Posted on 03/27/2016 4:32:27 PM PDT by drewh
Did 2016 Republican Presidential contender Ted Cruz pay Carly Fiorina’s campaign to keep her quiet about an affair? It’s unlikely, but Twitter speculation abounds.
Chatter about the “scandal” stems entirely from a National Enquirer story that hit newsstands March 25, alleging Cruz had affairs with five women. The Enquirer ran pixelated headshots of five women that the tabloid claims had affairs with Cruz. One of the headshots appears to be of Carpenter, but there’s no evidence to back up the Enquirer’s report. A Ted Cruz-affiliated Super PAC, Keep the Promise I, donated $500,000 to rival Carly Fiorina’s presidential campaign in July 2015.
The Washington Post noted that the donation was “unusual” at the time, but Twitter and the National Enquirer claim to have a key piece of context: Cruz was having an affair with Fiorina staffer Sarah Isgur Flores.
The Enquirer claims that Cruz cheated on his wife with five different women over the course of his campaign. While the Enquirer pixelated the photos it ran with the story, Twitter sleuths posting at #CruzSexScandal have claimed to unravel a few of the mysteries:
Sarah Isgur Flores, in the center of the supposed de-pixelated photos above, worked for the Fiorina campaign during the 2016 election. As goes the theory, when Fiorina found out about the affair, Cruz silenced her with a half-million-dollar donation.
It bears repeating that no one has proof of anything, and Fiorina has herself endorsed and campaigned with Cruz since ending her campaign. Moreover, a photo from Flores’s Twitter shows Fiorina and the Cruz family being quite friendly:
It’s also important to note that the allegations come on the heels of a heated Twitter spat between Cruz and Donald Trump about the use of each others’ wives on the campaign trail,
Follow the money.
Sec’y of ?? Commerce.. Treasury?? What could she qualify for in an Cruz admin?
big money goes around the world...
So how many freepers had to donate to Ted Cruz to pay off Carly I wonder?
Wouldn't have to fund raise on FR for quite a while with that kind of jack.
Carly played Ted like a fiddle! Just another reason for Lyin Cheating Cruz not to be POTUS
Cruz had these affairs while on campaign? Could he be that stupid?
Its amazing how many of these Cruz bashing stories dont have any facts. Just guesses, innuendo, and lies.
Sec’y of Infidelity. Most of the Hill and DC crowd would endorse her.
The “loan” is odd, I’ll admit that. And I’d like to hear an explanation from Cruz, to be honest.
True. At least the guesses and innuendo part.
There is no sense in gossiping over this until the end of next week when the facts have come out.
..Did Ted Cruz Pay ‘Hush Money’ to Carly Fiorina Over #CruzSexScandal?...
As Jeb would say,it’s an act of love.
There is no sense in gossiping over this until the end of next week when the facts have come out...
Facts rarely come out without the pressure from gossip.
that arrogant
He is after all the Anointed one....just ask Glen
OK, fine. Every woman (or man) that Trump has given money to must have been given as "hush money".
Let's start with Hillary Clinton.
See how it works?
Why is Ted Cruz stone walling the FEC investigation. If there is nothing there then come out with it. The stone walling looks bad for Cruz.
Maybe the powers that be in the Cruz campaign needed her in the race for a few more debates to dilute the bottom-runner vote. That could be worth a half a mil.
Uh oh...
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