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MADem

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4. The subtext isn't about what "we" agree to--none of "us" are involved in this, and the issue is
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 05:44 PM
Mar 2016

bigger than just "misogyny" and "looks."

It started out with a Super PAC posting the naked pic of Melania on the fur rug, and snarking about this being the next first lady. It wasn't that asshole Cruz doing it or coordinating this.

Trump's reply was NOT about Heidi Cruz's looks--the "better watch out or I'll tell about your wife" was about a bizarre episode where she had a mental health crisis on the grassy verge of a busy roadway.

Then, later, The Donald retweeted a side-by-side photo comparison of an ugly pic of Heidi and a glamour shot of Melania. But that is NOT what he was going for with the "watch out or I'll tell" comments.

It's the MAIL, but it's presented succinctly, and it is accurate:

According to the 2005 report which DailyMail.com highlighted in June, Heidi Cruz, 43, had walked from her home after dinner on August 22.She then sat down beside N. Mopac and Enfield in Austin, at around 10pm.
While Mrs Cruz has not spoken out publicly about the incident, an adviser to her senator husband said she had experienced 'a brief bout of depression' ten years ago in response to questions about the police report.
A concerned passerby had made the call after spotting a woman in a pink shirt was just 'sitting in the area with her head in her hands.'


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3406108/Danger-cop-thought-Ted-Cruz-s-wife-sitting-expressway-head-hands-10-years-ago.html#ixzz43rJs77cz
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