The Trump team and its surrogates have driven a massive, unprecedented smear campaign against Ted Cruz that is damaging our system of free and informed voting. Integral to this campaign is an immense dissemination of slanted news and untruths over the Internet.
Emblematic of this initiative is the epithet “Lyin’ Ted,” which Trump has not only used over and over in speeches, but has tweeted countless times.
Since Trump has over 7 million Twitter followers, this reaches a very large audience. As a result, his supporters firmly believe Cruz IS a liar and spread the epithet further around the Internet – though Trump has provided no backup for the slur.
Also significant are Cruz hit pieces published in once-reputable news outlets. A number of them were penned by Trump ally and trickster Roger Stone. These skirt reality, or drift over the line into utter falsehood.
“As a result, his supporters firmly believe Cruz IS a liar and spread the epithet further around the Internet – though Trump has provided no backup for the slur.”
Are you serious? Ted Cruz has lied about every one of Trump’s positions, not once, but at every rally and everytime he’s on MSM. You’ve seen the proof posted 100 times here. Why do you continue to back Ted on this, when the proof is right in front of you?
A campaign run on nasty tweets and slander is disturbing. To have the name calling and smears repeated on this forum ad naseum is also disturbing.