Trump Says That Cruz’s Father Was Seen With Lee Harvey Oswald Before JFK Assassination

Trump Says That Cruz’s Father Was Seen With Lee Harvey Oswald Before JFK Assassination
Left to Right: Donald Trump at the Treasure Island Hotel & Casino on October 8, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada - Rafael Cruz speaks on May 22, 2015 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Isaac Brekken/Getty Images; Alex Wong/Getty Images
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Republican presidential frontrunner, Donald J. Trump, has connected his political opponent with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Speaking with Fox News via telephone on May 3, Trump notes that Senator Ted Cruz’s father, Pastor Rafael B. Cruz, was pictured with Lee Harvey Oswald “shortly” before Kennedy’s death. 

The magazine claims to have obtained a photo that shows the senior Cruz distributing pro-Fidel Castro leaflets with Oswald in New Orleans, Louisiana, three months before JFK’s 1963 assassination.

“I mean, what was he doing—what was he doing with Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before the death? Before the shooting?” Trump continued. “It’s horrible.”

Evangelical Christian pastor Rafael Cruz addresses the Faith and Freedom Coalition's 'Road to Majority' Policy Conference at the Omni Shoreham hotel June 20, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Evangelical Christian pastor Rafael Cruz addresses the Faith and Freedom Coalition's 'Road to Majority' Policy Conference at the Omni Shoreham hotel June 20, 2014 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images