Carson didn't. He stayed until after the caucuses were over.
Posted on 02/04/2016 12:48:03 PM PST by Hojczyk
New audio obtained exclusively by Breitbart News indicates that as the Iowa caucuses began on Monday night, the campaign called precinct captains informing them that Dr. Ben Carson was suspending campaigning, and instructing them to tell voters they should “not waste a vote on Ben Carson and vote for Ted Cruz.â€
The calls were placed after the Carson campaign had already clarified that Carson was not suspending his campaign.
Nancy Bliesman, a precinct captain for Cruz in Crawford County, Iowa, told Breitbart News that she received two voice mails–one at 7:07 p.m. Central Standard Time (CST), and one at 7:29 p.m.–on the night of the Iowa caucuses, which began at 7:00 p.m.
The first call came from a woman with a phone number out of Galveston, Texas at 7:07 p.m. (transcript follows audio):
[inaudible]…from the Ted Cruz campaign, calling to get to a precinct captain, and it has just been announced that Ben Carson is taking a leave of absence from the campaign trail, so it is very important that you tell any Ben Carson voters that for tonight, uh, that they not waste a vote on Ben Carson, and vote for Ted Cruz. He is taking a leave of absence from his campaign. All right? Thank you. Bye.
The second voicemail was left at 7:29 p.m. from an Iowa phone number that Breitbart News traced back to a Cruz campaign volunteer hotline.
Hello, this is the Cruz campaign with breaking news: Dr. Ben Carson will be [garbled] suspending campaigning following tonights caucuses. Please inform any Carson caucus goers of this news and urge them to caucus for Ted instead. Thank you. Good night.
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What is that supposed to mean? Trump said this is what happened. The fact that ONE precinct did not get the phone call, or did not answer it, in no way means that the remaining 1,499 did not. In fact in that reported precinct, Trump had 33 points, eclipsing the other candidates, that is not how the voting ended however... Perhaps I misunderstood, could you explain your statement please??
was going to leave a scathing comment, but it would be pointless . . .
I was reading their trump posts going “whaaaaat?”
Where does trump come up in this other than hammering away on Cruz
being a politician afterward?
TDS is strong in these people.
At present, the number of duped Carson supporters stands at ZERO. Not a SINGLE one has come forward to say, “I walked into that caucus gung-ho Carson, and the Cruz supporters tricked me.” Not a single one. This story is completely bogus.
The article isn’t saying that Cruz’s people didn’t pull a fast, it’s claiming to confirm that they DID pull a fast one.
I have no doubt that is likely the case in many places.
He has not been behaving in a manner than advances his candidacy IMO, and he has no one to blame but himself.
No..it’s just Trumpsters shoring up their egos just as Trump does. ...Cruz people understand Trumpsters “need†when so emotionally invested into a candidate. And Carson sabotaged his own campaign for being so naive..
I have chosen a candidate to date, however the false accusations against Cruz are disgusting.
Substitute Trump in for Cruz and Cruz in for Carson.
What do you think the cruz people would be doing and saying about
Trump?
Polls mean nothing, it is the voting that counts.
You’d think Trump would stop pushing the polls after his loss......but it’s all he’s got for the most part.
Voters always bring the ultimate surprise......frankly I like that!
That’s the same link, as this article.
Yep
All the polls had Trump ahead for weeks in Iowa. Come caucus time...it evaporated in a big way.
Hmmmm, very interesting.
They’d be carrying torches, pitchforks, and rope.
Cruz fans continue to amaze me.
Either you did not read the article, or you can't handle the cognitive dissonance of what it means.
Which is it?
Ouch.
and what’s the scandal. Its a caucus. I would expect precint captains to be trying to tell other candidate voters to vote for his/her candidate.
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