Gawker is reporting The National Enquirer is using its private detectives to investigate rumors presidential candidate Ted Cruz has been involved in at least five extramarital affairs.
The latest issue of the Enquirer features a headline which reads, “Cruz Caught Cheating – With 5 Secret Mistresses.”
The Enquirer quotes a Washington insider as saying, “Private detectives are digging into at least five affairs Ted Cruz supposedly had…The leaked details are an attempt to destroy what’s left of his White House campaign!”
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Gawker reported the mistresses, “include a foxy political consultant and a high-placed D.C. attorney,” although no names have been mentioned at the writing of this article.
While gossip magazines such as the Enquirer are rarely taken seriously by most readers, the story did get an immediate reaction out of Cruz.
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Cruz furiously defended himself in a Facebook post all the while blaming Trump for the Enquirer article.
I want to be crystal clear: these attacks are garbage. For Donald J. Trump to enlist his friends at the National…
Posted by Ted Cruz on Friday, March 25, 2016
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“I want to be crystal clear: these attacks are garbage,” Cruz wrote. “For Donald J. Trump to enlist his friends at the National Enquirer and his political henchmen to do his bidding shows you that there is no low Donald won’t go. These smears are completely false, they’re offensive to Heidi and me, they’re offensive to our daughters, and they’re offensive to everyone Donald continues to personally attack. Donald Trump’s consistently disgraceful behavior is beneath the office we are seeking and we are not going to follow.”
It may seem strange to some that Cruz attempted to deflect the accusations and blame Trump for the Enquirer’s story. No mention of Trump was made in the Enquirer’s article.
Cruz’s Facebook post did draw a lot of positive comments from his supporters, however, with many voicing their loyalty to the senator and presidential candidate.
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