this morning as well:

I win a state in votes and then get non-representative delegates because they are offered all sorts of goodies by Cruz campaign. Bad system!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 10, 2016

Weird. Trump never talks about the non-representative delegates he has in winner-take-all state where he didn’t win a majority of the popular vote.