Mr. Shaddock said one of Mr. Trump's senior Iowa operatives, Marshall Critchfield, had told him not to bring up his conspiracy views when calling voters. "Marshall took me aside and told me, 'Rick, when you're talking to people about Donald Trump, maybe you should't mention 9/11,' "
Although he was not at the Ottumwa rally, Mr. Shaddock said he would have stood up to object when Mr. Trump referred to Muslims flying planes into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001."That hasn't been proven," he said. "I would have stood up and said, 'Listen, it was remote-controlled takeover of the autoland' " technology.
Mr. Shaddock's outspokenness on these views, which the campaign has asked him to rein in, was not tested on Tuesday night as he placed calls to voters. Using an app, Ground Game 2, supplied by the Trump campaign, which also provided a list of prospects in his precinct, he placed calls to all eight names - as many as he had been given for the day by Trump headquarters.Six times he reached voice mail messages. Another number was not in service. At the one number he reached, a woman picked up, and Mr. Shaddock asked to speak to the voter on his list, a man.
"I don't know that person," the woman said.
"I did dial the correct number, right?" Mr. Shaddock asked.
The woman hung up.