But was the CNN report false?
You might as well take the next step as to whether Carson was set up by one of his own advisors by arranging the retreat and reporting it out just in time for the caucuses.
“But was the CNN report false?”
Factually, no.
But CNN intentionally left the impression that Carson was dropping out.
In their defense, it is odd to fly a private jet to another state to get a change of clothes.
Me, I’d save the $25,000 each way and find a 24 hour dry cleaners and a Wal-Mart for the underwear.
I understand a lot of Carson’s campaign people have quit just recently. Perhaps one of the departed staffers knew of the plan to take a couple of days off and tipped CNN?
I’m not saying that is definitely what happened, but it’s possible. And it would explain a lot.