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Ted Cruz sex scandal story leaked to National Enquirer by Marco Rubio “ally,” not Donald Trump
Salon ^ | March 25th, 2016 | Brendan Gauthier

Posted on 03/27/2016 11:25:27 AM PDT by Mariner

Maybe Donald Trump isn’t behind the Ted Cruz “sex scandal” story leak to the National Enquirer after all.

According to The Daily Beast, “for months and months, anti-Cruz operatives have pitched a variety of #CruzSexScandal stories to a host of prominent national publications.”

One such outlet was Breitbart News, which was shown “a compilation video of Cruz and a woman other than his wife coming out of the Capitol Grille restaurant and a hotel on Tuesdays and Thursdays,” a source inside the publication told The Daily Beast. (Leave it to a politician to keep a standardized booty call schedule.)

The Breibart source confirmed that they’d received the video from “a Rubio ally,” but ultimately decided against running the story because, “There was no way to verify the claims.”

(Excerpt) Read more at salon.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: New York; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; demagogicparty; election2016; florida; marcorubio; memebuilding; newyork; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; tedcruz; texas; trump
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To: DannyTN

Interesting that one of the identified women is TRUMP’S national spokesperson ...


21 posted on 03/27/2016 11:42:40 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: kingu

All of what you conjecture fits the Clinton crime system to a tee. The story pits the opposition against each other in a moral dilemma ... slick used the Monica crap to divert attention from his selling our nuclear secrets to the Chicoms, so they know it works with folks who claim some moral high ground.


22 posted on 03/27/2016 11:44:08 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Democrats bait then switch; their fishy voters buy it every time.)
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To: Mariner
But, Salon asks the pertinent question: Why the Rubio crew and why now?

Possibly the NE got it awhile ago but decided to run some investigations before publishing it. In the process, Rubio got screwed. He lost the election and gets blamed for the story because Cruz tried to blame Trump.
23 posted on 03/27/2016 11:44:22 AM PDT by ronnietherocket3 (Mary is understood by the heart, not study of scripture.)
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To: Mariner
Perhaps Rubio dropped out of the race because Cruz was going to out him on somewhat similar rumors. Then, once free of hurtful publicity because of no longer being a candidate, Rubio forces unloaded on Cruz with the information they had in previous months tried to peddle to the MSM.

I doubt that any of the allegations against either Rubio or Cruz were or are unknown to any of the political operatives involved with this election cycle. It is all an evolving and changing political game that some are in for fun and others seriously intent on destroying this Republic as we know it.

24 posted on 03/27/2016 11:45:44 AM PDT by mountainfolk ((The past is prologue))
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To: TexasGator

Or she’s a red herring to conflate the dialog.


25 posted on 03/27/2016 11:46:24 AM PDT by glock rocks (TTTT !)
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To: Mariner
Why the Rubio crew and why now?

Now was supposed to be before the March 15th primaries. Good plan, poor execution by team Rubio.

26 posted on 03/27/2016 11:46:30 AM PDT by jpsb (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismark)
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To: MHGinTN

Big time screw up by GOPe ( so what else is new). They were to sit on the Cruz affair til much later AFTER Cruz was to be used as a useful tool to deny delegates to Trump. But sprung the story too soon in effect increasing Trumps chances of hitting the 1236. Shot themselves in the head on this one


27 posted on 03/27/2016 11:48:18 AM PDT by Swanks
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To: Mariner

Why now? Cruz tried to get Rubio to join him but wouldn’t promise the veep slot.


