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Cruz vehemently denies tabloid’s affair allegations, blames Trump

Ted Cruz with wife Heidi on the campaign trail in Wisconsin.
Ted Cruz with wife Heidi on the campaign trail in Wisconsin.
By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
March 25, 2016

Ted Cruz has responded to the National Enquirer story accusing the Republican presidential hopeful of having multiple affairs.

Friday afternoon, Cruz posted the following message on his Facebook page, calling the attacks “garbage.” He goes on to blame Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump for the Enquirer story, claiming Trump enlisted his friends to concoct the allegations.

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

Trump released a statement in response to Cruz.

And so did the National Enquirer:

This is the latest development in the ongoing feud between Cruz and Trump, which has heated up this week. Thursday, Cruz called Trump a "sniveling coward" for Trump's verbal attacks on Cruz's wife, Heidi. Those attacks came after Trump blamed the Cruz campaign for a series of ads, one of which featured Trump's wife Melania posing nude.

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