April 24, 2024

"National Enquirer made up the story about Ted Cruz's father and Lee Harvey Oswald, former publisher says."

NBC News reports.

The paper had published a photo allegedly showing Cruz's father, Rafael Cruz, with Lee Harvey Oswald handing out pro-Fidel Castro pamphlets in New Orleans in 1963, not long before Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy....

“We mashed the photos and the different picture with Lee Harvey Oswald. And mashed the two together. And that’s how that story was prepared — created I would say," [testified David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer].... 
Pecker said [Michael] Cohen would call and say they'd like his publication to run an article on a certain candidate, adding that Cohen would then send him a piece about Cruz, for example, and the National Enquirer "would embellish it from there."...

67 comments:

rhhardin said...

The big national loss was Weekly World News. What it could do today!

Bob Boyd said...

Disgraceful! Only the FBI should be doing this kind of thing.

Caroline said...

This is why we have the pathetic character of leadership that we have. Who in their right mind would want to serve their country, if it meant certain character assassination?

Enigma said...

This was worth discussion?

The Weekly World News, the Babylon Bee, the Onion, and the National Enquirer...all non-news peas in the same pod.

Of course the left tried to shut down the Babylon Bee for "misleading people" with humor that some interpreted as fabrications and lies. When the characteristics of dubious source go over your head the joke is on you.

Kate said...

Why does Cruz inspire so many dank memes? JFK, Zodiac ... the Sabo print of Cruz in gang tats was gorgeous.

AMDG said...

“Donald Trump is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being l’ve ever known in my entire life.”

Drago, Achilles, and the rest of the tRump Swabs.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

A lot of Trump's humpers bought the BS Cruz story.

Even after Ted Cruz showed nothing but class and respect towards Trump as president.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Bob Boyd for the win.

LOL! perfect.

Patentlee said...

How is this testimony admissible at Trump’s trial? Is it the prosecution’s position that the planting of a false story against a rival candidate is an illegal act?

TickTock said...

So Michael Cohen ran the National Enquirer? I can't see Donald Trump writing those stories, but I am perfectly willing to believe that Cohen did. Of course, not certain I believe anything a former publisher of the Enquirer has to say. Everyone knew/knows the Enquirer was/is a work of fiction. Harmless in its way. Not certain this is more than peccadillos for any of the peckers involved. Little pecker (David) or big pecker, Cohen. Writing fiction after work is a good way to relax as a number of commentators to this blog know.

Drago said...

AMDG continues his sad pro-dem lawfare downward spiral post-DeSantis $200+ Million campaign collapse.

Not to worry AMDG. Looks like your heroic globalist backers of DeSantis, particularly Ken Griffin and Citadel Capital, are keeping hope alive for an eventual McConnell/Paul Ryan "win" with some naked short selling of Truth Social timed perfectly for Biden to use in a speech or 2 as well as Letitia James efforts to knock out the Surety company that provided Trump the $175M bond.

And Mittens came out yesterday declaring Trump guilty again!

Yes indeed, you little "principled" GOPe suckups and your New Soviet Democratical allies have certainly been staying very very busy, havent you?

Aggie said...

'tRump Swabs'. That's it, I've voting for Joe Biden for sure. That's the kind of pure thinking, persuasive logic, and real vision this country needs. Ideas !

See, it's a play on words ! Get it? Rump Swabs, that's like wiping yourself with stuff you use for poo-poo ! Only, it's hidden to look like Trump ~! Get it ? Giggle with me now ! Trump ! Rump ! Poo Poo ! Toilet ! Ha Ha Ha !

Joe Biden's America speaks.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Cruz is a solid conservative. He did not deserve Trump's lies.
Trump is a former democrat - a big spender - Trump let Hillary off the hook and surrounded himself with spies and back-stabbers. He is also inarticulate and he steps on his dick a lot.
Trump is superior to Crook Joe - and I will vote for Trump.

That Trump is all we have between total ruin & destruction of our nation by the Hamas-Nazi open border liar left? yikes.

Bob B said...

Breaking news from 1926, 1927 ... 1945, 1946 ... 1960, 1961 ... 1985, 1986 ... 2003, 2004 ... 2023, 2024:
The National Enquirer makes up news to make money!

tommyesq said...

