Carson put out this statement to the media before the results were in last night and WAY before he started blaming Cruz.
He KNEW the info was falsely being reported and never said a peep anyone except in a statement to the media.
He needs to decide who he's going to blame. Cruz or the News.
1 posted on
02/02/2016 9:29:32 AM PST by
DrewsMum
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2 posted on
02/02/2016 9:30:26 AM PST by
txnativegop
(Tired of liberals, even a few in my own family.)
To: DrewsMum
Carson sabotaged his own campaign by abandoning his troops during a fight. Now he is desperately trying to blame anyone who reported this.
3 posted on
02/02/2016 9:31:43 AM PST by
dschapin
To: DrewsMum
I kind of feel sorry for Carson.
I think he truly believed he was a contender.
All Carson was, was a safe spot to temporarily park your support until you decided who you were really going to vote for.
4 posted on
02/02/2016 9:32:02 AM PST by
TexasFreeper2009
(You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, R)
To: DrewsMum
That’s the first he’d heard of it. Didn’t yet know about Cruz’s scheme.
5 posted on
02/02/2016 9:32:19 AM PST by
Kenny
(RED)
To: DrewsMum
To: DrewsMum
"
Cruz Iowa staffer Spence Rogers sent precinct captains an email during the caucus hinting that Carson planned to leave the race, despite the fact that Carson's campaign said he would continue.
"Breaking News. The press is reporting that Dr. Ben Carson is taking time off from the campaign trail after Iowa and making a big announcement next week," the email, acquired by CNN, read. "Please inform any Carson caucus goers of this news and urge them to caucus for Ted Cruz."
Meanwhile, Cruz surrogate Iowa Rep. Steve King told followers on Twitter that "Carson looks like he is out."
Carson told Fox News his wife, Candy, had to correct the misinformation at one event.
"She spoke at one of the caucus sites and before she got there one of the Cruz people had again disseminated that information to the crowd," he said. "And one of the organizers told her 'I'm so glad you're here, so you could set the record straight.' And she did and we actually won in that precinct."
Carson's campaign was furious when they first learned of the tactic, and Carson decried it as a "dirty trick" during remarks Monday night at a party with supporters in West Des Moines.
"This is really a dirty trick," Carson said. "This makes me more determined than ever to keep going."
Cruz's campaign defended the Rogers message to the precinct captains.
"Carson said he was taking time off to go home. We simply repeated what he said," Cruz spokeswoman Catherine Frazier said Monday. "Our email simply stated the facts."
When asked what the "big announcement" mentioned in the email referred to, Frazier did not respond."
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/01/politics/ben-carson-home-florida-iowa-caucuses/index.html
Related;
Carson to Florida to get 'a fresh set of clothes,' accuses Cruz campaign of 'dirty trick'
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/01/politics/ben-carson-home-florida-iowa-caucuses/index.html
7 posted on
02/02/2016 9:32:54 AM PST by
dynoman
(Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
To: DrewsMum
Well, how much does he want for his base? Let’s get down to brass tacks here.
8 posted on
02/02/2016 9:34:38 AM PST by
txhurl
(I'm NO LONGER with the Nasty Canadian '16 (well, unless he wins ;))(and he did))
To: DrewsMum
If there are dirty tricks, then that is normal politics.
However, if dishonesty comes from a Christian who proclaims his Christianity to be central to his campaign, then it is a contradiction.
10 posted on
02/02/2016 9:34:45 AM PST by
xzins
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To: DrewsMum
11 posted on
02/02/2016 9:35:25 AM PST by
McGruff
(I guess the end justify the means with Cruz supporters)
To: DrewsMum
Carson’s been self-destructing for a couple months now. This finger-pointing for people reporting on his campaign’s horrible message discipline is just a floundering campaign struggling to keep going for the sake of keeping going.
15 posted on
02/02/2016 9:38:23 AM PST by
kevkrom
(I'm not an unreasonable man... well, actually, I am. But hear me out anyway.)
To: DrewsMum
17 posted on
02/02/2016 9:38:51 AM PST by
ScottinVA
(If you're not enraged...why?)
To: DrewsMum
Why is this breaking news?
18 posted on
02/02/2016 9:39:55 AM PST by
don-o
(He will not share His glory. And He will NOT be mocked!)
To: DrewsMum
It was in Cruz’s favor, so its okay
20 posted on
02/02/2016 9:40:38 AM PST by
Sybeck1
(Cruz is nasty)
To: DrewsMum
This can be laid securely at the feet of the one person the Carsons' closest advisor, the proven liar and sham artist, Armstrong Williams!
Williams was singularly responsible for driving away other "advisors!"
Don't know about the "other advisors" but I do know Williams is an awful choice for anyone's "closest advisor!"
28 posted on
02/02/2016 9:52:20 AM PST by
zerosix
(Native Sunflower)
To: DrewsMum
I have seen plenty of coverage on this story.
Along with the mailer, another big Cruz screw up. And as others have said, especially from a Christian viewpoint.
31 posted on
02/02/2016 9:57:02 AM PST by
bramps
(It's the Islam, stupid!)
To: DrewsMum
Bye Ben. Nice guy, but should try for Surgeon General instead.
34 posted on
02/02/2016 9:59:34 AM PST by
I want the USA back
(The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
To: DrewsMum
Can we just get rid of the rest of this field and leave it to Cruz and Trump???
36 posted on
02/02/2016 10:00:10 AM PST by
Angels27
To: DrewsMum
I love Ben Carson, in fact if everyone on the planet had the intelligence and personality and demeanor of Ben Carson we WOULD NOT NEED any government at all...
But I dont want him to be President. I want him to work for President Trump. HHS, or Surgeon General.
38 posted on
02/02/2016 10:00:51 AM PST by
Mr. K
(Maybe people are poor BECAUSE they vote democrat.)
To: DrewsMum
He must be staying in since he’s not going for the required rant against Trump on his way out the door.
To: DrewsMum
He needs to blame his campaign staff for even THINKING that leaking he was going straight home to Florida was a good idea.
Amateurs.
46 posted on
02/02/2016 10:11:16 AM PST by
brothers4thID
("We've had way too many Republicans whose #1 virtue is "I get along great with Democrats".")
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