Steve Deace almost nailed it.
The entire TIMELINE is on display at the source: http://stevedeace.com/news/the-fake-ben-carson-controversy-should-end-here-and-now/#
But, Deace’s timeline contains one mistake. Although he posted the contents of that first Cruz campaign email at 6:56 PM, he neglected to include its Subject: “Carson Likely to Drop Out”. This makes Deace’s comment wrong: “Did it say Ben Carson was dropping out? No. That’s not what it said.”
Sorry, Steve but, the answer is actually YES, that IS what it said.
I’ve tried to contact Deace. Hopefully, he’ll change it.
The subject line said it was LIKELY that Carson would drop out, which isn’t the same thing as saying he DID drop out. Everybody knows it’s likely that Carson will drop out; we just don’t know when.