So... the same level of credibility as the Russia collusion/pee tapes work by the NYT and WaPo?

Rich said...

That’s not a great first witness if you’re Donald Trump.

Lilly, a dog said...

Next you'll tell me that "Bat Child Found in Cave!" isn't a true story.

Rich said...

Oh Drago, here you are again pushing the Kremlin narrative.

Earnest Prole said...

The big national loss was Weekly World News.

Agreed — google ‘bat boy’ if you’re skeptical.

wendybar said...

And Obama and Hillary with the New York Times and the Washington Post made up the fake Russian Collusion hoax.

Clark said...

The comments on this post are en fuego!

I googled 'bat boy' as Earnest Prole suggested. "Based on a story in The Weekly World News, BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL is a musical comedy/horror show about a half boy/half bat creature who is discovered in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia. For lack of a better solution, the local sheriff brings Bat Boy to the home of the town veterinarian, Dr. Parker, where he is eventually accepted as a member of the family and taught to act like a “normal” boy by the veterinarian’s wife, Meredith, and teenage daughter, Shelley." — h/t broadwaylicensing.com

Drago said...

LLR-democratical and Strong AMDG alky Rich: "Oh Drago, here you are again pushing the Kremlin narrative."

LOL

It was probably a good move for you to just blurt out that moronic claim with no follow up! Higher probability of no getting called out on it.

And AMDG no doubt appreciates the support from Team Dem. Team Dem is where the remainder of the Wanna Be DeSantis Online Influencers find themselves these days.

I cant wait to see how fast AMDG comes riding in to White Knight for his LLR-democratical pals in the same way he defends Team Lawfare.

Lets see what happens next....

Yancey Ward said...

Again- what does Pecker's testimony have to do with the charges in this case? Trump paid Daniels for the NDA- completely legal and undisputed. Trump paid it via Cohen, his lawyer, again completely legal and undisputed. It was listed as "legal expenses"- where in NY State law is it written that one can't list as "legal expenses" the payment of extortion and/or legal agreements of non-disclosure?

The only issues the witnesses for the prosecution should be testifying about is whether or not the facts above are, indeed, facts, and legal testimony demonstrating to the jury that, (1) labeling the payments as "legal expenses" is a false business entry and (2) they qualify as an undisclosed campaign expenditure under federal law. Any other witnesses should be limited to testimony in rebuttal to the defense's witnesses' testimony, which hasn't happened yet.

Pecker's testimony touches on exactly none of those issues- literally none of them. Any judge with a sense of fairness would have barred all of Pecker's testimony as prejudicial and irrelevant to the case. This is literally reversible error writ large. Politicians lie about their political opponents in every single election, and almost always done via campaign surrogates and supporters.

Aggie said...

No New York bagel is complete, without a smear.

Drago said...

Yancey Ward: "Pecker's testimony touches on exactly none of those issues- literally none of them."

Reversible error is irrelevant when the goal of the dems, deep staters and GOPe suckups, as we see on this blog, is simply to nail down a corrupted conviction, give the House of Representatives to the Dems, have the House and Senate pass a law declaring Trump cant run again, and then have the GOPe insiders install a new candidate on the republican side.

AMDG will be absolutely thrilled! Its a dream come true for the GOPe suckups in particular who are indistinguishable from a Joy Behar.

Christopher B said...

Twelve random people have been picked off the streets of New York to be the finders of fact in this case. What distinguishes their ability to weigh testimony in this case from their ability to figure out the National Enquirer may not be a reliable source of information?

William said...

The news media is luxuriating in the bad news that's coming out about Trump in this trial. To be sure, the news doesn't make Trump look good, but you know who looks worse? The news media....It's reprehensible that a false story was planted in the Nat'l Enquirer, but what's far worse is all the false stories that were planted in the MSM by Hillary, the intelligence officials, and, even worse, by journalists on their own volition. I don't know of anyone who believed the National Enquirer story on Cruz, but, to this day, there are many who still believe Dan Rather's scoop on Bush or that Donald Trump is Putin's agent in America.....I don't think Trump should be fooling around with porn stars, or at least not with Stormy Daniels. There are so many porn stars who are far more attractive and discreet, but that's the way it goes. If I were a billionaire, messing around with porn stars would definitely be on my bucket list. I wouldn't be like Robert Kraft who goes to discount massage parlors...Anyway I can't help but compare the coverage of his affairs with the coverage afforded Clinton and Kennedy. They weren't just complicit. They were enablers. The Post may even have served as Kennedy's pimp. If it weren't for the Nat'l Enquirer we would never have learned of John Edwards' affair. They were similar but seamier to Trump's, and Edwards was found innocent.

