Farcical US Elections: Trump Links Cruz’s Father To JFK Assassination

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has accused his rival Ted Cruz of belonging to a family with links to Lee Harvey Oswald and the assassination of JFK. Ted Cruz’s father, Rafael, has been seen in a photo standing next to alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald just days before the ‘assassin’ was assassinated himself. Ted Cruz has replied to the allegations calling them “nuts” and sarcastically admitting that his father was Elvis Presley in disguise and did indeed kill JFK and Jimmy Hoffa and buried the latter’s body in their garden. The National reports: The startling allegation came on the morning of a crucial primary election in Indiana where Mr Trump is seeking to land a knockout blow against his chief challenger for their party’s nomination. Mr Trump, parroting a recent story by the National Enquirer tabloid, took to Fox News to say the Texas senator’s father, Cuban immigrant Rafael Cruz, was “with Lee Harvey Oswald” before the assassination. “I mean, the whole thing is ridiculous. What is this? Right prior to his being shot, and nobody brings it up,” said Mr Trump. “I mean, what was he doing – what was he doing with Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before the [...]