[FreeReign]

The video I saw wasn’t an NE charge. It was a question from a reporter at a stand up. Do you deny that?

That's what I mean. Cruz had addressed the NE story. The new question in the video went past the NE story. No candidate is ever asked such a general baseless question.

Most likely Cruz didn't want to dignify such a "do you beat your wife" type of question.

If somebody asked me such a baseless question, I wouldn't even dignify it with an answer.

[Ray76]

Cruz “addressed” it by calling it “garbage”. That’s deflection, not denial.

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Deflection:

Junior, the cookie jar is empty. Your brother Bobby says you ate all the cookies. Did you?

That’s a lie.

Did you eat the cookies?

Bobby’s lying!

Did.you.eat.the.cookies?

Bobby’s a jerk. He’s a liar.

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Denial:

I did not eat the cookies.

[Gaffer]

No, don't obfuscate. The timeline is important at least from my perspective. I saw the video first, and then the online report of the categorical denial later.

Most likely Cruz didn't want to dignify such a "do you beat your wife" type of question.

Hardly a "still beat your wife" question. It was a "have you EVER" question. To me that's a pretty easy man question for a man to answer (yes or no) not hiding behind Carly Fiorina's insertion into the PR fray.