National Enquirer Cruz infidelity story could cost Trump a prominent supporter

Donald Trump has denied any connection to the National Enquirer story released yesterday claiming Ted Cruz has had 5 mistresses:

I have no idea whether or not the cover story about Ted Cruz in this week’s issue of the National Enquirer is true or not, but I had absolutely nothing to do with it, did not know about it, and have not, as yet, read it.

Likewise, I have nothing to do with the National Enquirer and unlike Lyin’ Ted Cruz I do not surround myself with political hacks and henchman and then pretend total innocence. Ted Cruz’s problem with the National Enquirer is his and his alone, and while they were right about O.J. Simpson, John Edwards, and many others, I certainly hope they are not right about Lyin’ Ted Cruz.

I look forward to spending the week in Wisconsin, winning the Republican nomination and ultimately the Presidency in order to Make America Great Again.

-Donald J. Trump

But that may not be enough for one of Trump’s earliest, most influential, and enthusiastic supporters, syndicated talk show host Michael Savage.

In a passionate 4-minute monologue, Savage said he had knowledge from a source he would “trust with my life” that the charges in the story were totally false. Savage also noted that he also has been attacked with innuendo over his entire career, and that “it is not pretty to live through this garbage.”

He stated that the Enquirer is run by a close friend of Trump, David Pecker, who flies on Trump’s plane, and that Pecker is behind the Cruz smear. He called on Trump to disavow the story and David Pecker, and threatened to withdraw his support if he doesn’t.

GQ said it was Cruz’s campaign manager who asked them for the photos.

I imagine you already knew that.

Cruz supplies the ammo, hands it to someone else to use in their ‘gun’.

Wonder how that would play out in court if it were a murder trial.

Do we really want someone like that for President?

I find it interesting that the NE is believable when they deny something, but when one of the alleged “mistresses”, Katrina Pierson denies it and calls it 100% false, she is now not to be believed.

Katrina Pierson can only deny her involvement in it; she cannot deny other people's involvement. This is because she would know if she had an affair with Ted Cruz; she cannot know (as she is not omniscient) whether there were affairs going on that she was not part of. The NE can speak to whether they told Trump or received pressure from him.

That said, the NE is not the America's most trustworthy news source. The accusation of whether Cruz had affairs remains to be proven.

So I have asked this time and time again to cruz voters and not one of them yet will answer the question and it really is a simple question for anyone to ask.

We all now the answer and why they can’t just admit it is over and all they want to do is deny Trump to help the establishment is beyond me, at least they can be honest for a chance , instead of lying like cruz

I find the silence from Trump last night and today just fascinating. :-)

What silence?

Trump came out and denied he had anything to do with it, or even knew about it. His statement is posted in the this thread. What more do you want?

Other articles say that Marco Rubio’s people were pushing this story over a month ago.

This is pretty much how Cruz die-hards have operated since the beginning of the campaign. Then they wonder why people are turned off from Cruz when he and his supporters repeatedly attempt to push old news and cherry picked quotes like everyone is too damn stupid to take 10 seconds to google something.

The conservative base is a lot less stupid than phony Ted assumes. As evidenced by his loss of the evangelical vote he condescendingly took for granted.

cruz is supposed to be a great lawyer and yet wy has he said he will go to court and sue them?

Strange I know if I was accused like him and I know my wife would ask that question I would make a massive point to stop these supposed lies, but alas it seems cruz is not willing to go to court and get all the information out there and instead just wants to deny like he denies he knew about Carson, Rubio, mailing list, attacks on Trumps wife.

I thought it was just a shot at him calling him lying ted , but it deos seems he lies all the time.

“Cruz DENIES having anything to do with the photo’s release.”

Yes and what politician has not lied to us

“The photo was made public by an anti-Trump group called MAKE AMERICA AWESOME with a note below the photo that this was NOT AUTHORIZED by any candidate.”

You left out “or you could support Ted Cruz on Tuesday”

“That the photo of Melania is a TRUE PHOTO that she voluntarily took as a model.”

And you know what, I put her right up there with Tom Brady’s wife Gisele Bündchen

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