Will maybe fool the lowest of the low-information voters (aka Obama’s base).
Via The Hill
Sen. Ted Cruz’s nascent campaign for the White House is running into its first signs of digital trouble.
While the firebrand Texas Republican prepares to announce his bid for the presidency on Monday morning, he does not appear to have control over the most obvious website to rally supporters: TedCruz.com.
Instead, people trying to visit that site will get the opposite message.
“Support President Obama,” the site says in simple white text on a black background. “Immigration reform now!”
According to Internet records, TedCruz.com was created in April of 2004 but then switched ownership last spring. Archived versions of the website indicate that it was formerly run by an Arizona-based real estate firm, Ted Cruz and Associates.
Mother Jones last year reported that the Arizona lawyer continued to control the site through at least May, at which point he had replaced his professional page with a brief message similar in style to the current one. Instead of supporting Obama, however, the site previously said; “COMING SOON: Presidential Candidate, I Luv CHRISTIE!!!!!”
It appears the Cruz campaign will be using TedCruz.org as its primary website.
Opponents have also taken control of an alternate domain name for Cruz’s supporters: TedCruzforAmerica.com.