Posted on 01/31/2016 9:34:16 AM PST by springwater13
Right before heading to church, Donald Trump ripped Ted Cruz's campaign on Sunday morning for sending mailers to Iowa voters designed to look like official documents that accuse them of a "VOTING VIOLATION" for failure to turn out in past elections.
"The Cruz campaign issued a dishonest and deceptive get out the vote ad calling voters 'in violation,'" Trump tweeted. "They are now under investigation. Bad!" Trump's comments come after Iowa's top elections official condemned the mailers on Saturday, though he did not announce any investigation.
Republican Secretary of State Paul Pate said in a statement that Cruz's mailers, which has the words "official public record" printed in red at the top, "misrepresents the role of my office, and worse, misrepresents Iowa election law."
"There is no such thing as an election violation related to frequency of voting," said Paul, who was elected statewide as a Republican in 2014. "Any insinuation or statement to the contrary is wrong and I believe it is not in keeping in the spirit of the Iowa Caucuses."
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
You have practically a whole year left of those two, so have your ear plugs on hand if need be.
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