I don’t pretend to know Ms. Carpenter’s history, but was she working for Senator Cruz at the time? If so, in what capacity. I think there are some tweets from earlier that day that Cruz was in a “good mood” from her Twitter account.
Yeah, she was his Communications Director at the time, up until July of last year...
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-carpenter-40b37a5
Yes she was his communication director at the time. Here is the time line for 4/1/14
Early in the AM Amanda Carpenter (AC) tweets tune in to Fox and Friends this morning, Ted is in a "fun mood". The time on the Tweet is 5:22 AM but it is unknown what the time zone is. Later that morning at Fox, Ted gets kidded about not having his suit coat, then he shows off his temporary tat. About that same time AC takes a selfy in what appears to be a hotel Ladies Room, tweets it showing off her temporary tat under the caption "Had To" and she has a suit coat with her. 4/1/14 is a Tuesday it is alleged that Cruz meets his squeeze on Tuesdays.
No smoking gun, but a lot of smoke.