Ted Cruz says Cambridge Analytica assured him its voter data methods were legit after Facebook leak

[DonViejo]

Source: The Dallas Morning News




Todd J. Gillman and Katie Leslie

WASHINGTON — Under fire for his connections with a voter targeting firm that used data taken from 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz insisted on Tuesday that he was unaware of any impropriety.

The Cruz presidential campaign touted its collaboration with Cambridge Analytica as a sign of a cutting edge run for the White House, allowing the Texan to carefully identify likely supporters. The firm shifted allegiance to Donald Trump once the Texan dropped out of the GOP primaries. Both campaigns pumped millions into the company, controlled by billionaire Robert Mercer — a key patron first of Cruz and then Trump in 2016.

Cruz continued work with Cambridge Analytica for six months after allegations surfaced in December 2015 that the firm was using Facebook data it had received illicitly. Recent revelations show the data harvesting was far more extensive than previously suspected, and possibly among the biggest privacy breaches in history.

"They assured us the claims made in the press were false," Cruz spokeswoman Catherine Frazier said Tuesday.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2018/03/19/ted-cruz-fire-cambridge-analytica-scandal-firm-targeted-voters-data-50m-facebook-users

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. well then..that settles that.

[Canoe52]

12. Whew, Im so relieved! Thanks ted for clearing that up!

[DownriverDem]

2. Yea right

It's a good think Britain is going to investigate Facebook. Boy how far we have sunk in this country. We use to be the leader when it came to this kind of stuff.

[California_Republic]

3. The guy on the street corner said the Rolex was his birthday present and was legit

[Javaman]

4. I know nothing!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. "........ the claims made in the press were false,". By the fucking CEO??!! This guy is not even

a competent liar. How fucking stupid are his followers?

[we can do it]

6. Yea and drumpy says no collusion.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. What, me worry?

'they assured us ....'

gullible fool, serving pabulum to the public

[YessirAtsaFact]

8. I asked Putin if Russia interfered in the 2016 election

“He said no.”

“I asked him twice” said Trumpty Dumpty.

Because everyone knows that a trained KGB agent can’t lie twice in a row.

[Wwcd]

9. That's what they'll ALL say as they're names appear as complicit.

Standard answer to cover their crimes.

"We weren't aware..We didn't know..By the time we found out it was too late..."

Wait for it.
We've already heard that same answer some time ago from a campaign that benefitted.

They all f'ing knew.

[Sneederbunk]

10. Sure Lyin Ted, sure.

[ffr]

11. Not surprised Ted Cruz is getting caught up in this scandal.

When you sleep with dogs, expect to get fleas, Ted.

[Danascot]

32. I feel bad for the fleas

nt

[lagomorph777]

13. Oh, well, if Ted Screws says it's OK, it must be OK.

[Initech]

14. Uh huh sure Teddy, that's what they all say!

[NastyRiffraff]

15. Funny how Republicans are lining up to assure us all

that everything is just fine, perfectly legal, nothing to see here. Paul Ryan tells us he has been given "assurances" that Trump would never ever even think of firing Robert Mueller, now Ted tries to sell us that Cambridge Analytical is a fine upstanding company DESPITE THAT COMPANY'S FUCKING CEO confessing ON VIDEO that it's just the opposite.

I smell the stink of desperation.

[JDC]

16. Republicans sure are good with assurances.

Funny how most of these folks are lawyers. How many lawyers are actually good with assurances?

[truthisfreedom]

17. Stench of nervous sweat surrounds anyone who used them

To do anything political.

[Maven]

18. This wasn't a 'breach' or a 'leak'. This is Facebook's business model.

Their whole purpose is to get users hooked on "sharing" so that they can collect as much info on you as possible, and then sell your personal information to advertisers, political campaigns and now, we are learning, to unfriendly nation-states engaged in electoral sabotage.

They must be regulated, immediately.

[hatrack]

19. Yes, and Prince Moishe Olantaymbo from Nigeria assured me that he'd pay

. . . once I gave him my bank account number.

[harun]

20. Sounds legit.... ROFL

[ProfessorGAC]

21. And Since He's SOOOOO Trustworthy. . .

. . .i'll just say that everything is back to OK.

[amcgrath]

22. Really?

Steve Bannen had no idea how the company operated ?

[UpInArms]

23. These pieces of refuse will side with every known crook before

They will accept the research and credibility of the free press

I hate them all

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[WhiteTara]

24. Well, yeah he would CA benefited him to begin with

and since he lost to Putin, he's denying culpability. Chickensh*t Republicon

[cannabis_flower]

25. Oh goody!

I love seeing Ted Cruz caught up in this. Go Beto!

[Mike Nelson]

26. Well...

...if Ted Cruz and Cambridge Analytica agree something is legit, it must be...

[Freethinker65]

27. Hahaha. Kinda makes going after your D oponent's name laughable

Lying "Ted". Unbelievable

[matt819]

28. Ted Cruz in Casablanca.

Gambling at Rick's.

Cruz: No, really, I'm shocked. I had no idea there was gambling at Rick's. I came to listen to the black guy on the piano and eye the Swedish girl when my wife is out of town. Didn't even have a drink. Do they have drinks at Rick's? Alcoholic? Wow, I really didn't know. Am I the only one who didn't know there was gambling and drinking at Rick's?

[Faux pas]

29. Yeah and

I bet he has a fine used car to sell us too.

[TomVilmer]

30. If Cambridge Analytica could get Trump elected...

... they should also have been able to do the same even for Ted Cruz. Point is that Cambridge Analytica is really trying hard to be Evil Corp, but are mostly just selling Snake Oil. Making idiots pay too much for results, that are not there. But I will be happy, if this really hurts both them and Facebook!

[Skittles]

31. LOLOL