Posted on 01/30/2016 8:47:23 AM PST by COUNTrecount
It has now been confirmed - The photograph of Ted Cruz campaign shaming letters is legit (see below). The letters are officially from the Ted Cruz campaign.
Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler confirmed to IJ Review that the mailer was theirs in a phone call Friday evening, saying that the targeting had been "very narrow, but the caucuses are important and we want people who haven't voted before to vote." (link) The personalized letters target individual Iowa voters and identifies them as having failed to vote in prior elections. They are admonished and then encouraged to vote this year. In addition the letters identify the neighbors of the voter, and provides their voting history.
The text reads: "You are receiving this election notice because of low expected voter turnout in your area. Your individual voting history as well as your neighbors' are public record. Their scores are published below, and many of them will see your score as well. CAUCUS ON MONDAY TO IMPROVE YOUR SCORE and please encourage your neighbors to caucus as well. A follow-up notice may be issued following Monday's caucuses". In an effort to shame the recipient, the notice also informs the targeted voter their neighbors have also been notified of the recipients poor voting record. How the Cruz Team would think a public shaming campaign is a good idea is just staggeringly unbelievable.
The campaign scheme was exposed via Twitter where "Tom Hinkeldy, a resident of Alta, Iowa, tweeted a photo (which was later deleted because it included his personal address) on Friday evening of a mailer Sen. Ted Cruz's campaign sent addressed to his wife, Steffany" -link-
Word spread rapidly.
(Excerpt) Read more at theconservativetreehouse.com ...
No, not “anything”. It’s crass, I don’t care who does it.
Being in neighbors business is considered normal in Canada...
I heard this causes a firestorm on Twitter last night.
It certainly caused one at HA, they went nuts. But then they do that a lot over there.
I think the mailer went to a very limited group of people who are registered R but haven’t voted in a while.
It did look distasteful. VOTING VIOLATION in big red letters?
Classy.
I think this is more reflective of Cruz’s Cuban side than his Canadian side.
A coouple of other threads on the topic
Ted Cruz Campaign Sends Out Personal “Shaming Letters†To Iowa Voters ^ 800+ comments
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3390550/posts
He Said He Was An Undecided Iowan Until He He Received This Controversial Mailer From Ted Cruz. 100 + comments
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3390573/posts
It was probably put out to make people mad so they don’t vote. Let’s just hope they vote, but not for the shamer-in-chief.
So even though Your guy did it, it’s something you think Trump would do? Nice inverted, insane logic.
No, see my #24.
It could have been worse he could have called then stupid.. Oh wait Trump already did
“I think this is more reflective of Cruz’s Cuban side than his Canadian side.”
As Daddy fought FOR Castro, you are probably right.
“A follow-up notice may be issued after Monday’s caucuses”. Creepy !!!!!!
Something similar has been used in other places/states in the past. Effectiveness, who knows?
I searched but nothing came up.
My predict . Republicans choose their Narcissist to replace the current narcissist then choose the amnesty pimp for second
urging people to vote is a bad thing?
please.
I cannot support any candidate that feels the need to shame people into voting for him. If I put myself in the shoes of the ones who received this mailer, this would offend me and drive me to the polls for someone else, regardless of the historicity of such a mailer. I was a Strong Cruz supporter, but I am never a syncophant or blind follower. Take me and my wife from the “Cruz” category and place us into the “undecided” category please.
With utmost sincerity,
Refreshed
Or are the Cruzaders realizing their man made a fatal mistake in the closing moments of this make or break caucus for him.
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