“This was the spin until the voicemails surfaced. Then it was established that the Cruz camp had called all the caucus locations and stated as fact that Carson had “suspended his campaign.” CNN never reported that; it was a lie.”
If you go home and stop campaigning you have ‘suspended’ your campaign.
If you then lay off half your staff ....
And then you drop out ....
The tragedy of Cruz is that he turned his supporters into the same kind of liar he is. You can play the role of pharisaical legalistic hair-splitter all day, but a lie is still a lie. The Cruz camp blasted out the false report to every caucus location that Carson was “suspending” his campaign. CNN never reported that; it was a blatant lie—the first of many.
Romans 3:4
God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.