Ted Cruz Sex Scandal Story Just the Latest Bombshell in a Bizarre Campaign
Republican lashes out at National Enquirer article claiming he has had several affairs.
With his wife Heidi by his side, Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks to workers at Dane Manufacturing during a campaign stop on March 24, 2016, in Dane, Wis.
With his wife Heidi by his side, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to workers at Dane Manufacturing on Thursday in Dane, Wis.
By Joseph P. Williams
March 25, 2016, at 2:12 p.m.
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The Republican presidential primary campaign, which has at times devolved into schoolyard taunts and nasty insults, has been rocked by an alleged sex scandal involving Texas Sen. Ted Cruz: The National Enquirer reports the candidate has had a series of extramarital affairs involving five different women.
At a campaign appearance in Wisconsin Friday, Cruz rejected the allegations as "garbage,," slammed the Enquirer for publishing them and pointed the finger at GOP front-runner Donald Trump as the source, further escalating their increasingly personal feud.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) talks with Frank Gaffney after addressing the South Carolina National Security Action Summit on March 14, 2015, in West Columbia, S.C.
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"It is a tabloid smear and it has come from Donald Trump and his henchmen," he told reporters.
Cruz calls sex scandal story 'garbage' from Trump 'henchman'
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The senator later reiterated the denial on his campaign Facebook page.
Trump, who has an estate in Palm Beach, Florida, is reportedly longtime friends with Enquirer CEO David Pecker. The tabloid's headquarters are in nearby Boca Raton.
Trump took to social media on Friday to deny any connection to the National Enquirer story.
"I have no idea whether or not the cover story about Ted Cruz in this week's issue of the National Enquirer is true or not, but I had absolutely nothing to do with it, did not know about it, and have not, as yet, read it," Trump said in a statement posted on his Facebook page. "Likewise, I have nothing to do with the National Enquirer and unlike Lyin' Ted Cruz I do not surround myself with political hacks and henchman and then pretend total innocence. Ted Cruz's problem with the National Enquirer is his and his alone, and while they were right about O.J. Simpson, John Edwards, and many others, I certainly hope they are not right about Lyin' Ted Cruz."