I don’t know if Trump has some kind of sinister hold over his campaign staff, or if they have a congenital predisposition to sleaze, but they seem to enjoy swimming in the gutter on behalf of their Dear Leader.

First it was Ted Cruz being accused of extramarital affairs. Now the gutter rats have aimed their sights on Amanda Carpenter, a former Cruz staffer, as one of his alleged “mistresses.”

Dan Scavino, Trump’s media director, put out an asinine video “proving” that Carpenter was having a tryst with Cruz two years ago (notice how he also tagged ‘Diamond & Silk,’ the two women whose sole claims to fame are slavish Trump worship videos).

@Campaign_Trump @HouseCracka @drewwyatt @DiamondandSilk @DRUDGE_REPORT #CruzSexScandal #CubanMistressCrisis pic.twitter.com/2hONm4GHyD

— TimeToFight (@NvrSurrender101) March 27, 2016

Amanda was not cowed. She blasted back at Scavino.

@DanScavino is Social Media Director for the Trump campaign who is using his platform to share a video smear of me. I want accountability.

— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) March 28, 2016

The thing that's especially ironic is that hordes of Trump supporters accuse me of being an adulterer when their candidate really is one.

— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) March 28, 2016

I've never cheated on my husband. But, Trump has cheated on his wife/wives, MANY times. Chew on that Trumpers.

— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) March 28, 2016

I think this April Fool's Day I might break out the fake Churchill tattoo again. Bc that's what it was. A staff wide joke. For April Fool's

— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) March 28, 2016

As for Cruz's jacket. Does he wear an elbow length jacket with ruched sleeves? Get back to huffing chem trails, trolls.

— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) March 28, 2016

This is not the first time Amanda Carpenter has dealt with bottom-feeding Trump campaign scum. Last week on CNN she was assailed by the execrable Adriana Cohen, who gleefully brought up the Cruz adultery allegations and sneered that Carpenter was named. CNN host Kate Balduan, to her credit, was determined to not entertain any of that sleaze.

Is it any wonder that Trump has a 70% negative rating among women?

Amanda Carpenter has no intention of backing down.

I want you to be accountable for harassing me. That's what I want. This is harassment by a presidential campaign. https://t.co/jC0mF0010p

— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) March 28, 2016

Stay strong, Amanda. Illegitimi non carborundum.