In the current campaign war between the Ted Cruz and Donald Trump camps there have been multiple accusations of targeting spouses.  However, a video from early March clearly shows the Ted Cruz campaign origination to target Donald Trump’s wife Melania.

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On Tuesday March 8th, Ted Cruz operative Andrea McWilliams, a Texas-based lobbyist, told Fox anchor Neil Cavuto that in light of former first lady Nancy Reagan’s death this week, “we should be looking at the first lady candidates, instead of just talking about the men.” (Watch Video @3:58)

“If Donald trump is elected, Mrs. Trump will be the first first lady that has ever posed nude; the first first lady that’s the third wife [of the president]; and the first foreign-born first lady in this century.” She said, “by contrast,” Cruz’s wife Heidi would be “the first pro-life first lady.” (link)

It was from this early Cruz strategy the Liz Mair Super-PAC “Make America Awesome” took their marching orders and began sending controversial flyers of Melania Trump to upcoming states.  Thus kicking off the response from Donald Trump in defense of his wife.

However, as will all campaign machinations and poorly hidden campaign to Super-PAC coordination efforts, there’s a little more to this story.

Look closely at the mailing address for Liz Mair’s Super-PAC:

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Now look at the mailing address for Carly Fiorina’s Super-PAC (Carly for America):

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The post office box is exactly the same.

Again, as with almost all of the discoveries within this political cycle we discover the same political operatives are working multiple campaigns.  In essence, the heart of the “splitter strategy” is evidenced.  Multiple candidates all coordinating their efforts and campaigns toward a common goal, retention of the UniParty.

Of course they are always clever with the various degrees of plausible deniability.  Such deniability is witnessed with Senator Ted Cruz claiming the originating attacks against Melania Trump having nothing, technically, to do with his campaign.

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