Donald Trump Trashes ‘Phony’ Bob Vander Plaats On Twitter

GOP frontrunner Donald Trump is taking a swipe on Twitter at Bob Vander Plaats — who previously endorsed GOP candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).

Trump posted:

Why doesn’t phony @bobvanderplaats tell his followers all the times he asked for him and his family to stay at my hotels-didn’t like paying

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2016

Vander Plaats is CEO of The Family Leader – a socially conservative organization –  and a prominent conservative in Iowa.

.@bobvanderplaats begged me to do an event while asking organizers for $100,000 for himself—a bad guy!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2016

Do you think @SenTedCruz knows about @bobvanderplaats dealings? Actually, I doubt it!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2016

Cruz responded by tweet.

Remembering back when @realDonaldTrump wasn’t attacking conservatives… https://t.co/sHXBvmfGXl

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 26, 2016

Vander Plaats previously endorsed Sen. Rick Santorum in 2012 and Gov. Mike Huckabee in 2008.

Both went on to win the Iowa Caucus.

***UPDATE***Des Moines Register’s Jennifer Jacobs reported, “Records & company officials confirm @bobvanderplaats is correct – Trump charged $100k for appearance in Iowa last yr.”