Iman said...

Your predilection for intra-party skirmishes and backstabbing only highlights you have shit for brains, AMDG.

Achilles said...

"National Enquirer made up the story about Ted Cruz's father and Lee Harvey Oswald, former publisher says."

NBC News reports.


Is this Russian Collusion?

Iman said...

A lot of people say, “What’s that?” It’s Rich!
A lot of people ask, “Who’s he? Or she?”
A ma’am or a sir, a dude or a bitch
or whatever it might be
It’s time for Idiocy
That’s just Rich!

h/t Julia Sweeney

mikee said...

Next you'll be telling us BatBoy wasn't real, either! Begone, all ye foul and faithless readers of checkout counter birdcage liners!

Achilles said...

AMDG said...

“Donald Trump is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being l’ve ever known in my entire life.”

Drago, Achilles, and the rest of the tRump Swabs.


There is nothing more pathetic than a Nevertrump Romney Republican. Democrats hate them. Republican voters hate them. There just aren't very many of them and as soon as they are run out of DC they are going to have to get real jobs.

There is a reason they tend to avoid real jobs and get into politics or become 3rd rate lawyers and have a Ben Shapiro fetish.

Mr. D said...

AMDG said...
Drago, Achilles, and the rest of the tRump Swabs.


I did not know that (a) someone trained by the Jesuits needed to go ad hominem, and (b) ad hominem serves the greater glory of God. Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam? Or does it mean Always Meaningless Drivel Galore? Inquiring minds want to know.

Achilles said...

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Cruz is a solid conservative. He did not deserve Trump's lies.
Trump is a former democrat - a big spender - Trump let Hillary off the hook and surrounded himself with spies and back-stabbers. He is also inarticulate and he steps on his dick a lot.
Trump is superior to Crook Joe - and I will vote for Trump.

That Trump is all we have between total ruin & destruction of our nation by the Hamas-Nazi open border liar left? yikes.


Because Cruz didn't try to do things like steal delegates from Trump in Colorado despite Trump winning the vote there or use lawfare to steal the nomination trying to switch delegates in states after the votes were in.

Or the obvious fact that Cruz had no shot in the General election.

It is hard for you guys to realize that we don't want Harvard/Yale lawyers running the party. What makes you losers so mad is that Trump figured out how to do what you couldn't.

He actually beat Hillary and you will never forgive him for making you wrong and making you look bad.

He beat Hillary despite most of you pouting in the corner and voting for McGuffin. And now you nevertrump losers are realizing that the Republican Party is larger without you than with you.

You can join us or not. The Republican Party is 20 million voters larger with Trump leading it.

Jamie said...

Pecker's testimony touches on exactly none of those issues- literally none of them.

My understanding (she says tentatively - please correct me soundly as needed) is that the issue at hand is that the prosecution has to come up with The Felony in service of which The Misdemeanor (the ledger entry) was committed. And it has to be a state felony. And so after scouring the New York legal code, the prosecution came up with A Felony - it's apparently actually a misdemeanor but when you combine it with The Aforementioned Misdemeanor it is transformed into A Felony through legal alchemy - of conspiracy to influence an election, which evidently includes negative campaigning against your opponent. Pecker's testimony is being interpreted as his admitting having entered into a conspiracy with Trump to influence the election.

I am also given to understand that the statute of limitations on The Second Misdemeanor, now transmitted into A Felony, has also expired.

You know. Because it's Trump, and we're justified in cutting down every law in New York to get him. Nay, we're obliged to do so.

Gusty Winds said...

This is the exact same thing when the Democrat Party, CIA, or FBI distribute their talking points to liberal media shills.

We expect it from the National Enquirer. At least they are willing to admit it.

The MSM will never admit to doing the same.

Gusty Winds said...

