*Sigh*
This is the only question that matters: Are the allegations true?
If the positions were reversed and Trump supporters were telling caucus-goers that Carson had dropped out (apparently at the urging of their candidate, no less), and supposedly won because of it? And if Cruz was all up in arms about it, the Cruz supporters here on FR would be going nuts, and the Trump supporters would be the ones calling them sore losers. If Bush or Rubio had done this and pulled off 1st place, we’d ALL be foaming at the mouth.
I’m sick of arguing candidates at the moment; I’m trying really hard to look objectively at this. Is this wrongdoing? If we had no horse in the race at all, would we call this right or wrong?
All I know right now is that Cruz, or the Cruz campaign, apparently sent a message to their supporters to tell caucus-goers that Carson had dropped out, and to vote Cruz instead. I suppose it’s beyond my paygrade as a keyboard jockey to make a moral or legal judgment about the rightness of this.
Bottom line is Carson set himself up for whatever just by the actions he was making in his campaign. That’s not to say this accusation that Cruz people passed this info on but he should have been protecting his flank and he wasn’t.
Then to say he was going to Florida for a change of clothes, as if dry cleaners don’t exist...was easy enough to assume he was pulling back or out.
Frankly the staff of any candidate cannot be controlled as some might hope to.....I doubt Cruz agreed to this behavior.
Which allegations? That the Cruz campaign was telling Carson voters about what CNN was reporting? Yes that is apparently true. Why wouldn't they share what was being reported on CNN and on Twitter?