28 posted on 03/27/2016 11:49:06 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Cruz voters: Wake up! Trump is our only chance of stopping the gopE. If not now, never!)
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To: glock rocks

Little Ben Shapiro did not run Breitbart anymore than Michelle Fields or C Edmund Wright did

Steve Bannon is the shot caller at Breitbart

And he is sympathetic to Trump

Robert Mercer....I think it’s Robert....I’m sure it’s Mercer...is a rich guy and owns a big chunk of Breitbart

He is a major Cruz guy and he got Bannon to sit on it

The Wilk family....more big cash....play into this drama somewhere but I forget

Cruz smells bad on this but no smoking gun yet although some stuff is incriminating especially the Fiorina money and the stuff with Amanda

My hunch is National Enquirer is using ironically the Andrew pre explosion technique

Throw enough out there first to see reactions and what all the participants do.....they may throw out stuff you don’t have

Save major info to bomb at peak fester

It’s a cruel world when politics and tabloid meet

Don’t think for a second they won’t do it to a Trump too....in fact they have been since 1982....which gives him kind of immunity


29 posted on 03/27/2016 11:49:29 AM PDT by wardaddy (Cruz path to nomination is a box canyon)
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To: wardaddy

Thank you. Wild situation. Perhaps the half mil is the real story after all...


30 posted on 03/27/2016 11:52:03 AM PDT by glock rocks (TTTT !)
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To: Mariner

Cruz was trying for a joint Cruz/Rubio ticket. When Rubio completely dismissed it, he decided to throw the turd in the punch bowl.


31 posted on 03/27/2016 11:52:56 AM PDT by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: DannyTN

I stand with you.


32 posted on 03/27/2016 11:54:16 AM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: glock rocks
"Perhaps the half mil is the real story after all..."

Felonious collusion between campaigns and PACs.

That is something everyone knows occurs, and nobody has been willing or able to prove.

Those on the inside have a wealth of incentives to say nothing. Those on the outside can't see in.

But if somebody has found a way to crack that wall of silence it would be a Pulitzer for sure.

33 posted on 03/27/2016 11:56:32 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner
Why the Rubio crew and why now?

My take - Rubio was wanting to use it in the event he made some kind of showing in Florida, but that didn't happen.

I don't think Rubio had anything to do with it's release now, either. Anonymous threatened to release evidence days before the NE ran with it, and NE not only already knew about the story, they had also had time to investigate it further to see if anything panned out.

34 posted on 03/27/2016 12:00:35 PM PDT by MamaTexan (I am a person as created by the Law of Nature, not a person as created by the laws of Man.)
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To: MamaTexan

I think Rubio is planning a come back at convention.


35 posted on 03/27/2016 12:01:16 PM PDT by caww
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To: VerySadAmerican; kingu; mrsmith; Mariner; MHGinTN; Swanks; All

For your consideration and hopefully your input.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3414270/posts?page=75#75


36 posted on 03/27/2016 12:01:45 PM PDT by Nita Nupress (https://soundcloud.com/breitbart/breitbart-news-saturday-stephen-miller-february-26-2016 MUST LISTEN)
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To: Bobalu

You’re one sick pervert to post that.


37 posted on 03/27/2016 12:03:06 PM PDT by caww
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To: caww

You’re quite possible right. I don’t think he’s the only GOPer salivating in the wings waiting to be called, either.


38 posted on 03/27/2016 12:03:25 PM PDT by MamaTexan (I am a person as created by the Law of Nature, not a person as created by the laws of Man.)
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To: Mariner

-—”Perhaps the half mil is the real story after all...”
Felonious collusion between campaigns and PACs.
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Sounds simple enough right? Of course Fiorina’s PAC will not admit TED’s PAC gave them money to hush up, who would admit to something like that without a grand jury?

But.. I wonder how many people will flip if indictments pop up (maybe during the primary if Ted was the nominee) from the fed accusing Fiorina’s camp of blackmailing a sitting US Senator.

THAT’s where Ted would get crucified. No matter if the allegations were true or not, if Ted was the nominee it would be slow walked by the DOJ all through the primary.

Libs have a double standard, that is they can overlook Clinton’s investigation, but an investigation into a preacher/sinner candidate getting blackmailed by another GOP camp would be too sensational.

It would crush him.


39 posted on 03/27/2016 12:10:32 PM PDT by Bubba Gump Shrimp (if God wanted Cruz to be president, he'd have been born in America)
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To: Bobalu

LOL !


40 posted on 03/27/2016 12:12:46 PM PDT by Neu Pragmatist (Stop the GOPe and DIMS ...Defeat Cruz, Levin, Beck, Romney - Vote Trump)
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