Blogger WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...
Cruz is a solid conservative. He did not deserve Trump's lies.

Anyone who saw the National Enquirer and believed Ted Cruz' dad hung out with Lee Harvey Oswald is a moron.

John McCain distributed the fake Steele dossier to damage and already elected Trump.

The two dirty tricks aren't even comparable.

Joe Smith said...

Every single thing in America is crooked.

All you really have is your family...

Rabel said...

"... Pecker indicated that they faked the photo that was the foundation for the story."

As near as I can tell, this is a lie. The photo was not "faked." Even the Enquirer has standards, and I haven't seen any other outlet making this claim independent of the NBC report.

The identification of the man photographed with Oswald as possibly Cruz's father was what was "mashed up."

JaimeRoberto said...

What? No way. Next you're going to tell me that Ted Cruz isn't really the Zodiac Killer.

Deep State Reformer said...

Of course the National Enquirer made it up and then published it. It's just like with Obama's birth certificate, eh? ALL that stuff, from the NYT to the Nat Enquirer, is lies, nonsense, slander, and b*******. Why would anybody believe anything the establishment media say at this point? I'm asking seriously here, and not as a rhetorical question. Who has been right more often the New York Times or Alex Jones?

AMDG said...

Blogger Drago said...
LLR-democratical and Strong AMDG alky Rich: "Oh Drago, here you are again pushing the Kremlin narrative."

LOL

It was probably a good move for you to just blurt out that moronic claim with no follow up! Higher probability of no getting called out on it.

And AMDG no doubt appreciates the support from Team Dem. Team Dem is where the remainder of the Wanna Be DeSantis Online Influencers find themselves these days.

I cant wait to see how fast AMDG comes riding in to White Knight for his LLR-democratical pals in the same way he defends Team Lawfare.

Lets see what happens next....

4/24/24, 9:47 AM

_______________

Just to reiterate because Drago keeps lying about me:

1. I do not support the lawfare against Trump. He is being victimized because of who he is which is a perversion of justice and represents several miles on the road to the destruction of the Republic. This is something I have said before. I hope he is acquitted across the board for no other reason than it would strike a blow against the two tiered justice system.

2. I have not and will not support a Democrat in any race in the election this year. I will vote for Republicans up and down the ballot except for the top line. I have voted for two Democrats involved in competitive races n my life. One Ed King for Governor of Massachusetts in 1978 because he was the conservative candidate. The second is that I voted for Ben Jones over Pat Swindell for the 4th Congressional district in Georgia in 1986 because I believed Swindell to be corrupt.

This does not mean that Trump is fit to hold the office because he is not.

AMDG said...

Blogger Achilles said...
AMDG said...

“Donald Trump is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being l’ve ever known in my entire life.”

Drago, Achilles, and the rest of the tRump Swabs.

There is nothing more pathetic than a Nevertrump Romney Republican. Democrats hate them. Republican voters hate them. There just aren't very many of them and as soon as they are run out of DC they are going to have to get real jobs.

There is a reason they tend to avoid real jobs and get into politics or become 3rd rate lawyers and have a Ben Shapiro fetish.

4/24/24, 11:03 AM

_____________

I am always am amused by tRump Swabs. Being accused of having a fetish for a political figure by a tRump Swab is like being called a pervert by a pedophile.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Achilles -
Triggered much?
You are a blind faith Trump humper.
Whatever will you do when Trump is no longer around?
You will need to find a new false god.

You go on and on about Cruz - yet you have nothing to add regarding "lovely Hillary" (Trump's words). Hillary ate Trump's lunch and Trump let her off the hook.
and you make excuses for him.

Cruz was loyal to Trump.

As far as Colorado - pffft - no one cares and CO means nothing to Cruz or Trump - as CO will never elect an R ever again. CO hates Trump.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Further Achilles - like your false god - you and Trump crap all over Ted Cruz while you both give Adam Schitt and Hillary a total pass.

AMDG said...

Blogger Mr. D said...
AMDG said...
Drago, Achilles, and the rest of the tRump Swabs.

I did not know that (a) someone trained by the Jesuits needed to go ad hominem, and (b) ad hominem serves the greater glory of God. Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam? Or does it mean Always Meaningless Drivel Galore? Inquiring minds want to know.

