Posted on 03/26/2016 8:47:16 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump supporter aired unsubstantiated rumors of Ted Cruz infidelity on CNN on Friday. Within an hour, Cruz accused Trump of using “henchmen” to peddle tabloid “garbage” and “complete and utter lies.”
By mid-afternoon, Trump took to social media to deny his involvement in the story.
Mainstream news outlets had steered clear of the rumors and a report in the tabloid National Enquirer before the Trump supporter — appearing live with Amanda Carpenter, a CNN commentator who had worked as Cruz’s communications director — demanded Carpenter address the allegation that she had an affair with the senator.
“It is categorically false. You should be ashamed for spreading this kind of smut,” Carpenter shot back, visibly angry, denouncing the “tabloid trash.”
Twitter and other social media have erupted since the Enquirer posted its story Thursday afternoon, with the hashtag #Cruzsexscandal trending. Cruz detractors mounted an impromptu crowdsourcing effort online to identify the five women whose photos the Enquirer published with black bars across their eyes.
Cruz was campaigning in Wisconsin as Friday’s CNN segment was airing onstage live at a town hall in Oshkosh. The Enquirer report did not come up in the Q&A. The senator addressed it with reporters afterward.
Cruz also posted a denial on his Facebook page.
(Excerpt) Read more at trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com ...
The evidence is damning ...
Meanwhile this is looming , think they’re bluffing ?
http://www.youngcons.com/hacker-group-anonymous-threatens-to-release-info-on-ted-cruzs-mistresses/
I hear he’s lawyering up.
Are you really that ignorant?
No mention of a Lawsuit....Very Strange
Hillary and the DIMs would save this for the general if Cruz was to be the nominee or on a GOPe ticket ...this was from Rubio operatives , with the full intention of Trump getting the blame ...they got busted though
Trump said his campaign wasn’t involved. What a pathetic, cowardly snivelling liar. The only sourced quote in the Nat Examiner article was Trump’s henchman, “former” communications consultant Roger Stone. Yeah, like Trump doesn’t have his hand up Stone’s ass.
What part of ‘offense’ and ‘defense’ do you need me to spell out for you?
Ted’s argument is not with Trump. Ted’s argument is with the National Enquirer. Denying any affairs took place is a good first step, however he needs to specify that not only did he never have any affairs, he does not have, nor has he ever had a mistress or mistresses and that he has unequivocally been faithful to his wife Heidi.
And MOST important: Ted needs to demand, not ask but *demand* an immediate apology and retraction from the National Enquirer OR: he will instruct his legal team to begin legal proceedings. The longer he hesitates to make that demand, the more damage that is going to be inflicted. He’s got to do it now, preferably in time for the Sunday talk shows today.
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If I had nothing to hide, I would do exactly what you describe. This feels like a Bill Clinton denial.
And then, on top of that, the rumor is that Heidi was riding other horses too.
All we have to do is wait this out and it will either fizzle in the next few days or the drip,drip,drip will keep dripping.
What’s amazing is how hooked these people are with social media that they don’t realize they are documenting things they they would really not want known.
Reading the timeline and copy/pics from her Tweets over at CTH, you would be hard pressed not to believe something was up with these two.
Ever heard the term “morning wood”?
Don’t worry Cruz Lunatics will rationalize it away...
No, but perhaps you are.
You are right , but he won’t ... for obvious reasons that are becoming all too clear...
This is looming large , think they’re bluffing ?
http://www.youngcons.com/hacker-group-anonymous-threatens-to-release-info-on-ted-cruzs-mistresses/
. “What a pathetic, cowardly snivelling liar.”
You truly are.
Dude, no one’s rationalizing. We are simply waiting on REAL FACTS. Headlines from the National Enquirer (which also posted articles saying that Hillary has brain cancer) can hardly be considered conclusive evidence of anything.
Never going to happen
>> Where’s the call for retraction of I’ll sue? ... then why lawyer up? <<
Uh... to sue?
The problem is that the article is so vague, it’s hard to sue. When you name sources, all you have to do is get the source to deny or sue the source. But Nat Ex didn’t name any sources, other than Stone’s “analysis.” So the lawyers have to break the stonewall.
Dude, Amanda was with Cruz at 5;30 am.......
Cruzatics!! I like it!! :D
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