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.

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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