It wouldn’t be politics if there weren’t sex rumors involved.

In a “scandalous” report out Friday, the National Enquirer caused a stir on social media by alleging that Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has had affairs with five different women.

Even more salacious is the speculation that one of the women is Donald Trump’s spokesperson Katrina Pierson.

The National Enquirer, known as an outlandish American tabloid, claims that the affairs included an incident where Cruz had sex with a mistress in a closet.

Here’s the full-page story from the Enquirer:

Cruz team & shills will be pulling an all nighter on a damage control plan #CruzSexScandal pic.twitter.com/55aICZyWiV — jennifer (@jenilynn1001) March 25, 2016

Twitter users allege that they have already discovered the identities of three of the five women photographed and blurred in the National Enquirer piece.

This is the image Twitter users are sharing, claiming they have identified a few of the alleged Cruz mistresses:



Wild guesses about their identities finger the first of the three women as Trump’s spokeswoman Katrina Pierson. The guess for the second woman to the right is former Carly Fiorina staffer Sarah Isgur Flores and to the far right is CNN pundit and former Cruz staffer Amanda Carpenter.

Flores’ appearance on the alleged Cruz mistress list is notable, as the Washington Post reported on Thursday that a Cruz super PAC gave a Fiorina super PAC $500,000 during the early stages of presidential campaigning in July of 2015.

The Post reported that the funneling of Cruz PAC money to Fiorina’s PAC is “unusual, to say the least.”

Social media users are speculating that the Cruz-Fiorina money swap is “payoff.”



lol RT @pullheadfromass: That explains 500k going to Carly Fiorina. Payoff to keep quiet. #CruzSexScandal https://t.co/3kLVWTRSzs — Spartaness (@SpartaGrrl) March 25, 2016

On a serious note, this 500k to Carly Fiorina is the most interesting part of this.#CruzSexScandal — Justin Writing (@Justin_Writing) March 25, 2016

One of “The Five” women in the #CruzSexScandal is a former #Fiorina employee. Fiorina gets $500K from Cruz PAC. She endorses. Tangled web. — Tom Ballard ICUDC (@alphainparis) March 25, 2016

Ted Cruz donated 500K to Carly Fiorina – his competitor. Who managed Fiorina? Sarah Isgur Flores, a suspected Cruz mistrss! #CruzSexScandal — Mike Cernovich (@Cernovich) March 25, 2016

The National Enquirer is viewed as a salacious tabloid that runs with stories based off of unconfirmed sources and rumors.

A number of Twitter users reminded nay-sayers of the Cruz hit piece that the tabloid did break the news of the John Edwards sex scandal, along with the Tiger Woods sex scandal.



National Enquirer broke the news of the Gary Hart, Jesse Jackson John Edwards & Tiger Woods affairs #CruzSexScandal https://t.co/np6ieV1FqJ — Sandra Schneider (@sandyaschneider) March 25, 2016

Cruzbots pretending b/c Enquirer broke story = suspicious LOL! 100%: John Edwards, Gary Hart, Tiger, Clinton, Cosby https://t.co/tMZM6l9zBp — slone (@slone) March 25, 2016

National Enquirer took down John Edwards. They polygraphed everyone involved before running the story. We shall see how this plays out. — The Patriot (@ThePatriot143) March 25, 2016

That’s what people said about the John Edwards love child story. Media covered it up, it was true! #CruzSexScandalhttps://t.co/O0m6khSXD6 — Mike Cernovich (@Cernovich) March 25, 2016

It was only a matter of time ? scandal season has arrived #CruzSexScandal pic.twitter.com/VIZWWgEiMF — Chris Smoove (@Chris_Smoove) March 25, 2016

To add more rumors to the mix, Breitbart News was allegedly first offered the Cruz sex scandal story but turned it down.

Around the time that the story broke online, Breitbart Tech reporter Allum Bokhari tweeted this out:



I hate getting scooped. — Allum Bokhari (@LibertarianBlue) March 25, 2016

During this same time, multiple Breitbart readers reported online that the Breitbart site was down for the time being, though it is still unclear why.