4/24/24, 11:18 AM

______________

Not ad hominem at all. My argument is that Trump Cultists are beyond reason. They worship a man with no apparent redeeming values whether it be in how he conducts his business, political, or private lives.

AMDG said...

Blogger Achilles said...
AMDG said...

“Donald Trump is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being l’ve ever known in my entire life.”

Drago, Achilles, and the rest of the tRump Swabs.

There is nothing more pathetic than a Nevertrump Romney Republican. Democrats hate them. Republican voters hate them. There just aren't very many of them and as soon as they are run out of DC they are going to have to get real jobs.

There is a reason they tend to avoid real jobs and get into politics or become 3rd rate lawyers and have a Ben Shapiro fetish.

4/24/24, 11:03 AM
_____________________

I am proud to disassociate myself from the moral reprobates, freaks, and dimwits that Trump surrounds himself with.

I want nothing to do with the likes of Matt Gaetz, MTG, Roger Stone, Lauren Boebert, etc. We use to be able to point at Democrats like Cori Bush, Omar, Swallwell, Shelia Jackson Lee, AOC, Maxine Waters, etc. and think how can they elect such morons - well no more.

Drago said...

AMDG: 1. I do not support the lawfare against Trump."

Yes, you do. And have.

It is, in fact, the very basis for what was (is?) the DeSantis campaign.

Did you think no one would notice?

Hassayamper said...

They worship a man with no apparent redeeming values whether it be in how he conducts his business, political, or private lives.

We don't worship him or any other mortal man. We support him because he speaks for ordinary Americans, he cares for their well-being, and he has the guts to take on the enemy scum who hate America and Americans.

He has built nearly 500 successful enterprises and dozens or even hundreds of major buildings. You've made some Power Point slides and memos that were forgotten six weeks after they were read, if anyone read them. Tens of thousands of paychecks depend on his businesses. You may not think that is a redeeming quality, but that says nothing about Trump, and everything we need to know about you.

His political views are redeeming enough to attract more votes than any sitting president has ever received for his second term.

His private life has been messy in the past, but not remotely at the level of a Bill Clinton or Ted Kennedy, and he seems to have been admirably self-disciplined and devoted to his wife for at least the past ten years. We would unquestionably know about it if that were not the case.

Drago said...

AMDG: "Not ad hominem at all. My argument is that Trump Cultists are beyond reason. They worship a man with no apparent redeeming values whether it be in how he conducts his business, political, or private lives."

LOL

Proving Mr D's point.

Drago said...

Boulder Idiot: " CO hates Trump."

Nope.

Just the democraticals and their GOPe suckup amigos...like you.

And yes, there are more democraticals and GOPe suckups, like you, than others so yes, its a blue state.

It was a trending blue state long before Trump happened along. But like everything else, thats all Trump's fault now too.

Thats really quite convenient for the GOPe suckups, isnt it?

Achilles said...

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Achilles -
Triggered much?
You are a blind faith Trump humper.
Whatever will you do when Trump is no longer around?
You will need to find a new false god.


Actually, I like Vivek. I would have preferred him be the candidate but I realize how the timeline has to go. There are a half a dozen other good leaders floating around that aren't harvard grad lawyers too.

Vivek is going to beat Desantis like a drum in 2028 if it is between them. The talent and intelligence level gap between them is cosmic and insurmountable. Have fun with your Harvard grad loser candidates though. They sure have nice hair and know how to do what the CoC tells them to do.

But really Pence just ruined it for you guys. He proved that the GOPe are just a bunch of traitorous shits and you cannot have career republican politicians anywhere near you because the only thing they are good at is betraying people.

There is really no point in listening to people who are just wrong about everything.

Achilles said...

AMDG said...

Not ad hominem at all. My argument is that Trump Cultists are beyond reason. They worship a man with no apparent redeeming values whether it be in how he conducts his business, political, or private lives.

And this is the real problem Romney Republicans have with Trump.

Trump is smarter than they are.

Trump is more successful than they are.

And more importantly, Trump was the best Republican President in a century. After railing at Reagan and supporting Bush/Ford they bitterly accepted Reagan until they could coopt his legacy and start running their Uniparty slugs. Trump did things Republicans promised for decades and made them all look bad.

