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Team Carson furious with Cruz
The Hill ^ | 4 Feb 16 | Easley

Posted on 02/04/2016 7:05:03 AM PST by xzins

Ben Carson and his closest advisers are going nuclear against Ted Cruz and his campaign for spreading false rumors that he intended to drop out ahead of the Iowa caucuses.

Carson's close friend and adviser Armstrong Williams told The Hill in an interview on Wednesdaythat the Cruz campaign’s tactics were 'nasty, brutal and deceitful.'

'We've been told all along that Cruz's operatives play dirty and were capable of this stuff, but Dr. Carson never believed it, he felt like they had a respectable operation,' Williams said. 'Now we see firsthand that having integrity just doesn't matter to them. It's about honor and character, either you have it or you don'.t'

Williams said he's certain that Cruz knew the rumors about him dropping out were false but says the Texas Republican allowed his underlings to spread it anyway.

'He's a pure politician and will do anything to win,' Williams said. 'It doesn't matter who he does it to, friend or foe, whatever it takes to win. Cruz has been running as an outsider and calling Hillary Clinton dishonest. Well, Cruz is the one running without honor or integrity, and this shows he's just like everyone else inside-the-beltway.'

Carson has demanded Cruz fire those responsible for spreading the rumor, but Cruz has said he won't do that.

"After all the candidates worked so hard, and Dr. Ben Carson had a staff member lose his life working towards this day, to have someone like Cruz and his people deceive and spread falsehoods is unconscionable," Williams said.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: carson; cruz; dirtytricks; fraud; gossip; nointegrity; tedcruz; votefraud
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1 posted on 02/04/2016 7:05:03 AM PST by xzins
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With Carson’s funding taking a nose dive, he can’t afford to let go of this.

Expect him to go to the RNC for a ruling.


2 posted on 02/04/2016 7:05:46 AM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: xzins

Carson’s team “strenuously objects...”?


3 posted on 02/04/2016 7:06:25 AM PST by kjam22 (America needs forgiveness from God..... even if Donald Trump doesn't)
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To: xzins
Check out this deleted tweet by Dan Gabriel who works for Cruz. Everyone would have thought Trump would be the one pulling crap like that but it wasn't Trump. It was the "principled" conservative! Trump and Carson are standing on the higher ethical ground. And Ted's become fatally flawed.

Here's who Dan Gabriel is;

Google search -> Deleted tweet dan gabriel Ted Cruz


4 posted on 02/04/2016 7:07:45 AM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: xzins

Expect RNC to ignore request as it would apply to both Cruz and Rubio saying what was on cable news at the time.

If Dr Carson wants to get mad, be mad at the staffer that let the implication that he was not going to NH become the narrative.


5 posted on 02/04/2016 7:07:50 AM PST by Bidimus1
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To: xzins

This is where his fighting spirit is now center of attention. Does he move on and ignore it, or does he fight back? What ever he does will give us an indication as to how he would be in the White House.


6 posted on 02/04/2016 7:07:51 AM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: xzins

They should take Cruz’s and Rubio’s Iowas delegates and give them to Carson.


7 posted on 02/04/2016 7:08:28 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: xzins
Armstrong Williams?

"After all the candidates worked so hard, and Dr. Ben Carson had a staff member lose his life working towards this day, to have someone like Cruz and his people deceive and spread falsehoods is unconscionable," Williams said.

Stand on that dead body just like Obama would! I wonder why he doesn't mention Carson's ground game in Iowa, did he have one?

8 posted on 02/04/2016 7:09:13 AM PST by Lx (Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")
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To: xzins

Zzzzzzzzz


9 posted on 02/04/2016 7:09:18 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: xzins

Carson needs to get over it. He was never a viable candidate.


10 posted on 02/04/2016 7:09:50 AM PST by Mercat
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False and vicious huh?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/02/04/ben-carson-slashes-staff-as-funds-dry-up/

11 posted on 02/04/2016 7:09:53 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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The Ruling is you are a moron if you read from ANOTHER contender that your guy dropped out of the race, so vote for him!!

Come on, man.

Also, 9 percent, which he received, was the HIGHEST he had polled in a long time Average was 7.

Let it go.

Rubio, Meagan, Ailes, Britt, that piece of @#$@$ Rove and Murdoch are laughing.


12 posted on 02/04/2016 7:09:57 AM PST by dp0622
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Still no campaign events on Carson’s website and he’s reported to be cutting staff.


13 posted on 02/04/2016 7:10:24 AM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory. And He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: xzins
Carson has demanded Cruz fire those responsible for spreading the rumor, but Cruz has said he won't do that

"After all the candidates worked so hard, and Dr. Ben Carson had a staff member lose his life working towards this day, to have someone like Cruz and his people deceive and spread falsehoods is unconscionable," Williams said.

Carson is right to be furious. I would be too. Who wouldn't be? There's no telling how many votes the Cruz campaign illicitly sucked up using this tactic but I can nearly guarantee it's more than none.

Cruz's apology was insufficient, IMHO. It was after the fact, after the votes were counted and most importantly it didn't include the phrase '...and I fired every single operative involved in this shameful deception.'

14 posted on 02/04/2016 7:10:27 AM PST by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: xzins

And so the mainstream media’s and the GOPe’s war on Cruz continues. And the low-information amongst us swallow it whole and puff it up some more.


15 posted on 02/04/2016 7:10:38 AM PST by House Atreides (CRUZ or lose!)
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CRUZ operative did the same thing in a previous election

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3392681/posts

This was NO MISUNDERSTANDING


16 posted on 02/04/2016 7:11:27 AM PST by hoosiermama (Make America Great Again by uniting Great Americans)
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To: xzins

The downside of true political novices begins to show.
Carson & Trump are making themselves look inept.


17 posted on 02/04/2016 7:11:30 AM PST by Calpublican
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Well Dr. Carson, did you or did you not accept his apology?


18 posted on 02/04/2016 7:11:52 AM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: xzins

This is bad. Carson wasn’t my guy, but this is a low down act.


19 posted on 02/04/2016 7:14:29 AM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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Except Carson dropping out was NOT on cable news. The Cruz camp made an assumption that was wrong.

TIMELINE: How Cruz’s Camp Spun A Ben Carson Hoax During The Iowa Caucuses
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3392687/posts


20 posted on 02/04/2016 7:15:03 AM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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