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Loser! Jerk! Insults fly on Republican campaign trail

WASHINGTON: For months Republican U.S. presidential candidates traded insults such as "dummy," "jerk" and "loser." Then, party front-runner Donald Trump repeated a supporter's description of Ted Cruz as a "pussy."

With the contest for the party's nomination moving into South Carolina and the stakes rising, it is possible the most disparaging discourse of the Nov. 8 election campaign is yet to come.

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