A top campaign official for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz apologized Sunday after linking to a video that wrongly depicted Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as trash-talking the Bible.
Campaign spokesman Rick Tyler also told Fox News on Monday that the post was a "mistake."
Tyler originally had linked to a story showing a video of Rubio walking by a Cruz staffer and Cruz’s father Rafael, who were reading the Bible in a hotel lobby. The original subtitles on the video showed Rubio saying to the staffer, “Got a good book there, not many answers in it.”
But after Tyler linked to the story, Rubio communications director Alex Conant tweeted out the same video with what he says are the correct subtitles -- and they tell a very different story.
Alex Conant on Twitter
Cruz official apologizes over Rubio video alleging Bible diss | Fox News
Alex Conant on Twitter
Yeah, tell us you're sorry. We have the number of the Cruz team!
Campaign spokesman Rick Tyler also told Fox News on Monday that the post was a "mistake."
Tyler originally had linked to a story showing a video of Rubio walking by a Cruz staffer and Cruz’s father Rafael, who were reading the Bible in a hotel lobby. The original subtitles on the video showed Rubio saying to the staffer, “Got a good book there, not many answers in it.”
But after Tyler linked to the story, Rubio communications director Alex Conant tweeted out the same video with what he says are the correct subtitles -- and they tell a very different story.
Alex Conant on Twitter
Cruz official apologizes over Rubio video alleging Bible diss | Fox News
Alex Conant on Twitter
Yeah, tell us you're sorry. We have the number of the Cruz team!