Did The National Enquirer Just Kill The Cruz Presidential Campaign? Cruz Sex Scandal Goes Viral
Susan Duclos | All News Pipeline
Mar 25, 2016
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Flashback - In 2008 when the National Enquirer finally proved their allegations against John Edwards, producing photos to prove their assertions about his affair, eventually resulting in John Edwards publicly admitting to it, many political writers finally had to pay attention to a story we had turned away from because the source was the National Enquirer, a tabloid.

Present Day - The National Enquirer once again has social media going nuts and the internet buzzing about another presidential candidate, a Republican this time with claims that Ted Cruz has five secret mistresses and despite the National Enquirers success with Edwards, Gary Hart and Jesse Jackson scandals, we still feel their "assertions" and allegations should be taken with a grain of salt, which is why this article almost wasn't written even though it has been roaring across the Internet like a freight train.

What tipped the scales is that two other reporters from two different outlets are 1) insinuating that he had this story and was prevented from publishing it, and 2) Confirming the accuracy of at least two of the women named.

One is Breitbart reporter Allum Bokhari, who on February 2, 2016 claimed "When my next article is released, Iowans will know the real truth about @SenTedCruz," then followed up that same day with "Some people think #MicrosoftRubioFraud is the big scandal from last night. Wait until they hear the bombshell about Ted Cruz."

Two days later, the story still hadn't been released and Bokhari was claiming his hands were "tied," which many seem to think implied that Breitbart higher-ups weren't allowing him to publish his Cruz Scandal piece."

Six minutes later in response to being asked if "THE article" was coming, he responded with "can't come out for a few days. My hands are tied, and not in the fun way. :("

Then, after the National Enquirer published their shocking claims, Bokhari tweeted "I hate getting scooped."

The other reporter is a columnist for Washington Times, Drew Johnson, who tweets "COMING CLEAN: From what I know, at least 2 of the women named as Cruz mistresses by the National Enquirer are accurate #TRUMP #CRUZ #TCOT."

Another point of interest is that Marco Rubio supporters created a trending hashtag before Rubio suspended his presidential campaign after losing his home state of Florida. The hashtag was #The Thing, which was apparently related to some bombshell sex scandal about Ted Cruz, where on March 11, 2016 Twitter user Sean Agnew wrote "@megynkelly Make sure you ask Katrina about #TheThing this evening."