So Trump went off half cocked about something he knows nothing about.
He also had his buddy at the National Enquirer accuse Cruz of adultery, with many women.
Politics is nasty and Trump is one of the nastiest. So excuse me for not shedding a tear over ‘misinformation’.
“So Trump went off half cocked about something he knows nothing about.”
Actually, you don’t really know that, do you? You don’t know what Trump knows or doesn’t know on the matter. A picture exists of Oswald passing out pro-Castro pamphlets with a man who resembles Rafael Cruz. The picture was taken in New Orleans, a few months prior to Kennedy’s assassination. Cruz’s father has been vague about his where abouts during that time in his life, and some of the details he’s given turned out later to be false. But, from what is known of his where abouts during that time, his presence in New Orleans on that day is plausible.
Trumps actual comments?
“And you know, his[Cruz’s] father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald being... you know—shot. I mean, the whole thing is ridiculous. What is this? And nobody even brings it up. They don’t even talk about it. And that was reported, and nobody talks about it.
... I mean, what was he doing with Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before the death? Before the shooting? It’s horrible.”
Cruz’s father is known to have mis-represented his past on previous occasions. Was he with Oswald in New Orleans that day? Possibly. Was he involved in the Kennedy assassination? There’s no direct evidence that he was, but then again, Trump never said he was. Was Trump implying that it might be possible? Yes.
Was it dirty politics for him to do so? Maybe, although Cruz’s campaign had already engaged in dirty politics of its own at the time Trump made his comments. And it’s also worth remembering that Trump has made outlandish allegations before - that later nded up being true (e.g. That he was spied on by Obama).