Greenville, SC – Cruz Looks To Take Cruz On In Spanish

Greenville, SC – Marco Rubio is hitting presidential rival and fellow Cuban-American Ted Cruz on his inability to speak Spanish.

Cruz responded in Spanish — although his comments were halting and heavily accented.

During a heated exchange about immigration at Saturday’s GOP debate, Cruz chastised Rubio for past comments on the Spanish-language network Univision. Rubio responded that Cruz couldn’t have known what he said on Univision “because he doesn’t speak Spanish” drawing a raucous response from the crowd.

Cruz promptly offered a brief response in Spanish. His answer was off-camera and heavily accented, however, making it hard to understand — even for bilingual listeners.

Rubio speaks fluent Spanish, while Cruz has for years freely admitted that his Spanish is “lousy.”