Posted on 02/16/2016 5:56:07 PM PST by MLL
Former Sen. Tom Coburn says a Trump-circulated quote of him attacking Cruz is an "absolute fabrication," according to the Washington Examiner.
Coburn criticized Trump for "loose play with the truth" not just "loose play with words."
The Washington Examiner report goes on:
As part of his never-ending criticism of Cruz, Trump's Twitter feed retweeted and pushed a quote ostensibly from Coburn criticizing Cruz as "one of the most dishonest people" in Washington. Coburn never said this.
"It's an absolute fabrication. I've never said that, period," Coburn told the Examiner. "It's unfortunate he would use my name to say something dishonest. It's a total fabrication."
The tweet with the quote has since been deleted, and further examination found it was wrongfully ascribed to Coburn.
Trump had retweeted his social media director who in turn quoted Coburn saying of Cruz: "He is, without a doubt, one of the most dishonest people in D.C." But according to the Examiner the quote appears to come from liberal website ForwardProgressives.com and their writer, Allen Clifton, a staunch opponent of Cruz.
Trump has repeatedly accused Cruz of lying over the past few weeks, leading up to Trump calling Cruz the most dishonest person in the race at Saturday's GOP debate.
This time his pointed finger has four pointed back.
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His ideas aren’t fleshed out so he just has a lot of rhetoric. He fills in the time when hes speaking with attacks and lies. I can finally believe he’s reached his ceiling.
Coburn was quoted in several publications complaining about Cruz. Google it...Coburn comments on Ted Cruz....
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Tom Coburn on the “Cruz effect”
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Oct 16, 2015 - Via BuzzFeed, another reminder that Coburn may be conservative but he’s no Cruz fan. ... Ted Cruz didn’t join the Senate until more than a year later. .... Note from Hot Air management: This section is for comments from Hot ...
Several Carson staffers went to Cruz.
(I must admit, there was one name among those people that is someone I knew years ago and have seen since then, and I wouldn’t completely trust him.)
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