@jaketapper Thank you, Jake.
— MoxieMom (@moxiemom) May 5, 2016
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:
Judyth Vary Baker, indisputably Oswald GF 1961-63 confirms Rafael Cruz in LHO "crew" dist anti-Castro Lit in the Big Easy @jaketapper
— Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) May 5, 2016
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.
@jaketapper I'm beginning to think the swinger with a Nixon tattoo might not be a good guy.
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) May 5, 2016
@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
Would @BenCarson2016 HQ be called Uncle Tom's cabin ? Just asking……
— Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) November 15, 2015
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
@jaketapper @RogerJStoneJr Dirtbags gotta dirtbag. #NeverTrump
— Carmen P (@uncmetsgal) May 5, 2016
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Update:
Maybe Stone had some words with Trump since yesterday, because Donald seems to have flip-flopped yet again:
Trump to @BretBaier on Cruz/Oswald claim: "They didn't deny it." Baier pts out they did. Trump: "They can deny it but it's a picture."
— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) May 5, 2016
Delightful.
Yeah, he's sane. https://t.co/qXNXZF00dn
— T (@FirstTeamTommy) May 5, 2016
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Related:
‘Ridiculous and, frankly, shameful’: Jake Tapper nukes Trump’s Cruz-Oswald conspiracy peddling