But most importantly Trump is now rooting them out of positions of power in the Republican Party. The Bush wing Republicans are a bunch of Harvard/Yale lawyers and professors with no talent and no chance in a competitive environment so they infested the Republican party and were happy to lose to Democrats as long as they got to go on NRO Cruises. Right now the last gasp of the traitorous Romney wing is helping the Democrats loot the treasury and send it to Ukraine before retiring to globalist funded lobbyist sinecures. Haley sure is rich now for some reason.

The only thing these people had was status they got by betraying republican voters for decades granted them by the uniparty. Now they are being cast out by Republican voters led by Trump.

These mediocrities and cucks are now the laughing stock of the country.

Mr. D said...

AMDG said:

Not ad hominem at all. My argument is that Trump Cultists are beyond reason. They worship a man with no apparent redeeming values whether it be in how he conducts his business, political, or private lives.

Of course it’s ad hominem. It’s the definition of ad hominem. And suggesting that those who support Trump are worshiping him or are members of a cult is sophistry. I was a never Trumper in 2016, but I saw him in office for four years and it became clear that while he was a mixed bag politically, he was trying to do the right thing more often than not. I don’t recall a Democrat who has tried to the right thing since late period Jimmy Carter. The difference between principled opposition and moral vanity is a knife’s edge. If William Barr can support Trump, it should suggest what side of the knife’s edge you are on.

Drago said...

Mr D, what you see from the GOPe suckups and Wanna Be DeSantis Online Influencers, like Boulder Idiot and AMDG, is simply frustration that all their early work from 2021 on to try and rid the party of Trump AND all of Trump's supporters, particularly those icky diverse working class voters, failed rather miserably.

This coincided with the globalist/GOPe backed DeSantis campaign, which was funded and directed by all the usual billionaire and DC consultant types (Murdoch, Griffin, Jeff Roe, etc), going off the rails in part because the globalist backers were exposed and questions were asked and couldnt be answered.

Recall DeSantis was a Paul Ryan clone while in Congress, so the globalist America Last-ers knew DeSantis would play ball and they were truly hoping lawfare would take Trump out long before the primary season began which would give DeSantis room to maneuver as both the heir to and savior of Trump and his policies.

The problem for DeSantis really peaked when it became clear Trump wouldn't step aside, the lawfare wouldnt force Trump to bail, and Ron then had to run head to head against Orange Man Bad.

This is when we saw the online DeSantis aupporters immediately morph into your typical MSNBC guest in terms of rhetoric...which includes the laughable claim that anyone that supports Trump is simply a cultist that considers Trump a "god". Both claims having been made in this very thread because old habits are hard to break for these dolts.

And make no mistake, these lawfare deadenders are fervently praying Trump gets taken out...despite their hilarious hollow denials.

Howard said...

A circular firing squad

Rich Rostrom said...

Back in the day, the Enquirer was actually very reliable, unlike the other supermarket tabloids. The Star, Globe, Sun, etc., ran fake stories. These made impressive headlines, because if they were real they would have been important. ("Queen Will Abdicate", "Clintons Divorcing", "China Takes Over Disney")

The Enquirer didn't make stuff up. Instead they were very heavy on celebrity gossip, often tricked out with misleading but technically accurate headlines. Like "Action Star Jock Macho's Gay Sex Scandal!" - a martial-arts instructor he trained with years ago made a homosexual porn video.

The Enquirer even did some genuinely important investigative reporting. They exposed Sen. John Edwards and Jesse Jackson Sr. as baby daddies.

I believe it was when Cohen took over that the Enquirer went down the tubes.

Chuck said...

Althouse I am sorry but yours was the most sanitized retelling of NBC's reporting on this scandalous story that I could imagine.

The simple outline:
~ Trump and Michael Cohen cooked up the fake scandals involving Cruz and Rubio. They supplied the fake stories to Pecker and the National Enquirer. As they supplied them, David Pecker knew perfectly well that he was being given fake stories as part of coordinated attacking by the Trump 2016 Campaign.

~ The Enquirer tarted up the stories, including faked pictures of Ted Cruz's father and Castro, and published them.

