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Cruz, Carson Met Secretly In A Storage Closet, It ‘Did Not Go Well’
The Daily Caller ^ | 2/20/2015 | DEREK DRAPLIN

Posted on 02/20/2016 11:24:11 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Sen. Ted Cruz and Ben Carson reportedly met privately in a storage closet Thursday night in Greenville to try and cool relations between the two campaigns ahead of the primary here. But the clandestine meeting allegedly did not go well.

Cruz called the meeting, The Daily Beast reports, to smooth over what has been a contentious public spat with the Carson campaign ever since the Iowa caucus. Carson accused Cruz of using dirty campaign tactics after one of Cruz's staffers saw a CNN report and told voters Carson was dropping out of the race right before voting started in Iowa.

The meeting, which the Carson campaign confirmed to The Beast, took place prior to the Conservative Review convention and lasted nearly 25 minutes despite Carson only agreeing to five minutes, a source said. It took so long Carson was late to his speaking arrangement during the convention.

"We weren't going to comment to the press on it, but it seems pretty clear that the other party involved had a different agenda," Jason Osborne, a spokesperson for Carson's campaign told The Beast. "How else could we perceive that to be?"

Osborne said that "the meeting did not go well" and was on short notice, so he didn't have time to prepare Carson.

The former neurosurgeon reportedly told Cruz "we agree to disagree." As Carson put it, "we disagree on accountability and culpability," according to Osborne.

The meeting apparently had no chairs and it's even unclear if the lights were on in the closet as Secret Service waited outside.

After speaking to the convention, Carson crossed paths with Cruz in a hallway, and the Texas senator reportedly didn't even look at Carson, his campaign said.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
...and was on short notice, so he didn't have time to prepare Carson.

Prepare him for what? A conversation? Jeez.

141 posted on 02/21/2016 7:40:55 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are. Go Ted.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
Sen. Ted Cruz and Ben Carson reportedly met privately in a storage closet Thursday night

Well, it's Sunday. They're out of the closet now.

142 posted on 02/21/2016 7:42:31 AM PST by Lazamataz (I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
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To: Lazamataz

LOL


143 posted on 02/21/2016 8:21:30 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel ("God only is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my Defence." (Psa 62:2))
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Carson campaign staff knew what the Titanic did.


144 posted on 02/21/2016 8:27:03 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: Vaquero

LOL


145 posted on 02/21/2016 8:42:19 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel ("God only is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my Defence." (Psa 62:2))
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To: Bobalu

LOL


146 posted on 02/21/2016 8:44:39 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel ("God only is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my Defence." (Psa 62:2))
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To: McGruff

Wow. Carson’s face says it all.


147 posted on 02/21/2016 8:46:10 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel ("God only is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my Defence." (Psa 62:2))
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To: hoosiermama

Heh heh... I’ll be happy to vote for Cruz, for Trump, but meanwhile, I like the chances of getting some ‘bots to stroke out.


148 posted on 02/21/2016 10:09:56 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: WilliamIII

ROFL.
Verrrry good!


149 posted on 02/21/2016 2:48:45 PM PST by mumblypeg (Reality is way more complicated than the internet. That's why I'm here.)
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