y used to say he was a constitutional conservative, but now he is like so desperate for political approval that he will even advocate succession and i think that a real man would be defending his wife and his father and the constitution. absolutely. but what almost did it for me was this cruz tweet slamming biden for his plan to spend thanksgiving with his family on nantucket. cruz tweeting there once was a man from nantuckett, which begs the question, is he trolling himself now? because immediately, there were so many renditions about ted cruz. they were everywhere. mine goes like this. there once was a man named ted. when texas froze, he fled. he went to cancun, but came back too soon. rest in peace, irony, you re dead. the reason why cruz and carlson spent so much of their time spreading manure is because
woman known for designing it. some say it celebrates the time of slavery. while others including texas senator ted cruz are renewing calling for a nike boycott. cruz tweeting in part their shoes represent inside disdain for the american flag. similar calls were made when nike partnered with kaepernick last year in an ad campaign. believe in something. even if it means sacrificing everything. reporter: the former quarterback was the first in the nfl to kneel during the national anthem, protesting police brutality and racial injustice. some burned their shoes and boycotted nike, while the company saw its sales rise and its stock price surge. joining me now is nbc s stephanie gosk. this will be a case study? yes, at the moment when at
assaulted a conservative journalist. the attack all caught on camera. later tweeting this picture of himself bruised and bloody after he was treated at the er. william la jeuness has the story for us. reporter: dana, the mayor and police both coming under fire for failing to defend a hand full of conservative activists during duelling demonstrations in portland over the weekend. the right of center journalist became the target for liberal demonstrators who used pepper and bear spray while assaulting him with cement, raw eggs and a brick. he said his reports to police went unanswered. i just got beat up. i saw no police at all. in the middle of the street. they stole my go pro, punched me several times in my face. my head was bleeding. reporter: senator ted cruz blaming portland s mayor ted wheeler of with holding police protection. cruz tweeting, federal law
speak behind my back, get caught and deny it. when you look at the way he s dealt with the senate where he goes in there like a, frankly, a maniac, you re never going to get things done that way. reporter: cruz tweeting, in honor of my friend, donald trump, with a link to flash dance s popular song, maniac. she s a maniac, maniac reporter: carson, once trump s nearest rival, now dropping in the polls. poll numbers go up and down. i wasn t excited when they were up. i m not excited when they re down. people will make the correct choice. reporter: heightened fears of terrorism around the world and right here at home could make for fireworks on stage tomorrow night. this is a new environment inside the campaign right now. so that this will be the first time the candidates take the stage in that new landscape. several candidates are hoping to have a breakout performance here to give their campaigns a boost. for anyone wondering whether
candidates, we have also got who are the voters which is an interesting point to talk about. let s talk about that feud, quote unquote. is it really there, are they starting to can do a little rope pa dope here? cruz is looking down the pipe and saying, okay, in february, february 1, we re going to engage, january, i m going to start to take the gloves off. right now i m just sewing the seeds. but he knows he can t get too explicit in the attacks because trump is very dangerous and if trump starts attacking him, then ted cruz will not be in a good place. but this is for the long haul, this is two months of little miniattacks and then he walks it back and then at the end of january we re going to see the gloves come off. this is cruz tweeting, the establishment s only hope, trump and me in a cages match. they re trying to get to the top, get to the primary and then it will be a matter of time.