CNN news story is not, by any definition, “cheating.â€
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No but Cruz jumped on what he knew to be a false story and ran with it to try and bring Donald down.
How did he know it to be a false story?
The actual claim of CNN, which Cruz passed along to his people, was that Carson was not going to go to NH or SC. Has even Carson denied the truth of that report? His campaign website has no campaign events listed, anywhere. His campaign on Monday night only mentioned that he would be out and about on Wednesday - which CNN had reported would be his attendance at the Prayer Breakfast in DC. So the campaign on Monday, responding to all this stuff, never DID say that he would be campaigning anywhere.
So exactly what is false about the story? What is false about what Cruz said? And how would Cruz know it was false - especially if it is true that Carson’s NH crew, which had just quit to join the Cruz campaign, disclosed that they left Carson’s campaign because Carson had told them he wasn’t going to do anything in NH and was going to make his announcement soon?