Posted on 02/04/2016 11:52:57 AM PST by Hojczyk
Governor Terry Branstad is crediting Ted Cruz for running an old-fashionedâ€, 99-county campaign that yielded victory in Monday night’s Iowa Caucuses, but Branstad is joining the chorus criticizing Cruz for “questionable†campaign tactics.
This thing that they distributed on Caucus night saying that Dr. Carson was likely to drop out and his supporters should support Cruz, that is, I think, unethical and unfair,†Branstad said this morning. “I think there’ll be repercussions to that.
Cruz has apologized to Carson, the retired neurosurgeon who finished fourth in the Caucuses on Monday night. Iowa Congressman Steve King, a Cruz backer, helped spread the drop out rumor and Branstad said King owes Carson an apology.
You know, we have a strong sense of fairness in Iowa, Branstad said during an interview with Radio Iowa. Distributing information that was not true about a candidate right at the time people are voting in the Caucuses is an inappropriate thing.
King tweeted: Carson looks like he’s out on Caucus night. King has told reporters in Washington, D.C. he had an “obligation†to tell Iowans about a report he’d seen indicating Carson was flying home to Florida Monday night rather than going to New Hampshire. Branstad is not out personally recruiting a Republican to challenge King in a primary this June.
Yet I think there are a number of people in the renewable fuels industry that are not happy with (King), Branstad says. I guess time will tell what happens.
Branstad is a critic of Cruz’s opposition to the federal ethanol production mandate. Two weeks before the Caucuses Branstad said he hoped Cruz would be defeated — a move Congressman King blasted as a “de facto endorsement†of Donald Trump.
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So sad. Take another shot of Ethanol, Guv.
Cruz beat him and his ethanol lobbyist son, the butt hurt runs deep with this one. :D
Rubio pulled the same thing. Dirty times two.
The tears of a RINO.
But Carson's own people started it. So Carson is the real cheater.
Terry can take that corn cob and shove it where the sun don’t shine!
Personally I want a nominee who’s willing to claw, scratch and fight for every vote against his opponents.
Carry on Cruz! You’re the candidate most feared by the liberals.
Guess he’s still mad because Iowans stood with Cruz over him.
That’s right and Trump stayed above the fray, calling Carson “pathologically diseased” and equated him to a pedophile. Go Trump...
As an Iowan, this guy is a faux conservative and has been from day 1. Subsidies are good...as long as they benefit YOU, right Brandstad? Sigh... Brandstad’s son is “high up” in the Ethanol Industry in Iowa. He is not objective at all and should recuse himself of all comments
Over the last three decades I’ve seen the Branstad machine do stuff little different than this more times than I can count.
When it’s them doing it they simply call it “politics” though.
As one Iowan stated here the other day, “Terry Braindead”.
trusTED
disgusTED
LOL!
Trump’s people were not in voting areas suggesting Carson is dropping out and should all vote Trump as Cruz and Rubio’s teams were.
Screw crony Branstad and his crony son.
sheesh, troll, are you still here ?
you havent worn out your welcome yet ?
you never add any one thing to any discussion - truthfully.
Brandstad is terrified that a President Cruz will put an end to the rest of America fueling the lousy industry that is keeping his state economy afloat.
Another whining crybaby. Show some self-respect, Gov!
Good post, BTW. Although, I wouldn’t try your advice to Branstad at home.
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