“His father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald’s being, you know, shot. I mean, the whole thing is ridiculous,” Trump said.
“Nobody even brings it up. They don’t even talk about that. That was reported, and nobody talks about it.”
“What was he doing with Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before the shooting?” Trump asked.
Exactly the thoughts that went through MY head when I first saw that photo (accepting that the man in the photo is even Cruz’s father). To me, that’s a long way from saying the guy had anything to do with Kennedy’s assassination.
Not a long way. When you say “What was he doing with Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before the shooting” — you are implying that there is some connection to the shooting. It is certainly how most people took the comments.
I mean, if Trump came right out and said it, there might be legal risk to him — this statement is the way you put out that same idea without risking a libel suit.
Anyway, I get that nobody really cared about this — after all Trump managed to eek out a win even with the many things he said about people. It’s just I believe a bit too much to see people who were willing to ignore attacks for the sake of victory to now be so righteously indignant about Cruz.