Trump claims he saw the Cruz speech two hours earlier.

[Kingofalldems]

"Wow. Ted Cruz booed off the stage, didn't honor the pledge! I saw his speech two hours earlier but let him speak anyway. No big deal!"

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/755972015249645568

He's lying.

[Paladin]

1. BullSHIT.

I saw his facial expression while Cruz was driving his convention into yet another ditch. It was a VERY big deal, and as usual, Trump is lying about it.

[Kingofalldems]

2. Exactly. This is Speechgate II.

Another lie. Hopefully the media follows up.

[Paladin]

3. The media, following up on a Trump lie?

That would be a refreshing change, wouldn't it?

[modem77]

10. Not really. The less trump is in the media the better. He loves this shit.

[Blanks]

4. He's bragging about his 'time travel' abilities...

He figured that would up our opinion of him.

I'm impressed.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Yeah, an image in a pancake, along with Jesus.

[jmg257]

6. Oh I believe it...tRump timed his entrance into the arena just as Cruz was winding down.

Also reports of Cruz's remarks (cleveland.com) being texted to reporters earlier.

[DinahMoeHum]

7. Methinks Cruz deliberately blind-sided TrumpleThinSkin. . .

. . .by having the orange yam approve his speech transcript 1-2 hours before he was to go to the podium, THEN editing in what he really wanted to say.

[Glitterati]

8. No, it was in the speech all along

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/okay-it-got-much-weirder

[DinahMoeHum]

11. Wow. Looks like TrumpleThinSkin's people either Did. Not. Read. It.

Thoroughly.
. . .or were too stupid to realize the implications of the wording

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/okay-it-got-much-weirder
(snip)
One possibility. . .is tied to the fact that Cruz is a master debater. Perhaps he realized that he could deliver the speech in such a way that its effect would be different than it appeared on the written page. But I suspect this gives Cruz too much credit, though it's possible he had that in mind. It is hard to avoid the conclusion that the key people in the Trump operation, inexplicably, did not read Cruz's speech or did not read it closely enough to take cognizance of this critical passage.
(snip)

Thanks for the link!

[edhopper]

9. As Sansa Stark said to Bailish

he is either stupid or evil.

Lying about this or too stupid to see how bad it would be.