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Cruz sells yoga mats after admonishing Trump to ‘breathe’

/ 10:27 AM March 05, 2016

Donald Trump, Ted Cruz

Republican presidential candidates, businessman Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, argue a point during a Republican presidential primary debate at Fox Theatre, Thursday, March 3, 2016, in Detroit. AP

WASHINGTON, United States – US Republican presidential candidates have found a rare moment of levity in yoga, but don’t expect to see them practicing their stretches together anytime soon.

Voters can, however, buy a yoga mat from Ted Cruz.

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Cruz tweeted Friday that his campaign website was selling the mats, following a Thursday debate between the four remaining Republican candidates, in which yoga took center stage.

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During the forum, Cruz tore into rival Donald Trump admonishing him to calm down and “breathe, breathe, breathe.”

“I am Ted,” Trump shot back, as Cruz taunted him again: “You can do it. You can breathe. I know it’s hard.”

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The opportunity was apparently too much to resist for Florida Senator Marco Rubio.

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“When they’re done with the yoga, can I answer a question?” he interjected.

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Rubio then said of Trump: “He’s very flexible, so you never know.”

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Trump, who a few minutes prior was chastised for changing position on major policy issues, had said: “You have to be flexible because you learn you have to show a degree of flexibility.”

The “Cruz 2016 ‘Breathe’ yoga mat,” as the item is called online, is available for $35 alongside caps, coffee mugs and baby clothes for sale on the Texas senator’s campaign website.

It is emblazoned with the words “Cruz” and “2016.”

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Rubio as well solicited $10 donations, pretending on his campaign website to hawk fictitious yoga pants that read “Dump Trump.”

TAGS: debate, Donald Trump, Offbeat, Republican, Ted Cruz, vote, yoga mat

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