Let me start off by saying I'm a supporter of Ted Cruz so I do have a bias, but if I could find verifiable evidence to back the claims made by the National Enquirer, then I wouldn't defend him. I've been able to debunk some things the Enquirer and others are pointing to. Let's start with the matching tattoos that have been suggested as evidence of an affair between him and Amanda Carpenter. On April 1st, 2014 Ted appeared on Fox with a temporary tattoo on his arm of Winston Churchill. The same day Amanda Carpenter posts a picture on her twitter account where she got the same tattoo. If you do an advanced search of her posts on Twitter for that day, the reason becomes clearer:
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We have staffers w/ Churchill (fake) tattoos on their faces today. I love our office.
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@passantino Cruz showing off tat that couldn’t be an April fools joke
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@dcbigjohn: Did ... Did Ted Cruz just show a fake tattoo of FDR on his arm during an appearance on Fox?As you can see it appears to be a much more innocent explanation. Yet someone named Bill Still used it as evidence of the affair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dB3VXwD6X0&feature=youtu.beI don't consider the National Enquirer a reliable source and so far at least two of the women, Amanda Carpenter and Katrina Pierson are both denying it. Katrina by the way is Trump's spokesperson. None of the women have confirmed it outside of the Enquirer.Another thing that is pointed to as evidence is a $500,000 donation that was made to Carly Fiorina's campaign by the Keep the Promise Superpac which backs Cruz. When it is brought up those saying the affairs are true don't say it was the Superpac, but Ted that made the donation The reason being is that they feel it was hush money for a woman who worked on the Fiorina campaign and is one of the women the Enquirer implicates. This is what Keep the Promise had to say about the donation: ""Keep the Promise I made the donation in June to Ms. Fiorina at that time because we thought she had important things to say that weren't being heard, including her poignant and effective criticism of Mrs. Clinton, at the time, the likely Democratic nominee," Kellyanne Conway, president of Keep the Promise I told CBS News in an email." http://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-did-ted-cruzs-pac-give-half-a-million-to-carly-fiorinas/Realistically at the time it was felt that Trump was the threat and Carly wasn't viewed as a viable candidate so it was more of a case of helping someone who was opposed to the same enemy as you.Someone then stated that Amanda Carpenter's sister in law was interviewed and confirmed the affair. It's posted in an article by someone who goes by Enforcer for Trump: https://medium.com/@Blackppl4Trump/l-affaire-of-ted-cruz-c1818b9db18f#.dxk7k1bn6Curiously Bill Still in the video earlier mentioned stated it was Carpenter's brother that was interviewed. The same words are used in both cases so I doubt any such interview happened.It's also been stated that there is a video of Cruz leaving a hotel and restaurant with a woman on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Apparently Breitbart saw the video and thought it was weak. Other news organizations passed on it as well. Maybe they were just going to a restaurant in a hotel or were using the conference room, who knows, but until we can see the video it's hard to judge. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/25/ted-cruz-affair-rumors-peddled-by-marco-rubio-s-allies.htmlThen there's this which is being promoted but has no verifiable evidence to back it up at least not till they post the video: https://avengersocial.wordpress.com/2016/03/26/interview-with-a-candy-wrapper-the-lollipop-edition/Anybody can make up a story like that, but we'll see if they ever provide evidence.One person on Twitter who claimed to be a columnist for the Washington Times stated he had confirmed that the story for two of the women were accurate. I asked how he knew they were accurate and didn't get a response. The Washington Times stated he was not a columnist for them and was a former employee who submitted articles to their communities portal as a citizen journalist. They ended their relationship with him.Ted is someone who has a religious family values theme and some are jumping on this to say ha ha hypocrite! Those who defend Ted are said to be in denial. They should wait till more facts are in. Right now the Enquirer's story is looking less than credible.
Amanda Carpenter
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