'Stop smearing his father': Fed-up Jake Tapper tells Roger Stone to quit pushing Cruz-Oswald conspiracy theory

Sarah D. | 6:31 PM on May 05, 2016

https://twitter.com/moxiemom/status/728182876806758403

Earlier this week, Jake Tapper took a hatchet to Team Trump’s absurd indulgence of a conspiracy theory alleging that Ted Cruz’s father Rafael met with Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before JFK was assassinated. And despite Trump’s apparent sudden change of heart on the subject yesterday (see Update below):

Trump on Whether He Believes the Rafael Cruz Conspiracy He Pushed: 'No I Don't' https://t.co/XyYsjeO7wV (VIDEO) pic.twitter.com/suzNBw127z

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) May 4, 2016

His surrogate Roger Stone is still pushing the Cruz-Oswald connection narrative as hard as ever:

https://twitter.com/RogerJStoneJr/status/728058093850873856

And Tapper’s as fed up with it as ever:

@RogerJStoneJr you beat him, Roger. You can stop smearing his father.

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 5, 2016

Seriously. With all due respect, Roger — and none whatsoever is due to you — give it a rest, already.

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/728060064486019073

@seanmdav @jaketapper he's awful and never gets called out for it. just gonna leave this one here: https://t.co/cozh0004AS

— Elliott Schwartz (@elliosch) May 5, 2016

https://twitter.com/RogerJStoneJr/status/665778161808986112

They don’t come any classier than that, folks.

@seanmdav @jaketapper Start paying attention to those that surround Trump. They all have something in common. Is that asshole gene.

— Joel Barros (@Joelbarros75) May 5, 2016