In the runup to the Indiana primary on Tuesday, Donald Trump tried to seal the deal by implicating Rafael Cruz, Ted Cruz’s father, in a conspiracy to murder JFK, citing a National Enquirer story that mentioned the elder Cruz as being with Lee Harvey Oswald before he was shot.
Before either Cruz had a chance to respond, however, the Internet decided to “bolster” Trump’s preposterous claims by implicating Rafael Cruz in a host of other historical conspiracies. Rafael Cruz quickly went from being the subject of Donald Trump’s latest verbal faux pas to being the unsung maestro of nearly ever major event of the last century.
https://twitter.com/RonNehring/status/727509538270642176
Is this Rafael Cruz escaping?! @realDonaldTrump please advise!! We need your brilliant analysis and insight!! pic.twitter.com/ZX5mtEI9Kk
— David Skaggs (@dskaggs10) May 3, 2016
Other Mysterious Rafael Cruz Sightings Throughout History pic.twitter.com/Q0SAYTVItr
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) May 3, 2016
Rafael Cruz engineered the first strain of Bieber Fever. Was the original carrier! VERY BAD#TrumpConspiracyTheories pic.twitter.com/WrhZOQ0D5J
— Donald J. Trump I (@realDomaIdTrump) May 3, 2016
WHAT WAS RAFAEL CRUZ DOING WITH WOULD-BE PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSIN JOHN HINCKLEY #TRUMPTRAIN #TRUMP2016 #WakeUpAmerica pic.twitter.com/eA2nxmSgvE
— Kevin Glass (@KevinWGlass) May 3, 2016
Can Rafael Cruz account for his whereabouts on Oct. 20, 1967? #TrumpConspiracyTheories pic.twitter.com/unlM8vnaXG
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) May 3, 2016
It’s absolutely amazing not only how old Rafael Cruz is (is he a time traveler? A Time Lord? A mysterious alien being from the future sent to save us from a terrible fate?), but how vast his influence has been on history. He’s walked on the moon, shot several presidents, escaped the Hindenburg and inflicted Bieber fever on an innocent and unwilling American public.
But Rafael Cruz isn’t, it seems, the only dastardly force at work in Trump’s mind. According to Twitter, and the hashtag #TrumpConspiracyTheories, there are many, many stars —a vast, Cruz family conspiracy—aligned against The Donald.
That eye on the dollar bill? It's actually Ted Cruz watching you through a triangular hole. #TrumpConspiracyTheories pic.twitter.com/Kq3W9MpTAw
— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) May 3, 2016
#TrumpConspiracyTheories I Love Lucy was a Communist plot to desensitize Americans to Cuban immigrants.
— Daniel Snyder (@danmsnyder) May 3, 2016
Ted Cruz created "new" Coke. #TrumpConspiracyTheories
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) May 3, 2016
Raphael Cruz has the Holy Grail hidden.#TrumpConspiracyTheories
— Sarah Connor (@ConstitutionLo1) May 3, 2016
Ted Cruz invented flouridated water. #TrumpConspiracyTheories
— Donny Ferguson (@DonnyFerguson) May 3, 2016
Rafael Cruz knows who #BeckyWithTheGoodHair is and he's not telling. #TrumpConspiracyTheories
— TheSenseiofSarcasm™ (@Artist_Angie) May 3, 2016
Some even touched on Donald Trump’s previous “favorite conspiracy:” that Barack Obama was really born in Kenya, and that his birth certificate is a fake. It turns out, the #TrumpConspiracyTheories is actually good news for the presumptive GOP frontrunner: When this is all over, he can actually combine his previous crusade with his current one.
Before Rafael Cruz became BFFs with Lee Harvey Oswald he witness Barack Obama's birth in Kenya #TrumpConspiracyTheories
— Lorraine (@Ms_Raine) May 3, 2016
Rafael Cruz is also the father of Obama #TrumpConspiracyTheories
— Shedd34 (@shedd34) May 3, 2016
Meantime, maybe Trump is right about this whole JFK thing after all: Look what we unearthed. It’s Rafael and Lee Harvey Oswald on the Grassy Knoll—and Ted’s there, too!
