Which “liar” will the Republicans nominate for president? “Lyin’ Ted” Cruz or “pathological liar” Donald Trump — in their own words.
At least showing a sense of humor, Cruz said in Indiana on the day of its primary: “Yes, my dad killed JFK, he is secretly Elvis, and Jimmy Hoffa is buried in his back yard.”
McClatchy news service quoted Cruz as saying of Trump: “Whatever lie he’s telling, at that minute he believes it … the man is utterly immoral. Donald is a bully … bullies don’t come from strength they come from weakness.”
“Trump on Tuesday accused Ted Cruz’s father, Rafael B. Cruz, of being alongside John F. Kennedy’s assassin several months before he shot the president, channeling a National Enquirer story that the Cruz campaign has denounced as false.
“Speaking to Fox News Tuesday morning by phone, Trump said Cruz’s father ‘was with Lee Harvey Oswald’ prior to Kennedy being shot. ‘The whole thing is ridiculous,’ Trump said. ‘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.’”
Other reactions:
At last we have reached the Godzilla vs Mothra of sheer, massive nuttiness. DON’T MISS!https://t.co/VXrJ0ZLJOb
— Ron Rosenbaum (@RonRosenbaum1) May 3, 2016
The BBC weighs in on the accusation that the father of #TedCruz was involved in the #JFK assassination https://t.co/uFvlee37VM
— Corporate Piggies (@corporatepigs29) May 3, 2016
Don’t get me wrong, the fact that Ted Cruz’s father didn’t kill JFK isn’t a good reason to vote for him!
— Jared Polis (@jaredpolis) May 3, 2016