~ Not surprisingly, Cruz and Rubio each individually denied the stories, denounced them as fake, and counter-attacked Trump directly for having helped to inspire them with the National Enquirer. Go back and look at the reporting from that time; Cruz and Rubio were beside themselves with fury over the fake stories, and their language directed at Trump was righteously vicious.

~ For his part, at that time, Trump denied any involvement with the Enquirer. Trump made lots of public statements in which he acknowledged talking about the Enquirer stories but he denied any personal knowledge about how the stories were produced or reported. All of it lies, we now know.

~ Now, years later, we have Pecker's testimony under oath in the Trump trial. Cruz and Rubio have been proven to have been thoroughly correct in their denials of the phony stories. Trump is shown to have been instrumental in advancing the stories. And Trump lied about all of it at the time.

~ But last is the best part. Rubio and Cruz were asked by NBC to comment on the courtroom testimony. And that fact that years later, they were both proven to have been right in their suspicions about, and condemnations of, Trump. Fundamentally, it should have been a triumphant moment for Rubio and Cruz. But it wasn't. Both Rubio and Cruz ran away from NBC when they were asked to comment this week. They could both have said, "Yep, I was right. I told you so. You need to remember that." But of course they didn't say anything like that. They are way, way too deep in the Trumpist Cult of the Republican Party. So instead they dodged the NBC questions. It is frankly embarassing that they can't even face up to the obvious reality of this story. Even when they were spectacularly right and Trump was wrong.

See it all written up here.

Drago said...

Over-compensating Non-combat "vet" Howitzer Howard: "A circular firing squad"

Comments from Team Hamas, like yous, are discarded without any further consideration.

effinayright said...

Next thing we'll hear from Chickenshit Chuck is that he was shocked! shocked! to learn Hillary funded, disseminated and pushed the fake Steele dossier and Trump-Russia Collusion hoax.

No, we won't. We'll get.....................crickets.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Chuck--

All normal people run away from the radical leftist joke network called NBC.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

NBC is 100% leftwing democrat hack. Why should anyone give it the time of day?
NBC should be told to fuck itself - and to fuck off - daily.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Drago is obsessed and filled with raw hate - over DeSantis.

Point and laugh.

Drago said...

Boulder Idiot: "Drago is obsessed and filled with raw hate - over DeSantis."

The facts behind the origin, purpise, funding and leadership of the DeSantis campaign are well established and the morphing of a significant % of DeSantis online supporters, like AMDG, into MSNBC-types is irrefutable.

The only "hatred" is coming from you GOPe suckups and your democratical allies...which is partly why you cannot address a single established fact.

Its also partly due to your stupidity.

But perhaps you'll surprise us at some point by becoming informed.

Lets start here: give us the "innocent" reason for why the DeSantis billionaire backers are naked short selling Truth Social in perfect coordination/timing with Letitia James' efforts to disallow the Surety company from continuing to provide the $175M bond for Trump while simultaneously Team Biden uses the naked short selling impacts on Truth Social as part of its campaign messaging.

I am betting you wont, because you cant, because you arent very bright. Its just Orange Man Bad and his horrible deplorables all day, every day, in Boulder Idiot land.

veni vidi vici said...

Reversible error that probably won't have been reversed by election day.

That's the entire game, right there. In all these shitty cases.

Rusty said...

"Not ad hominem at all. My argument is that Trump Cultists are beyond reason. They worship a man with no apparent redeeming values whether it be in how he conducts his business, political, or private lives."
How long have you been coming here? And you still don't get it.
(Hint) It isn't about Trump.

Chuck said...

effinayright said...
Next thing we'll hear from Chickenshit Chuck is that he was shocked! shocked! to learn Hillary funded, disseminated and pushed the fake Steele dossier and Trump-Russia Collusion hoax.

No, we won't. We'll get.....................crickets.


You are yelling at me because you think I declined to resppond to a comment that you aimed at me in another post's comments page. In fact, I did respond, but my comment seems to have never made it through moderation. Which is ironically hilarious, because in my comment I suggested that instead of personal back-and-forth commentary (which I suggested that Althouse doesn't want), there be some other venue for personal arguments with me.

(I said that personal back-and-forth on the blog's comments pages had become dissatisfying to me because of the delay in seeing comments due to moderation. And indeed the fact that many of my comments myesteriously seem to never appear at all through moderation.)