If King says it’s true, then there’s absolutely no reason for him to implicate himself. But he did. That means that it was done. It is a dirty trick, and it’s a contradiction to the claims by the leader of the campaign that he is running as a Christian. Have that shown that Cruz knew?
What will be the effect? I don’t think any. This will have dropped out of the news before New Hampshire is over, and Cruz isn’t expected to do well in NY, anyway.
So, he’ll ride it out until it is buried by other events.
Yes, it will go away, but other candidates are now aware that Cruz’s campaign stretches the truth (or spreads lies) to win. They should adjust their own campaigns as needed.
Cruz and Trump should decide to cool it on the civil war to take out Rubio. Rubio could very well be the candidate if those two keep going at it.
The Cruz campaign and Rep. King believed the CNN breaking news report that Carson was acting like he was going to suspend his campaign. Of course they let Carson supporters know this and lobbied for their votes. This was not a dirty trick just a response to a breaking news story brought on by Carson’s bizarre behavior in abandoning his supporters and going home on the night of the caucus.