Ted Cruz and Carly Fiorina appeared in a video provided by MSNBC in which the Daily Mail asked Sen Cruz to deny that he had ever cheated on his wife, Heidi. When Cruz hesitated, Fiorina took over the mike and tried to change the subject unsuccessfully. He was asked several more times to say he had never cheated on his wife and each time he referred back to the National Enquirer story but never answered the question of whether he had never cheated on his wife.
Here is part of the encounter from Breitbart News:
‘Senator Cruz,’ DailyMail.com asked him, ‘can you please swat down more definitively this National Enquirer piece by telling us on the record that you’ve never been unfaithful to your wife?’
‘Senator I’m sorry, this is a very serious question about your character,’ the second question came.
‘Will you just – if the answer is, “Yes, I’ve always been faithful to my wife,” can you just say so please?’
His practised answer stuck to the more limited denial that the National Enquirer story was false, calling it ‘complete garbage.’
‘It is total lies, it was planted by Donald Trump’s henchmen, and I don’t think the people of Wisconsin or the people of America have any interest in tabloid trash.’
Here is the video: