RE: Add in the disgraceful lies his campaign spread about Dr Ben Carson in Iowa and the operation
Actually:
Let’s go through these bizarre, inane assertions one-by-one.
The Polls Show Cruz Stole Iowa. Cruz outperformed the polls in Iowa by 3.8 percent; Trump underperformed by 4.3 percent. Meanwhile, Marco Rubio outperformed the RealClearPolitics poll average by 6.2 percent. So, did Rubio cheat? How about Ben Carson, who outperformed the polls by 1.6 percent? What absolute tripe. Trump wasn’t the only candidate who significantly underperformed the polls: Jeb Bush underperformed by 1.3 percent, Huckabee by 1.3 percent, Kasich by 1 percent. These were all within normal Iowa poll movement.
The Cruz Press Release Stole Votes From Ben Carson.
Fact: the Ben Carson campaign suspension rumor came from CNN, and that rumor originated with the Carson campaign. Trevor Loudon puts together the full timeline here, but here’s a brief summary: CNN reported at approximately 4:45 PM ET that Carson was going home to Florida after Iowa. Rep. Steve King (R-IA), a Cruz supporter, tweeted what everyone in the political world was thinking: “Carson looks like he is out. Iowans need to know before they vote. Most will go to Cruz, I hope.” At 5:08 PM ET CNN itself tweeted, “After the #IAcaucus, @RealBenCarson plans to take a break from campaigning.” A Cruz staffer then told precinct captains, “Breaking News. The press is reporting that Dr. Ben Carson is taking time off from the campaign trail after Iowa and making a big announcement next week. Please inform any Carson caucus goers of this news and urge them to caucus for Ted Cruz.” Apparently, Rubio also “pushed the narrative hard” that Carson was dumping out of the race, according to a tweet from Conrad Close, who identifies as a Rubio supporter. Cruz has apologized for the screw-up:
Last night when our political team saw the CNN post saying that Dr. Carson was not carrying on to New Hampshire and South Carolina, our campaign updated grassroots leaders just as we would with any breaking news story. That’s fair game. What the team then should have done was send around the follow-up statement from the Carson campaign clarifying that he was indeed staying in the race when that came out.
At it was, Carson outperformed the polling average by 1.6 percent, as mentioned.
Let’s not repeat a canard that occurred in the past please.
Are you still lying about Ted’s voter theft there? You don’t run around telling people a candidate dropped out unless you’re trying to steal his votes. It’s dirty politics and Ted forever stained himself by practicing it. Ted can still rehabilitate himself, but the first step in fixing a problem is admitting that he made many mistakes and acted in a very dirty manner.
When did Donald Trump admit that Cruz’s father wasn’t involved with Lee Harvey Oswald?
I mean, it is obviously easy when you have a candidate/President who can say anything he wants and get away with it. But if that is what you back, it’s kind of hard to put on high moral outrage about other people who might not have been totally honest about something.
i imagine there are more than a few people here who would be slow to endorse someone who had attacked their wife, or their father.
And who knows if Ted Cruz being separated from the whole campaign didn’t actually HELP Trump win those disaffected democrats in Michigan and Wisconsin? Nobody could smear Trump with the “fringe-right” opinions of Ted Cruz now, could they?
Sorry, you aren’t the one who was complaining about Cruz, I’m just adding to your opinion on the matter.
Cruz’ team also called Carson. No answer and Carson didn’t return the call.
Carson made several gigantic errors that night. This was just one of them.
Thank you!