24: Good morning, and I have to tell you his ad is wrong, because I never knocked down that house. Trump challenged that statement immediately: That was after Todd played the portion of the ad that also says “… Trump colluded with Atlantic City insiders to bulldoze the home of an elderly widow.”
Trump responded to the ad during an interview with Chuck Todd, host of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” on Jan. It attacks Trump for once saying that he thinks eminent domain, or government power to seize private land for public use, “is wonderful.” The Cruz campaign released the ad on Jan. Trump eventually decided not to fight the ruling. However, the ad leaves the false impression that the widow lost her home, and she didn’t.Īfter a long court battle, a New Jersey Superior Court judge ruled in favor of Vera Coking of Atlantic City and said that she could keep her home. He wanted to bulldoze the home but lost an eminent domain case. Trump called that claim “false.” We wouldn’t go that far. A Ted Cruz TV ad says Donald Trump “colluded with Atlantic City insiders to bulldoze the home of an elderly widow” for a casino parking lot.
