Just when I think that U.S. politics could not get any lower, I am surprised once again. Earlier this morning Donald Trump raised concerns in an interview with Fox News that Sen. Ted Cruz’s father Rafael was allegedly photographed with Lee Harvey Oswald, prior to JFK’s assignation.
According to the National Enquirer, the man in red handing out fliers is Rafael Cruz
First of all, let’s look at the source he is quoting. The “news” was broken by the National Enquirer, the supermarket newspaper tabloid that brings you headlines about alien babies, mutant babies, Bigfoot, Elvis sightings, celebrity gossip and so much more. The fact that Trump is passing this off as news just shows how dumb he really is. “His father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald's being -- you know, shot. I mean, the whole thing is ridiculous. What is this, right prior to his being shot, and nobody even brings it up. They don't even talk about that. That was reported, and nobody talks about it,” he said in the interview. As expected Cruz’s campaign has denied the story but why the hell is Trump allowed to bring it up without being questioned about it? Also that Fox let Trump get away with these accusations is a terrible act of journalism itself. Most people have dismissed the National Enquirer’s story as fiction…well apparently everyone but Trump and Fox News. It scares the hell out of me that he actually thinks the National Enquirer is a reputable newspaper. But, as he has noted many times before, he doesn’t care about fact or fiction; as long as he gets some press, he is happy spouting whatever nonsense that pops into his head. How many times has he been caught retweeting erroneous facts from his followers? He has dismissed these retweets as nothing. He even admits that he doesn’t fact check things that he retweets. "Bill, am I gonna check every statistic?" he said in an interview with Fox News host Bill O'Reilly. "All it was is a retweet. It wasn't from me." Trump should have learned by now that you should stay away from criticizing family members. Passing off a fake news story about a family member is not very presidential and has nothing to do with this election and whether or not Cruz will be a good president (I have my doubts but that is another issue). But let’s actually look at some facts. If we are going to look at the sins of our fathers we should point out that Trump’s grandfather amassed most of his wealth running a brothel in Canada’s Yukon Territory. Also, Trump isn’t even Trump, his ancestral name is Drumpf. Let's see your birth certificate Trump!
But that has nothing to do with the presidential election. Instead of attacking candidates with stupid unreliable news stories, let’s make this presidential election about the issues, issues that I am not convinced Trump will be able to solve. Interestingly enough, a humor article in Esquire links Ted Cruz as the Zodiac Killer. I think we know what Trump’s next headline is going to be. Let’s not let the facts get in the way of a good story, right Drumpf?
A caricature of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump courtsey of DonkeyHotey/Flickr
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