Cruz Campaign Pushes Photoshopped Image of Rubio Shaking Hands with Obama

Mediate ^ | 02/18/16 | Alex Griswold

[Enlightened1]

 

 

 

The Marco Rubio campaign is livid Thursday after the Ted Cruz campaign released a website that includes a photoshopped image of their candidate shaking hands with President Barack Obama.

Cruz’s website “The Real Rubio Record” ironically features a very unreal image of Rubio smiling ecstatically while shaking Obama’s hand. “The Rubio-Obama Trade Pact” the text ominously reads, a reference to Rubio’s support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The Cruz website also features a photoshopped image of Rubio smiling while leaning on a business sign reading “Closed.”

Among the red flags that the image is fake… who shakes with their left hand? Certainly not the right-handed Rubio.

The Rubio campaign was predictably less than amused. “This is how phony and deceitful the Cruz campaign has become,” Rubio advisor Todd Harris told a gaggle of reporters in South Carolina, while holding up the image in question.

The pushback comes after Cruz faced criticism for what his opponents termed “dirty tricks” in Iowa. In particular, Cruz was criticized for pointing out an official-looking flyer telling voters they faced a “voter violation” unless they voted for him, and for telling supporters to spread a rumor that Ben Carson was dropping out of the race.

UPDATE (11:13 AM): The Cruz campaign doubled down, telling CNN that they believe the image is authentic.

[Enlightened1]

I don't care for Rubio at all..., but Cruz got caught again.

UPDATE 2 (11:47 AM): The Cruz campaign is now walking back its initial denial, while not quite admitting the image is fake. “If Rubio has a better picture of him shaking hands with Barack Obama I’m happy to swap it out,” Spokesman Rick Tyler told CNN. “Two days before presidential primary in South Carolina, they want to talk about a picture we used.”

Meanwhile, Internet sleuths have tracked down the stock photo that was the basis for the photoshop the Cruz campaign won’t say is a photoshop

[sushiman]

Trump was right about Cruz .

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Good. Destroy Rubio.

(Mortal Kombat voice) "DESTROY HIM!!"

[napscoordinator]

Trump is very right about Cruz.

Cruz is the slimiest politician in history. I know some think I am kidding but I have never heard any other candidate acting like Cruz. He is low. I wonder if he cheated in Law School and other areas where he “earned” different things. I bet he has been cheating his whole entire life.

[Sasparilla]

Cruz. Same old kind of political hack that is dooming the GOPe.

[dware]

Fake but true...sounds like liberal tactics to me!

[dynoman]

[The Iceman Cometh]

'If Rubio has a better picture of him shaking hands with Barack Obama I'm happy to swap it out,'

What a lying sack of poop. If you Google 'marco rubio shaking obama's' hand, you get a picture of exactly that.

[Gadsden1st]

First, he allows association with Beck.

Now, repeated garbage by his “team”

Doesn’t give a lot of confidence in his future selection of admin.

[dynoman]

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[katiedidit1]

Now, if it was Rubio and Chuck Schumer...hmmm

[gov_bean_ counter]

I bet you have been a fool your entire life.

[GLDNGUN]

I was for Cruz before he even announced he was running and his strongest supporters say he’s the next Reagan...but did Reagan do this kind of stuff when campaigning?

[dschapin]

Ok, that was stupid for them to use the photo without verifying it’s authenticity.

[donna]

I think so, too. I thought better of Cruz.

[House Atreides]

Congratulations ... you’ve found some progressives/’RATS who are anxious to speak badly of Senator Cruz and are eagerly promulgating their allegations. You must be VERY proud of your service to the Left in America.

[napscoordinator]

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Cruz is losing and you are so bitter that you can't help yourself to denigrate others who are supporting the winner. Sorry you are a loser...not my fault.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

It is irrelevant to the video. Marco is mad at the great video Cruz made showing Marco using Obama’s immigration talking points. The point was that he joint with Obama and the Democrats for the Gang of Eight amnesty bill.

Photoshop is used all the time to demonstrate something. The only way it would be wrong is if it showed something that never happened. Has Marco shaken hands with Obama or not? Did he have the same talking points during the Gang of Eight bill process or not? Watch the video before you condemn it.

[InterceptPoint]

Meanwhile, Internet sleuths have tracked down the stock photo that was the basis for the photoshop the Cruz campaign won’t say is a photoshop
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So where is the link? Where is the proof?