Ted Cruz extramarital affairs allegation
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The Ted Cruz extramarital affairs allegation was an incident in the United States presidential election, 2016.
Early story[edit]
On March 25, 2016, the National Enquirer published a report that then presidential hopeful Ted Cruz had been involved in extramarital affairs with five different women.[1] The report prompted a quick denial from Cruz who immediately declaimed the story as "complete and utter lies" and blamed Donald Trump for "planting" the report, a claim which Trump denied while also noting that the National Enquirer had originally broke the story of John Edwards' extramarital affairs.[1][2][3] News of the allegations, and of Cruz's denial, was reported by USA Today, Vanity Fair, Newsweek, Politico, New York Magazine, the Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Mashable, and others.[1][4][2][5][6][7]
Later developments[edit]
The story developed late in the day on March 25, 2016 with a subsequent investigation by The Daily Beast that discovered allies of Marco Rubio had been circulating information regarding Cruz's sexual history to the New York Times and Washington Post for the previous six months. [8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Weigel, David (25 March 2016). "Cruz: National Enquirer story is ‘garbage’ from ‘Donald Trump and his henchmen’". Washington Post. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Cruz Alleges Trump Planted Affair Story". The Daily Beast. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ Kaufman, Scott (25 March 2016). "Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson tweets unconvincing non-denial of involvement in #CruzSexScandal". Salon. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ "Ted Cruz denies rumors of affairs, blames Trump for 'tabloid smear'". Mashable. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ Nguyen, Tina (25 March 2016). "Ted Cruz Accuses Donald Trump of Planting National Enquirer Story About Extramarital Affairs". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ Wofford, Taylor (25 March 2016). "DONALD TRUMP: 'I HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO' WITH NATIONAL ENQUIRER STORY ABOUT TED CRUZ". Newsweek. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ Kirby, Jen (25 March 2016). "National Enquirer — Which Just Happens to Have Ties to Trump — Says Cruz Has Had 5 Affairs". New York Magazine. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/25/ted-cruz-affair-rumors-peddled-by-marco-rubio-s-allies.html
