Sandy Fitzgerald
Newsmax
15 Mar 2014
Saw this, but noticed an error. So I wanted to make one thing clear: I don’t smoke cigarettes http://t.co/3nn2740kkP pic.twitter.com/tPFNqg9vu8
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 15, 2014
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz says there’s one thing wrong with posters that have popped up around Los Angeles showing his head on a bare-chested body with ripped muscles, heavy tattoos, and dangling a cigarette from his mouth like a latter-day James Dean.
“Saw this, but noticed an error. So I wanted to make one thing clear: I don’t smoke cigarettes,” the Republican tweeted Saturday morning from his verified Twitter account.
This week, the posters were plastered around town, declaring the freshman Republican senator is in town to speak at the Beverly Hilton for the “So-Cal ‘Blacklisted and Loving It Tour’.”…
The article continues at Newsmax.
Related: Ted Cruz has ‘best response ever’ to shirtless, tattooed bad boy mystery
Also at Newsmax, Cleta Mitchell: Somebody’s Out to Smear Mike Lee
D.C. super lawyer Cleta Mitchell fired back Friday evening at reports that Sen. Mike Lee has gotten tangled up in a corruption probe along with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
“I think this is a smear,” Mitchell told Newsmax, “and you can quote me on that. I think this is a smear. Mike Lee is as honest as the day is long.”
A well-known figure in conservative politics, Mitchell advised Lee on the short-sale of his former Alpine, Utah home. That transaction is at the center of what she sees as a transparent attempt to impugn Lee’s reputation…
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Update: ‘Best response ever’! Ted Cruz weighs in on mysterious posters, embraces badass self
