Visitors to the website www.TedCruz.com were greeted with a very un-Cruz like message this evening:
I’m guessing @tedcruz doesn’t own http://t.co/SC0MJJvl5E pic.twitter.com/wjwykllhwi
— Evan Smith (@evanasmith) March 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/AdamWeinstein/status/579828289436520448/photo/1
https://twitter.com/TUSK81/status/579828874017570816
#TedCruz should be disqualified as a Presidential candidate for hiring a team that let this happen → http://t.co/TNrmhuoE4e
— Brexton Isaacs (@BrextonIsaacs) March 23, 2015
Oops.
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Update: It looks like Sharyl Attkisson thinks that Twitchy endorsed the idea that Ted Cruz is not qualified because of this website goof. Not true. We simply posted a tweet of what other people were saying about it:
@TwitchyTeam buying http://t.co/0ewTb2opGT disqualifies him–must also think the other candidates who didn't buy their .com aren't qualified
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) March 23, 2015
Ms. Attkisson does rightfully point out that these faked websites are a common issue for many candidates:
@TwitchyTeam Did quick check: http://t.co/XFYQge7llZ and http://t.co/bhP1d4gzWN aren't coming up for me. Those who think that Cruz not
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) March 23, 2015
Maybe it's me (or my search engine) — but I tried visiting http://t.co/XFYQge7llZ and was redirected to this: pic.twitter.com/Tbv1ch3bzK
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) March 23, 2015
Tried visiting http://t.co/bhP1d4gzWN pic.twitter.com/X9rhxTyyk3
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) March 23, 2015
Of note, it looks like Ted Cruz has linked to this website in the past:
@LizMair @MattMackowiak I doubt he doesn't own it, tweeted it out in 2/12 https://t.co/WZI9hGAoxc
— David Shor (@DYShor) March 23, 2015
RT @Rey_Johnson: Check out @TedCruz proven record at http://t.co/UieDmpyk #BestChoice for #TXsen #tcot
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 14, 2012
FWIW, here is the Who Is information for TedCruz.com that show the domain information was updated in April 2014.
Update 2:
@TwitchyTeam no no i understood you–didn't think you were endorsing. neither am i. just playing the Substitution Game.
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) March 23, 2015
Update 3:
This is what I figured. RT @whpresscorps: RT @pbump: pic.twitter.com/nanmQdHoR5
— RBe (@RBPundit) March 23, 2015
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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