Ted Cruz Endorses Guy Who Said His Dad May Have Helped Kill JFK
Brrrr…. Hell just froze over
Itay Hod | September 23, 2016 @ 12:33 PM
Last Updated: September 23, 2016 @ 5:51 PM
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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz endorsed Donald Trump on Friday… the same man who insulted his wife, called him “Lyin’ Ted” and, oh yeah, claimed his father helped assassinate John F. Kennedy.
“After many months of careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience, I have decided that on Election Day, I will vote for the Republican nominee, Donald Trump,” Cruz wrote in a message on Facebook.
Speculation over whether or not Cruz would endorse Trump reached fever pitch on Friday morning. Politico, quoted “someone who had worked for Cruz’s campaign,” as saying that “If [Cruz] announces he endorses, it destroys his political brand.”
The Trump-Cruz detente has been in the works for days. Cruz recently met with Trump’s running mate Mike Pence.
On Wednesday, Trump’s campaign signaled its support for a Cruz-backed, internet-related proposal. And on Friday, Trump announced a new list of conservative judges that included one of Cruz’s closest friends in Congress, Utah Sen. Mike Lee.
During the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July, Cruz was booed off the stage after refusing to endorse the party’s nominee during a prime-time speech, telling the crowd to “vote your conscience” in November.
Turns out backbones, like your appendix, are highly overrated.
Ted Cruz v Donald Trump Timeline: Their Insults About Wives and Rat Sex (Photos)
This week began with nude pictures of Donald Trump's wife, Melania Trump, and ended with Ted Cruz calling Trump a rat and just barely avoiding the word "ratfucking." Let's review.
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It all started with an anti-Trump Facebook ad targeted at Mormons from the super PAC America Awesome, which featured a photo of Melania Trump posing naked for GQ.
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Taking offense to the perceived slight, Trump threatened to "spill the beans" on Cruz's wife Heidi. "Be careful, Lyin' Ted," he warned on Twitter.
"Pic of your wife not from us. Donald, if you try to attack Heidi, you're more of a coward than I thought. #classless," responded Cruz.
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On Wednesday, a story accusing Cruz of having affairs with five women appeared in The National Enquirer. Cruz denied the story, calling it "complete and utter lies" and "a smear that has come from Donald Trump and his henchmen."
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While accusing Trump of planting the story, Cruz tried to talk around the word "ratfucking," derogatory slang for an especially dirty kind of political sabotage.
“He’s a man for whom a term was coined for copulating with a rodent,” Cruz said of a former Trump ally. “Well let me be clear, Mr. Trump may be a rat but I have no desire to copulate with him. And this garbage does not belong in politics.”
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On Friday, Trump issued a statement on Facebook, denying the accusation that he planted the Enquirer story.
"While [The National Enquirer was] right about O.J. Simpson, John Edwards, and many others, I certainly hope they are not right about Lyin’ Ted Cruz," he wrote.
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This week in disgusting presidential politics
This week began with nude pictures of Donald Trump's wife, Melania Trump, and ended with Ted Cruz calling Trump a rat and just barely avoiding the word "ratfucking." Let's review.