Ted Cruz exploded over Fox News' pro-Trump bias in 2016, new book claims

[DonViejo]

Rival for Republican presidential nomination believed Trump was actively helped by TV channel, American Carnage author writes

Ed Pilkington in New York
@edpilkington

Tue 9 Jul 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Tue 9 Jul 2019 07.24 BST

Ted Cruz, the hardline Texan who fought an ugly battle with Donald Trump for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, was convinced the real-estate tycoon was actively assisted by Fox News and its late chief Roger Ailes, according to an explosive new book.

Author Tim Alberta, chief political correspondent of Politico, writes that Cruz became convinced during the long and bitter primary that he was facing concerted opposition from Fox News, acting on Trump’s behalf.

When Ailes died in May 2017, four months after Trump’s inauguration, Cruz reportedly told friends: “I think it was Roger’s dying wish to elect Donald Trump president.”

Alberta’s bombshell book, American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump, reveals vivid details of the relationship between Trump and his favorite TV channel, as well as chronicling the dismay it invoked in senior Republicans. A copy of the book, which is published on 16 July, was obtained by the Guardian.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/09/ted-cruz-fox-news-trump-american-carnage-book

[spanone]

1. Duh.

[tanyev]

2. And then he rolled over and endorsed Trump too.

Coward.